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Ulysses Mercur
Representative from PennsylvaniaHOUSEREPUBLICAN1865–1873ID M000646
LegislationHEADLINE
18%with Dems
of 1,485 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
18%with Dems
of 1,485 · both combined
Steepest move
+3 pts
1865 → 1867
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 ↓18651871
1871–7242nd Congress
Sat as a Republican
19.6%with Democrats
of 224 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1865 → 1867, +3 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
Feb 20, 1873noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 8, 1872H.R. 2705LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 8, 1872H.R. 2984LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 2984), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Jun 8, 1872H.R. 2982LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 8, 1872S. 1089LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 8, 1872noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 8, 1872noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 8, 1872H.R. 2705LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 8, 1872noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 224 contested votes scored in the 42nd 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
4 Congresses39th · 186542nd · 1871
Republican · House · PA39th–42nd
Term datesexact