Rep. Hatton Sumners

Former Representative from Texas's 5^th District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1939-1946	Representative	Texas's 5^th District
1937-1938	Representative	Texas's 5^th District
1935-1936	Representative	Texas's 5^th District
1931-1934	Representative	Texas's 5^th District
1927-1931	Representative	Texas's 5^th District
1925-1927	Representative	Texas's 5^th District
1923-1925	Representative	Texas's 5^th District
1915-1923	Representative	Texas's 5^th District
1913-1915	Representative	Texas

Voting Record

From Apr 1913 to Aug 1946, Sumners missed 510 of 3,211 roll call votes, which is 15.9%. This is worse than the median of 1.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Aug 1946. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

Show the numbers...

Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1913 Apr-Jul	22	7	31.8%	33^rd
1913 Aug-Nov	43	29	67.4%	54^th
Dec 1913-Feb 1914	24	9	37.5%	69^th
1914 Mar-May	33	4	12.1%	25^th
1914 Jun-Aug	62	32	51.6%	67^th
1914 Sep-Oct	26	22	84.6%	83^rd
Dec 1914-Mar 1915	67	8	11.9%	23^rd
Dec 1915-Feb 1916	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1916 Mar-May	53	2	3.8%	18^th
1916 Jun-Aug	22	14	63.6%	82^nd
1916 Sep-Sep	3	2	66.7%	73^rd
Dec 1916-Mar 1917	62	3	4.8%	9^th
1917 Apr-Jun	41	1	2.4%	38^th
1917 Jul-Sep	10	7	70.0%	81^st
1917 Oct-Oct	3	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1917-Feb 1918	33	6	18.2%	63^rd
1918 Mar-May	63	12	19.0%	59^th
1918 Jun-Aug	33	10	30.3%	56^th
1918 Sep-Oct	14	5	35.7%	44^th
Dec 1918-Mar 1919	63	6	9.5%	33^rd
1919 May-Jul	61	11	18.0%	48^th
1919 Aug-Oct	52	19	36.5%	60^th
1919 Nov-Nov	16	3	18.8%	40^th
Dec 1919-Feb 1920	37	12	32.4%	68^th
1920 Mar-May	70	14	20.0%	64^th
1920 Jun-Jun	7	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1920-Mar 1921	91	8	8.8%	36^th
1921 Apr-Jun	56	6	10.7%	46^th
1921 Jul-Aug	44	12	27.3%	63^rd
1921 Oct-Nov	29	6	20.7%	58^th
Dec 1921-Feb 1922	47	3	6.4%	13^th
1922 Mar-May	47	4	8.5%	25^th
1922 Jun-Aug	51	8	15.7%	33^rd
1922 Sep-Sep	12	2	16.7%	42^nd
1922 Nov-Nov	5	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1922-Mar 1923	60	3	5.0%	8^th
Dec 1923-Feb 1924	21	1	4.8%	76^th
1924 Mar-May	83	1	1.2%	14^th
1924 Jun-Jun	10	1	10.0%	41^st
Dec 1924-Mar 1925	54	4	7.4%	78^th
Dec 1925-Feb 1926	21	1	4.8%	65^th
1926 Mar-May	37	2	5.4%	43^rd
1926 Jun-Jul	20	2	10.0%	69^th
Dec 1926-Mar 1927	33	2	6.1%	73^rd
Dec 1927-May 1928	52	2	3.8%	23^rd
Dec 1928-Mar 1929	18	4	22.2%	69^th
1929 Apr-Jun	12	1	8.3%	53^rd
Dec 1929-Feb 1930	8	4	50.0%	79^th
1930 Mar-May	26	2	7.7%	34^th
1930 Jun-Jul	20	1	5.0%	38^th
Dec 1930-Mar 1931	31	8	25.8%	90^th
Dec 1931-Feb 1932	17	3	17.6%	69^th
1932 Mar-May	37	3	8.1%	63^rd
1932 Jun-Jul	29	8	27.6%	79^th
Dec 1932-Mar 1933	35	9	25.7%	95^th
1933 Mar-Jun	60	1	1.7%	53^rd
1934 Jan-Jun	80	30	37.5%	97^th
1935 Jan-Mar	32	3	9.4%	99^th
1935 Apr-Jun	39	6	15.4%	99^th
1935 Jul-Aug	58	9	15.5%	91^st
1936 Jan-Jun	80	35	43.8%	93^rd
1937 Jan-Mar	19	4	21.1%	80^th
1937 Apr-Jun	40	12	30.0%	88^th
1937 Jul-Aug	28	12	42.9%	90^th
1937 Dec-Dec	9	1	11.1%	84^th
1938 Jan-Jun	61	3	4.9%	77^th
1939 Jan-Mar	30	3	10.0%	99^th
1939 Apr-Jun	42	2	4.8%	92^nd
1939 Jul-Aug	16	1	6.3%	93^rd
1939 Oct-Nov	6	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Jan-Mar	32	3	9.4%	90^th
1940 Apr-Jun	63	1	1.6%	78^th
1940 Jul-Sep	28	2	7.1%	74^th
1940 Oct-Dec	10	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Jan-Mar	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Apr-Jun	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Jul-Aug	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Jan-Mar	26	1	3.8%	65^th
1942 Apr-Jun	30	3	10.0%	84^th
1942 Jul-Sep	11	1	9.1%	63^rd
1942 Oct-Nov	5	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Jan-Mar	17	6	35.3%	98^th
1943 Apr-Jun	49	10	20.4%	94^th
1943 Jul-Sep	13	2	15.4%	89^th
1943 Oct-Dec	12	4	33.3%	94^th
1944 Jan-Mar	21	3	14.3%	92^nd
1944 Apr-Jun	32	2	6.3%	74^th
1944 Sep-Sep	3	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Nov-Dec	7	1	14.3%	55^th
1945 Jan-Mar	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Apr-Jun	40	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Jul-Sep	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Oct-Dec	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Jan-Mar	34	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Apr-Jun	53	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Jul-Aug	43	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

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Rep. Hatton Sumners [D-TX5, 1939-1946] leaves office as Representative for Texas's 5th congressional district

Aug 02, 1946

Elections and Offices

Rep. Hatton Sumners [D-TX5, 1939-1946] takes office as Representative for Texas's 5th congressional district

Jan 03, 1939

Elections and Offices

Rep. Hatton Sumners [D-TX5, 1939-1946] leaves office as Representative for Texas's 5th congressional district

Jun 16, 1938

Elections and Offices

Rep. Hatton Sumners [D-TX5, 1939-1946] takes office as Representative for Texas's 5th congressional district

Jan 05, 1937

Elections and Offices

Rep. Hatton Sumners [D-TX5, 1939-1946] leaves office as Representative for Texas's 5th congressional district

Jun 20, 1936