Schuyler Merritt

Representative from Connecticut

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1917–1937ID M000663

LegislationHEADLINE

11%with Dems

of 730 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

11%with Dems

of 730 · both combined

Steepest move

−18 pts

1925 → 1927

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 ↓1917192319291935

1935–3674th Congress

Sat as a Republican

6.5%with Democrats

of 107 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1925 → 1927, −18 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

Jun 20, 1936H.R. 12455No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jun 20, 1936H.Res. 559No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jun 20, 1936H.R. 12455No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12455), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

NAYSided with the Republican majority

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Jun 19, 1936H.R. 12395No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jun 19, 1936S. 4020No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 19, 1936H.R. 3251No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jun 17, 1936H.R. 11663No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 15, 1936H.R. 11581No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 15, 1936H.R. 11581No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 107 contested votes scored in the 74th 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

9 Congresses

65th · 191774th · 1935

Republican · House · CT65th–74th

Term datesexact

Schuyler Merritt

Representative from Connecticut

HOUSER1917–19379 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

11%with Democrats

of 730 votes · 89% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested11%of 730 · combined

Steepest move−18 pts1925→27, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019171935

1935–36 · 74th · Republican · of 107 votes6.5%

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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 majorityYea

Republican majorityNay

Counts toward scoreYes

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Latest 6 shown · 107 contested votes scored in the 74th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

65th · 191774th · 1935

Republican65th–74th

Party switchers

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