Elections and Offices
Sen. John Patterson [R-SC, 1873-1879] leaves office as Senator from South Carolina
Mar 03, 1879Sen. John Patterson
Former Senator from South Carolina
Elected Positions
| Dates | Title | Representing |
|---|---|---|
| Senator | South Carolina |
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Voting Record
From Mar 1873 to Mar 1879, Patterson missed 600 of 1,372 roll call votes, which is 43.7%. This is worse than the median of 29.4% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1879. 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
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Elections and Offices
Sen. John Patterson [R-SC, 1873-1879] takes office as Senator from South Carolina
Dec 01, 1873