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Robert Walter Miers

Representative from Indiana
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1897–1905ID M000700
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LegislationHEADLINE
87%with Dems
of 294 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
87%with Dems
of 294 · both combined
Steepest move
−2 pts
1901 → 1903
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 ↓18971903
1903–0458th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
83.9%with Democrats
of 31 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1901 → 1903, −2 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 1, 1905H.R. 19150No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1905H.R. 18464No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1905S. 3343No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3343), 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
Feb 21, 1905H.R. 18965No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 17, 1905H.Res. 497No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 17, 1905H.Res. 497No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 16, 1905H.Res. 503No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 13, 1905S. 3343No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 9, 1905H.R. 18588No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 31 contested votes scored in the 58th 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

4 Congresses
55th · 189758th · 1903
Democrat · House · IN55th–58th
Term datesexact
Members · Indiana
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Robert Walter Miers

Representative from Indiana
HOUSED1897–19054 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
86.7%with Democrats
of 294 votes · 13.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested87%of 294 · combined
Steepest move−2 pts1901→03, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018971903
1903–04 · 58th · Democrat · of 31 votes83.9%

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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 · 31 contested votes scored in the 58th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

55th · 189758th · 1903
Democrat55th–58th

Party switchers

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