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Melvin Robert Laird
Representative from WisconsinHOUSEREPUBLICAN1953–1971ID L000024
LegislationHEADLINE
10%with Dems
of 881 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
10%with Dems
of 881 · both combined
Steepest move
+36 pts
1967 → 1969
still a Republican
Career arc
Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.
100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓195319591965
1969–7091st Congress
Sat as a Republican
50%with Democrats
of 2 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, +36 pts — within one party label.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below
Votes
Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, usually a bill number, how they voted and which side that matched — nothing is filled in by hand.
DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Jan 6, 1969noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 3, 1969noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
2 most recent roll calls shown · 2 contested votes scored in the 91st CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
9 Congresses83rd · 195391st · 1969
Republican · House · WI83rd–91st
Term datesexact