Henry Anthony, former Senator from Rhode Island

Dates	Title	Representing
1883-1885	Senator	Rhode Island
1877-1883	Senator	Rhode Island
1865-1877	Senator	Rhode Island
1859-1865	Senator	Rhode Island

Voting Record

From Mar 1859 to Jul 1884, Anthony missed 2,064 of 7,623 roll call votes, which is 27.1%. This is better than the median of 29.8% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Jul 1884. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
Dec 1859-Feb 1860	43	9	20.9%	0^th
1860 Mar-May	157	48	30.6%	0^th
1860 Jun-Jun	131	25	19.1%	0^th
Dec 1860-Mar 1861	229	23	10.0%	0^th
1859 Mar-Mar	32	1	3.1%	0^th
1860 Jun-Jun	5	1	20.0%	0^th
1861 Jul-Aug	78	4	5.1%	0^th
Dec 1861-Feb 1862	73	14	19.2%	50^th
1862 Mar-May	146	10	6.8%	0^th
1862 Jun-Jul	213	14	6.6%	0^th
Dec 1862-Mar 1863	240	26	10.8%	0^th
1861 Mar-Mar	42	3	7.1%	0^th
Dec 1863-Feb 1864	69	23	33.3%	50^th
1864 Mar-May	166	18	10.8%	0^th
1864 Jun-Jul	180	25	13.9%	0^th
Dec 1864-Mar 1865	161	45	28.0%	50^th
1863 Mar-Mar	19	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1865-Feb 1866	39	3	7.7%	0^th
1866 Mar-May	102	24	23.5%	75^th
1866 Jun-Jul	136	45	33.1%	75^th
Dec 1866-Mar 1867	215	98	45.6%	75^th
1865 Mar-Mar	6	1	16.7%	0^th
1867 Mar-Apr	98	27	27.6%	25^th
1867 Jul-Jul	33	6	18.2%	25^th
1867 Nov-Nov	4	3	75.0%	75^th
Dec 1867-Feb 1868	54	16	29.6%	75^th
1868 Mar-May	180	32	17.8%	75^th
1868 Jun-Jul	186	79	42.5%	40^th
1868 Sep-Sep	1	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1868-Mar 1869	154	58	37.7%	60^th
1869 Mar-Apr	58	13	22.4%	50^th
Dec 1869-Feb 1870	80	12	15.0%	50^th
1870 Mar-May	167	47	28.1%	17^th
1870 Jun-Jul	195	95	48.7%	67^th
Dec 1870-Mar 1871	193	70	36.3%	67^th
1869 Apr-Apr	25	3	12.0%	17^th
1871 Mar-Apr	60	14	23.3%	50^th
Dec 1871-Feb 1872	79	11	13.9%	0^th
1872 Mar-May	337	118	35.0%	22^nd
1872 Jun-Jun	93	25	26.9%	44^th
Dec 1872-Mar 1873	191	52	27.2%	33^rd
1871 May-May	16	5	31.3%	50^th
Dec 1873-Feb 1874	57	16	28.1%	64^th
1874 Mar-May	114	33	28.9%	45^th
1874 Jun-Jun	81	32	39.5%	64^th
Dec 1874-Mar 1875	145	52	35.9%	75^th
1873 Mar-Mar	16	9	56.3%	82^nd
Dec 1875-Mar 1876	86	29	33.7%	78^th
1876 Apr-Jul	183	67	36.6%	56^th
1876 Aug-Aug	51	8	15.7%	44^th
Dec 1876-Mar 1877	80	24	30.0%	56^th
1875 Mar-Mar	20	2	10.0%	44^th
1877 Oct-Dec	67	10	14.9%	55^th
Dec 1877-Feb 1878	66	11	16.7%	41^st
1878 Mar-May	104	18	17.3%	28^th
1878 Jun-Jun	83	10	12.0%	10^th
Dec 1878-Mar 1879	228	62	27.2%	55^th
1877 Mar-Mar	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1879 Mar-Jul	148	67	45.3%	80^th
Dec 1879-Feb 1880	48	8	16.7%	22^nd
1880 Mar-May	112	36	32.1%	59^th
1880 Jun-Jun	38	4	10.5%	20^th
Dec 1880-Mar 1881	151	54	35.8%	72^nd
Dec 1881-Mar 1882	93	17	18.3%	38^th
1882 Apr-Jul	201	48	23.9%	34^th
1882 Aug-Aug	38	5	13.2%	31^st
Dec 1882-Mar 1883	394	62	15.7%	11^th
1881 Mar-Mar	13	1	7.7%	65^th
1881 Oct-Oct	61	9	14.8%	32^nd
Dec 1883-Feb 1884	61	44	72.1%	95^th
1884 Mar-May	106	103	97.2%	99^th
1884 Jun-Jul	77	77	100.0%	96^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