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Augustus Summerfield Merrimon
Senator from North CarolinaSENATEDEMOCRAT1873–1879ID M000659
LegislationHEADLINE
85%with Dems
of 766 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
85%with Dems
of 766 · both combined
Steepest move
+3 pts
1873 → 1875
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 ↓1873
1877–7845th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
84.5%with Democrats
of 310 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1873 → 1875, +3 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, 1879noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6240LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 6240), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 4318LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 4318LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 4318LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 4228LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 310 contested votes scored in the 45th 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 Congresses43rd · 187345th · 1877
Democrat · Senate · NC43rd–45th
Term datesexact