Truman Adams Merriman

Representative from New York

HOUSEINDEPENDENT→DEMOCRAT1885–1889ID M000658

LegislationHEADLINE

63%with Dems

of 224 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

63%with Dems

of 224 · both combined

Steepest move

−13 pts

1885 → 1887

the label changed

Changed parties

50th

I → D · first Congress under it

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 ↓1885I→D · 50th

1887–8850th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

53.8%with Democrats

of 78 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1885 → 1887, −13 pts — the Congress the label changed.

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 2, 1889H.R. 12571No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1889H.R. 12008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1889H.R. 1368No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 1368), 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

Open roll call

Feb 25, 1889noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 25, 1889noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 22, 1889noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 22, 1889S. 3423No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 22, 1889H.R. 9051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 22, 1889H.R. 9051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 78 contested votes scored in the 50th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

2 Congresses

49th · 188550th · 1887

Independent · House · NY49th–49th

Democrat · House · NY50th–50th

Term datesexact

Truman Adams Merriman

Representative from New York

HOUSEI→D1885–18892 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

62.5%with Democrats

of 224 votes · 37.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested63%of 224 · combined

Steepest move−13 pts1885→87, as a Democrat

Changed parties50thI→D

Career arc

100500I→D18851887

1887–88 · 50th · Democrat · of 78 votes53.8%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.

Democratic majorityNay

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 78 contested votes scored in the 50th

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

49th · 188550th · 1887

Independent49th–49th

Democrat50th–50th

Other party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40th Wesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105th Ben Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th