Merlin Hull

Representative from Wisconsin

HOUSEREPUBLICAN→OTHER PARTY→REPUBLICAN1929–1955ID H000943

LegislationHEADLINE

47%with Dems

of 1,008 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

47%with Dems

of 1,008 · both combined

Steepest move

−40 pts

1929 → 1935

the label changed

Changed parties

74th

R → O · 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 ↓19291935194119471953R→O · 74th

1953–5483rd Congress

Sat as a Republican

50%with Democrats

of 6 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1929 → 1935, −40 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

May 13, 1953H.R. 5134No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Apr 24, 1953H.R. 1432No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Apr 15, 1953H.R. 3480No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 3480), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Apr 1, 1953H.R. 4198No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Apr 1, 1953H.R. 4198No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 13, 1953H.R. 3575No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 10, 1953H.R. 3575No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 25, 1953H.J.Res. 160No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 25, 1953H.R. 2332No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 6 contested votes scored in the 83rd 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

11 Congresses

71st · 192974th · 193580th · 194783rd · 1953

Republican · House · WI71st–71st

Other party · House · WI74th–79th

Republican · House · WI80th–83rd

Term datesexact

Merlin Hull

Representative from Wisconsin

HOUSER→O→R1929–195511 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

47.4%with Democrats

of 1,008 votes · 52.6% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested47%of 1,008 · combined

Steepest move−40 pts1929→35, under another label

Changed parties74thR→O

Career arc

100500R→O19291953

1953–54 · 83rd · Republican · of 6 votes50%

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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

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 6 contested votes scored in the 83rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

71st · 192983rd · 1953

Republican71st–71st

Other party74th–79th

Republican80th–83rd

Other party switchers

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