Elections and Offices
Sen. Augustus Merrimon [D-NC, 1873-1879] leaves office as Senator from North Carolina
Mar 03, 1879Sen. Augustus Merrimon
Former Senator from North Carolina
Elected Positions
| Dates | Title | Representing |
|---|---|---|
| Senator | North Carolina |
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Voting Record
From Mar 1873 to Mar 1879, Merrimon missed 264 of 1,383 roll call votes, which is 19.1%. This is better than the median of 29.4% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1879. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
- United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
- Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
Recent Legislative Activity
Elections and Offices
Sen. Augustus Merrimon [D-NC, 1873-1879] takes office as Senator from North Carolina
Dec 01, 1873