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Elisha Edward Meredith
Representative from VirginiaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1891–1897ID M000647
LegislationHEADLINE
86%with Dems
of 269 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
86%with Dems
of 269 · both combined
Steepest move
+12 pts
1891 → 1893
still a Democrat
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 ↓1891
1895–9654th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
85.4%with Democrats
of 48 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1891 → 1893, +12 pts — while still a Democrat.
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
Mar 3, 1897H.R. 7864LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1897H.R. 10329LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1897H.R. 7422LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7422), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Feb 26, 1897S. 3547LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 24, 1897S. 3307LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 22, 1897H.R. 10329LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 22, 1897H.R. 10329LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 19, 1897noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 19, 1897noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 48 contested votes scored in the 54th 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
3 Congresses52nd · 189154th · 1895
Democrat · House · VA52nd–54th
Term datesexact