Chester Earl Merrow

Representative from New Hampshire

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1943–1963ID M000664

LegislationHEADLINE

38%with Dems

of 815 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

38%with Dems

of 815 · both combined

Steepest move

+19 pts

1953 → 1955

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 ↓1943194919551961

1961–6287th Congress

Sat as a Republican

62.2%with Democrats

of 98 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1953 → 1955, +19 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

Oct 11, 1962S. 3451No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 10, 1962H.R. 8952No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 10, 1962H.R. 12580No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12580), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored

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Oct 10, 1962H.Res. 831No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 6, 1962H.R. 13175No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 5, 1962S. 1447No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 5, 1962H.Con.Res. 570No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 5, 1962H.R. 7972No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 4, 1962H.R. 4670No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 98 contested votes scored in the 87th 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

10 Congresses

78th · 194387th · 1961

Republican · House · NH78th–87th

Term datesexact

Chester Earl Merrow

Representative from New Hampshire

HOUSER1943–196310 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

37.7%with Democrats

of 815 votes · 62.3% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested38%of 815 · combined

Steepest move+19 pts1953→55, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019431961

1961–62 · 87th · Republican · of 98 votes62.2%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

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Latest 6 shown · 98 contested votes scored in the 87th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

78th · 194387th · 1961

Republican78th–87th

Party switchers

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