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David Batcheller Mellish
Representative from New YorkHOUSEREPUBLICAN1873–1875ID M000637
LegislationHEADLINE
39%with Dems
of 76 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
39%with Dems
of 76 · both combined
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 ↓1873
1873–7443rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
39.5%with Democrats
of 76 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
May 7, 1874H.R. 2986LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 7, 1874H.R. 2986LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 7, 1874H.R. 2986LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 2986), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
May 6, 1874noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
May 4, 1874noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 4, 1874noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Apr 30, 1874S. 350LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Apr 28, 1874H.R. 2064LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Apr 20, 1874H.R. 3059LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 76 contested votes scored in the 43rd 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
1 Congresses43rd · 1873
Republican · House · NY43rd–43rd
Term datesexact