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Merlin Hull

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 18, 1870 in Warsaw, IN
Died: May 17, 1953 in La Crosse, WI

Education:

  • Attended DePauw University and George Washington University

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Publisher of Jackson County Journal from 1904-1926 and Banner-Journal, 1926-1953
  • Jackson County district attorney, 1907-1909

Elected Office:

  • WI Assembly, 1909-1915 (Speaker, 1913)
  • WI Secretary of State, 1917-1921


Election Results for Merlin Hull


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 65 WI Progressive U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 23,438 100.0%
1936 65 WI Progressive U.S. House District 09 General 1 61,593 80.7%
1938 67 WI Progressive U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 18,750 100.0%
1938 67 WI Progressive U.S. House District 09 General 1 42,880 53.4%
1940 69 WI Progressive U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 18,111 100.0%
1940 69 WI Progressive U.S. House District 09 General 1 61,009 52.8%
1942 71 WI Progressive U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 7,990 100.0%
1942 71 WI Progressive U.S. House District 09 General 1 37,919 61.8%
1944 73 WI Progressive U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 4,835 100.0%
1944 73 WI Progressive U.S. House District 09 General 1 48,064 98.5%
1946 75 WI R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 25,839 68.7%
1946 75 WI R U.S. House District 09 General 1 70,527 99.0%
1948 77 WI R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 25,243 61.0%
1948 77 WI R U.S. House District 09 General 1 76,903 98.1%
1950 79 WI R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 20,220 58.3%
1950 79 WI R U.S. House District 09 General 1 60,337 70.9%
1952 81 WI R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 45,757 100.0%
1952 81 WI R U.S. House District 09 General 1 81,258 65.2%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for Merlin Hull


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
1937 66 House D 96
1938 67 House D 95
1939 68 House D 97
1940 69 House D 94
1941 70 House D 93
1942 71 House 0 0 D 99
1943 72 House D 99
1944 73 House D 95
1945 74 House D 94
1946 75 House D 98
1947 76 House 39 55 D 87 64
1948 77 House 56 39 D 96 38
1949 78 House 52 47 D 93 58
1950 79 House 49 51 D 98 67
1951 80 House 45 55 D 100 62
1952 81 House 36 36 D 71 58
1953 82 House 8 8 R 17 17 67


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.