Arthur Vandenberg, former Senator from Michigan

Dates	Title	Representing
1947-1951	Senator	Michigan
1935-1946	Senator	Michigan
1928-1934	Senator	Michigan

Voting Record

From Apr 1928 to Apr 1951, Vandenberg missed 123 of 2,974 roll call votes, which is 4.1%. This is worse than the median of 3.0% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Apr 1951. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
Dec 1927-May 1928	69	1	1.4%	0^th
Dec 1928-Mar 1929	65	2	3.1%	0^th
1929 May-Jun	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1929 Sep-Sep	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1929 Oct-Nov	55	1	1.8%	0^th
Dec 1929-Feb 1930	100	1	1.0%	0^th
1930 Mar-May	141	8	5.7%	0^th
1930 Jun-Jul	23	4	17.4%	40^th
Dec 1930-Mar 1931	62	4	6.5%	0^th
1930 Jul-Jul	9	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1931-Feb 1932	41	7	17.1%	83^rd
1932 Mar-May	87	1	1.1%	0^th
1932 Jun-Jul	63	2	3.2%	0^th
Dec 1932-Mar 1933	63	5	7.9%	29^th
1933 Mar-Jun	96	7	7.3%	44^th
1934 Jan-Jun	123	12	9.8%	50^th
1933 Mar-Mar	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1935 Jan-Mar	37	4	10.8%	73^rd
1935 Apr-Jun	49	1	2.0%	0^th
1935 Jul-Aug	46	2	4.3%	8^th
1936 Jan-Jun	60	4	6.7%	17^th
1937 Jan-Mar	19	0	0.0%	0^th
1937 Apr-Jun	18	1	5.6%	44^th
1937 Jul-Aug	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1937 Nov-Dec	22	3	13.6%	67^th
1938 Jan-Jun	78	12	15.4%	53^rd
1939 Jan-Mar	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Apr-Jun	34	1	2.9%	32^nd
1939 Jul-Aug	39	3	7.7%	50^th
1939 Oct-Nov	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Jan-Mar	38	4	10.5%	45^th
1940 Apr-Jun	60	4	6.7%	36^th
1940 Jul-Sep	38	1	2.6%	14^th
1940 Oct-Nov	5	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Jan-Mar	22	1	4.5%	75^th
1941 Apr-Jun	30	4	13.3%	54^th
1941 Jul-Sep	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Oct-Dec	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Jan-Mar	23	3	13.0%	52^nd
1942 Apr-Jun	28	6	21.4%	52^nd
1942 Jul-Sep	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Oct-Dec	24	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Jan-Mar	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Apr-Jun	51	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Jul-Sep	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Oct-Dec	30	1	3.3%	30^th
1944 Jan-Mar	50	2	4.0%	18^th
1944 Apr-Jun	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Aug-Sep	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Nov-Dec	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Jan-Mar	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Apr-Jun	40	2	5.0%	49^th
1945 Jul-Sep	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Oct-Dec	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Apr-Jun	73	7	9.6%	74^th
1946 Jul-Aug	48	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Jan-Mar	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Apr-Jun	57	1	1.8%	46^th
1947 Jul-Jul	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Nov-Dec	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Feb-Mar	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Apr-Jun	74	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Aug-Aug	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jan-Mar	37	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Apr-Jun	86	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jul-Sep	79	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Oct-Oct	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jan-Mar	45	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Apr-Jun	47	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jul-Sep	72	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Dec-Dec	10	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Mar	20	1	5.0%	69^th
1951 Apr-Jun	17	0	0.0%	0^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