Elections and Offices
Sen. James Whitcomb [D-IN, 1849-1853] leaves office as Senator from Indiana
Mar 03, 1853Sen. James Whitcomb
Former Senator from Indiana
Elected Positions
| Dates | Title | Representing |
|---|---|---|
| Senator | Indiana |
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Voting Record
From Mar 1849 to Aug 1852, Whitcomb missed 291 of 730 roll call votes, which is 39.9%. This is worse than the median of 22.2% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Aug 1852. 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. James Whitcomb [D-IN, 1849-1853] takes office as Senator from Indiana
Dec 03, 1849