Rep. Alfred Harmer

Former Representative from Pennsylvania's 5^th District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1899-1901	Representative	Pennsylvania's 5^th District
1895-1899	Representative	Pennsylvania's 5^th District
1893-1895	Representative	Pennsylvania's 5^th District
1891-1893	Representative	Pennsylvania's 5^th District
1889-1891	Representative	Pennsylvania's 5^th District
1887-1889	Representative	Pennsylvania's 5^th District
1885-1887	Representative	Pennsylvania's 5^th District
1883-1885	Representative	Pennsylvania's 5^th District
1881-1883	Representative	Pennsylvania's 5^th District
1877-1881	Representative	Pennsylvania's 5^th District
1873-1875	Representative	Pennsylvania's 5^th District
1871-1873	Representative	Pennsylvania's 5^th District

Voting Record

From Mar 1871 to Mar 1900, Harmer missed 1,772 of 4,685 roll call votes, which is 37.8%. This is worse than the median of 31.2% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1900. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1871 Mar-Apr	83	21	25.3%	60^th
Dec 1871-Feb 1872	89	23	25.8%	80^th
1872 Mar-May	154	41	26.6%	40^th
1872 Jun-Jun	35	4	11.4%	0^th
Dec 1872-Mar 1873	150	36	24.0%	50^th
Dec 1873-Feb 1874	78	30	38.5%	88^th
1874 Mar-May	101	33	32.7%	75^th
1874 Jun-Jun	59	41	69.5%	88^th
Dec 1874-Mar 1875	233	84	36.1%	63^rd
1877 Oct-Dec	33	9	27.3%	75^th
Dec 1877-Feb 1878	55	15	27.3%	75^th
1878 Mar-May	97	14	14.4%	13^th
1878 Jun-Jun	64	1	1.6%	0^th
Dec 1878-Mar 1879	116	27	23.3%	38^th
1879 Mar-Jul	130	51	39.2%	55^th
Dec 1879-Feb 1880	34	14	41.2%	64^th
1880 Mar-May	115	64	55.7%	73^rd
1880 Jun-Jun	32	12	37.5%	27^th
Dec 1880-Mar 1881	118	38	32.2%	64^th
Dec 1881-Mar 1882	75	37	49.3%	77^th
1882 Apr-Jul	166	41	24.7%	38^th
1882 Aug-Aug	7	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1882-Mar 1883	100	12	12.0%	7^th
Dec 1883-Feb 1884	33	18	54.5%	80^th
1884 Mar-May	68	25	36.8%	65^th
1884 Jun-Jul	83	44	53.0%	65^th
Dec 1884-Mar 1885	146	43	29.5%	45^th
Dec 1885-Mar 1886	35	16	45.7%	92^nd
1886 Apr-Jul	153	59	38.6%	76^th
1886 Aug-Aug	6	1	16.7%	32^nd
Dec 1886-Mar 1887	102	37	36.3%	84^th
Dec 1887-Feb 1888	38	17	44.7%	91^st
1888 Mar-May	105	19	18.1%	38^th
1888 Jun-Aug	47	27	57.4%	56^th
1888 Sep-Oct	16	12	75.0%	47^th
Dec 1888-Mar 1889	113	42	37.2%	75^th
Dec 1889-Feb 1890	78	8	10.3%	44^th
1890 Mar-May	109	40	36.7%	80^th
1890 Jun-Aug	168	74	44.0%	63^rd
1890 Sep-Sep	53	11	20.8%	29^th
Dec 1890-Mar 1891	173	52	30.1%	65^th
Dec 1891-Mar 1892	58	30	51.7%	84^th
1892 Apr-Jul	158	78	49.4%	67^th
1892 Aug-Aug	3	2	66.7%	73^rd
Dec 1892-Mar 1893	79	32	40.5%	67^th
1893 Aug-Nov	66	47	71.2%	91^st
Dec 1893-Mar 1894	133	104	78.2%	70^th
1894 Apr-Jul	100	66	66.0%	79^th
1894 Aug-Aug	20	11	55.0%	74^th
Dec 1894-Mar 1895	47	10	21.3%	54^th
Dec 1895-Feb 1896	18	4	22.2%	64^th
1896 Mar-May	53	26	49.1%	76^th
1896 Jun-Jun	28	3	10.7%	12^th
Dec 1896-Mar 1897	62	47	75.8%	98^th
1897 Mar-Jul	37	16	43.2%	70^th
Dec 1897-Feb 1898	29	9	31.0%	62^nd
1898 Mar-May	53	23	43.4%	84^th
1898 Jun-Jul	26	19	73.1%	90^th
Dec 1898-Mar 1899	37	26	70.3%	95^th
Dec 1899-Feb 1900	17	15	88.2%	99^th
1900 Mar-May	11	11	100.0%	99^th

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

Rep. Alfred Harmer [R-PA5, 1899-1901] leaves office as Representative for Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district

Mar 03, 1901

Elections and Offices

Rep. Alfred Harmer [R-PA5, 1899-1901] takes office as Representative for Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district

Dec 04, 1899

Elections and Offices

Rep. Alfred Harmer [R-PA5, 1899-1901] leaves office as Representative for Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district

Mar 03, 1899

Elections and Offices

Rep. Alfred Harmer [R-PA5, 1899-1901] takes office as Representative for Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district

Dec 02, 1895

Elections and Offices

Rep. Alfred Harmer [R-PA5, 1899-1901] leaves office as Representative for Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district

Mar 03, 1895