Elections and Offices
Sen. Jackson Morton [W-FL, 1849-1855] leaves office as Senator from Florida
Mar 03, 1855Sen. Jackson Morton
Former Senator from Florida
Elected Positions
| Dates | Title | Representing |
|---|---|---|
| Senator | Florida |
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Voting Record
From Mar 1849 to Mar 1855, Morton missed 406 of 1,397 roll call votes, which is 29.1%. This is worse than the median of 25.7% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1855. 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. Jackson Morton [W-FL, 1849-1855] takes office as Senator from Florida
Dec 03, 1849