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William M. Merrick
Representative from MarylandHOUSEDEMOCRAT1871–1873ID M000655
LegislationHEADLINE
84%with Dems
of 278 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
84%with Dems
of 278 · 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 ↓1871
1871–7242nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
83.8%with Democrats
of 278 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
Mar 3, 1873S. 1537LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 2991LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 2991LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 2991), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 3921LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 3921LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1873S. 693LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1873H.R. 2991LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1873H.R. 2991LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1873H.R. 2991LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 278 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
1 Congresses42nd · 1871
Democrat · House · MD42nd–42nd
Term datesexact