John Dingell, former Representative from Michigan's 15th District

Dates	Title	Representing
1953-1956	Representative	Michigan's 15^th District
1947-1952	Representative	Michigan's 15^th District
1939-1946	Representative	Michigan's 15^th District
1937-1938	Representative	Michigan's 15^th District
1935-1936	Representative	Michigan's 15^th District
1933-1934	Representative	Michigan's 15^th District

Voting Record

From Mar 1933 to Aug 1955, Dingell missed 87 of 1,942 roll call votes, which is 4.5%. This is worse than the median of 0.0% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Aug 1955. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1933 Mar-Jun	58	2	3.4%	85^th
1934 Jan-Jun	70	17	24.3%	94^th
1935 Jan-Mar	32	2	6.3%	94^th
1935 Apr-Jun	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1935 Jul-Aug	58	4	6.9%	71^st
1936 Jan-Jun	77	28	36.4%	90^th
1937 Jan-Mar	19	5	26.3%	88^th
1937 Apr-Jun	41	2	4.9%	21^st
1937 Jul-Aug	28	3	10.7%	43^rd
1937 Dec-Dec	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1938 Jan-Jun	60	3	5.0%	85^th
1939 Jan-Mar	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Apr-Jun	42	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Jul-Aug	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Oct-Nov	6	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Jan-Mar	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Apr-Jun	61	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Jul-Sep	28	4	14.3%	91^st
1940 Oct-Dec	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Jan-Mar	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Apr-Jun	31	1	3.2%	82^nd
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%	68^th
1942 Apr-Jun	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Jul-Sep	11	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Oct-Nov	5	1	20.0%	79^th
1943 Jan-Mar	17	2	11.8%	84^th
1943 Apr-Jun	47	3	6.4%	76^th
1943 Jul-Sep	13	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Oct-Dec	12	4	33.3%	92^nd
1944 Jan-Mar	22	3	13.6%	91^st
1944 Apr-Jun	32	1	3.1%	51^st
1944 Sep-Sep	3	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Nov-Dec	7	1	14.3%	52^nd
1945 Jan-Mar	25	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Apr-Jun	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Jul-Sep	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Oct-Dec	18	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Jan-Mar	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Apr-Jun	50	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Jul-Aug	42	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Jan-Mar	24	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Apr-Jun	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Jul-Jul	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Nov-Dec	6	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Jan-Mar	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Apr-Jun	48	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Aug-Aug	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jan-Mar	29	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Apr-Jun	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jul-Sep	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Oct-Oct	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jan-Mar	50	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Apr-Jun	25	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jul-Sep	47	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Dec-Dec	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Jan	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Mar	10	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Apr-Jun	25	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jul-Sep	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Oct-Oct	18	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Jan-Mar	18	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Apr-Jun	37	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Jul-Jul	10	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jan-Mar	10	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Apr-Jun	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jul-Aug	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Jan-Mar	11	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Apr-Jun	18	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Jul-Aug	34	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Jan-Mar	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Apr-Jun	33	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Jul-Aug	10	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