Rep. John Ketcham

Former Representative from New York's 21^st District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1905-1907	Representative	New York's 21^st District
1903-1905	Representative	New York's 21^st District
1901-1903	Representative	New York's 18^th District
1899-1901	Representative	New York's 18^th District
1897-1899	Representative	New York's 18^th District
1891-1893	Representative	New York's 16^th District
1889-1891	Representative	New York's 16^th District
1887-1889	Representative	New York's 16^th District
1885-1887	Representative	New York's 16^th District
1883-1885	Representative	New York's 13^th District
1881-1883	Representative	New York's 13^th District
1877-1881	Representative	New York's 13^th District
1865-1873	Representative	New York's 12^th District

Voting Record

From Dec 1865 to Jun 1906, Ketcham missed 2,181 of 6,129 roll call votes, which is 35.6%. This is worse than the median of 29.7% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Jun 1906. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
Dec 1865-Feb 1866	103	12	11.7%	33^rd
1866 Mar-May	142	28	19.7%	33^rd
1866 Jun-Jul	142	27	19.0%	33^rd
Dec 1866-Mar 1867	224	30	13.4%	67^th
1867 Mar-Mar	61	6	9.8%	0^th
1867 Jul-Jul	35	14	40.0%	67^th
1867 Nov-Nov	5	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1867-Feb 1868	140	38	27.1%	67^th
1868 Mar-May	125	45	36.0%	67^th
1868 Jun-Jul	150	46	30.7%	67^th
1868 Sep-Sep	1	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1868-Mar 1869	197	38	19.3%	67^th
1869 Mar-Apr	81	20	24.7%	25^th
Dec 1869-Feb 1870	71	16	22.5%	50^th
1870 Mar-May	149	39	26.2%	50^th
1870 Jun-Jul	170	32	18.8%	50^th
Dec 1870-Mar 1871	158	26	16.5%	0^th
1871 Mar-Apr	84	38	45.2%	67^th
Dec 1871-Feb 1872	89	11	12.4%	0^th
1872 Mar-May	155	52	33.5%	33^rd
1872 Jun-Jun	35	22	62.9%	33^rd
Dec 1872-Mar 1873	150	41	27.3%	67^th
1877 Oct-Dec	32	15	46.9%	88^th
Dec 1877-Feb 1878	54	16	29.6%	78^th
1878 Mar-May	98	32	32.7%	67^th
1878 Jun-Jun	65	18	27.7%	44^th
Dec 1878-Mar 1879	114	33	28.9%	56^th
1879 Mar-Jul	131	89	67.9%	90^th
Dec 1879-Feb 1880	33	13	39.4%	70^th
1880 Mar-May	115	57	49.6%	70^th
1880 Jun-Jun	32	6	18.8%	20^th
Dec 1880-Mar 1881	119	38	31.9%	70^th
Dec 1881-Mar 1882	75	34	45.3%	70^th
1882 Apr-Jul	166	41	24.7%	45^th
1882 Aug-Aug	7	1	14.3%	27^th
Dec 1882-Mar 1883	100	28	28.0%	55^th
Dec 1883-Feb 1884	33	20	60.6%	86^th
1884 Mar-May	70	47	67.1%	86^th
1884 Jun-Jul	83	45	54.2%	57^th
Dec 1884-Mar 1885	145	67	46.2%	79^th
Dec 1885-Mar 1886	36	8	22.2%	61^st
1886 Apr-Jul	155	59	38.1%	72^nd
1886 Aug-Aug	6	4	66.7%	61^st
Dec 1886-Mar 1887	102	42	41.2%	83^rd
Dec 1887-Feb 1888	38	17	44.7%	79^th
1888 Mar-May	102	50	49.0%	58^th
1888 Jun-Aug	47	30	63.8%	63^rd
1888 Sep-Oct	16	14	87.5%	67^th
Dec 1888-Mar 1889	113	42	37.2%	67^th
Dec 1889-Feb 1890	78	13	16.7%	65^th
1890 Mar-May	109	37	33.9%	70^th
1890 Jun-Aug	169	83	49.1%	78^th
1890 Sep-Sep	53	31	58.5%	82^nd
Dec 1890-Mar 1891	173	40	23.1%	36^th
Dec 1891-Mar 1892	57	37	64.9%	93^rd
1892 Apr-Jul	158	115	72.8%	86^th
1892 Aug-Aug	4	4	100.0%	68^th
Dec 1892-Mar 1893	79	62	78.5%	96^th
1897 Mar-Jul	37	12	32.4%	56^th
Dec 1897-Feb 1898	29	15	51.7%	84^th
1898 Mar-May	53	26	49.1%	92^nd
1898 Jun-Jul	26	4	15.4%	25^th
Dec 1898-Mar 1899	37	14	37.8%	62^nd
Dec 1899-Feb 1900	19	10	52.6%	94^th
1900 Mar-May	49	23	46.9%	86^th
1900 Jun-Jun	16	4	25.0%	60^th
Dec 1900-Mar 1901	62	27	43.5%	77^th
Dec 1901-Feb 1902	17	3	17.6%	43^rd
1902 Mar-May	22	9	40.9%	70^th
1902 Jun-Jul	28	12	42.9%	66^th
Dec 1902-Mar 1903	113	41	36.3%	75^th
1903 Nov-Nov	5	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1903-Apr 1904	49	22	44.9%	77^th
Dec 1904-Mar 1905	32	14	43.8%	80^th
Dec 1905-Feb 1906	25	11	44.0%	79^th
1906 Mar-May	56	47	83.9%	93^rd
1906 Jun-Jun	20	18	90.0%	93^rd

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. John Ketcham [R-NY21, 1905-1907] leaves office as Representative for New York's 21st congressional district

Mar 03, 1907

Elections and Offices

Rep. John Ketcham [R-NY21, 1905-1907] takes office as Representative for New York's 21st congressional district

Dec 04, 1905

Elections and Offices

Rep. John Ketcham [R-NY21, 1905-1907] leaves office as Representative for New York's 21st congressional district

Mar 03, 1905

Elections and Offices

Rep. John Ketcham [R-NY21, 1905-1907] takes office as Representative for New York's 21st congressional district

Nov 09, 1903

Elections and Offices

Rep. John Ketcham [R-NY21, 1905-1907] leaves office as Representative for New York's 18th congressional district

Mar 03, 1903