Sen. Joseph Hill

Former Senator from Alabama

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1957-1968	Senator	Alabama
1938-1956	Senator	Alabama
1937-1938	Representative	Alabama's 2^nd District
1935-1936	Representative	Alabama's 2^nd District
1931-1934	Representative	Alabama's 2^nd District
1927-1931	Representative	Alabama's 2^nd District
1925-1927	Representative	Alabama's 2^nd District
1923-1925	Representative	Alabama's 2^nd District

Voting Record

From Jan 1938 to Oct 1968, Hill missed 246 of 5,176 roll call votes, which is 4.8%. This is better than the median of 9.8% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Oct 1968. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1938 Jan-Jun	78	5	6.4%	20^th
1939 Jan-Mar	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Apr-Jun	35	4	11.4%	40^th
1939 Jul-Aug	37	7	18.9%	80^th
1939 Oct-Nov	19	1	5.3%	40^th
1940 Jan-Mar	42	1	2.4%	0^th
1940 Apr-Jun	60	2	3.3%	20^th
1940 Jul-Sep	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Oct-Nov	5	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Jan-Mar	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Apr-Jun	29	1	3.4%	29^th
1941 Jul-Sep	23	4	17.4%	29^th
1941 Oct-Dec	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Jan-Mar	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Apr-Jun	27	3	11.1%	50^th
1942 Jul-Sep	19	7	36.8%	83^rd
1942 Oct-Dec	24	2	8.3%	17^th
1943 Jan-Mar	20	2	10.0%	25^th
1943 Apr-Jun	51	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Jul-Sep	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Oct-Dec	29	1	3.4%	63^rd
1944 Jan-Mar	51	4	7.8%	50^th
1944 Apr-Jun	22	4	18.2%	75^th
1944 Aug-Sep	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Nov-Dec	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Jan-Mar	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Apr-Jun	40	2	5.0%	21^st
1945 Jul-Sep	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Oct-Dec	23	1	4.3%	14^th
1946 Jan-Mar	13	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Apr-Jun	74	7	9.5%	86^th
1946 Jul-Aug	48	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Jan-Mar	34	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Apr-Jun	55	2	3.6%	76^th
1947 Jul-Jul	39	1	2.6%	59^th
1947 Nov-Dec	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Feb-Mar	28	1	3.6%	44^th
1948 Apr-Jun	74	1	1.4%	50^th
1948 Aug-Aug	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jan-Mar	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Apr-Jun	83	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jul-Sep	80	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Oct-Oct	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jan-Mar	50	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Apr-Jun	80	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jul-Sep	78	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Dec-Dec	10	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Mar	20	1	5.0%	69^th
1951 Apr-Jun	70	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jul-Sep	88	1	1.1%	50^th
1951 Oct-Oct	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Apr-Jun	93	1	1.1%	35^th
1952 Jul-Jul	6	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jan-Mar	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Apr-Jun	40	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jul-Jul	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Jan-Mar	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Apr-Jun	48	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Jul-Sep	89	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Dec-Dec	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Apr-Jun	37	1	2.7%	28^th
1955 Jul-Aug	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jan-Mar	47	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Apr-Jun	49	1	2.0%	50^th
1956 Jul-Jul	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jan-Mar	16	1	6.3%	70^th
1957 Apr-Jun	45	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jul-Aug	46	1	2.2%	50^th
1958 Feb-Mar	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Apr-Jun	85	3	3.5%	63^rd
1958 Jul-Aug	73	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 Jan-Apr	57	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 May-Aug	128	9	7.0%	74^th
1959 Sep-Sep	30	3	10.0%	83^rd
1960 Jan-Apr	77	6	7.8%	50^th
1960 May-Aug	121	10	8.3%	75^th
1960 Sep-Sep	5	4	80.0%	91^st
1961 Jan-Apr	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 May-Aug	136	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 Sep-Sep	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Jan-Mar	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Apr-Jun	62	3	4.8%	39^th
1962 Jul-Sep	119	13	10.9%	77^th
1962 Oct-Oct	17	7	41.2%	91^st
1963 Jan-Mar	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Apr-Jun	70	2	2.9%	30^th
1963 Jul-Sep	57	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Oct-Dec	86	4	4.7%	39^th
1964 Jan-Mar	59	1	1.7%	24^th
1964 Apr-Jun	136	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jul-Sep	105	7	6.7%	58^th
1964 Oct-Oct	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	32	1	3.1%	8^th
1965 Apr-Jun	106	9	8.5%	42^nd
1965 Jul-Sep	106	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Oct-Oct	15	2	13.3%	41^st
1966 Jan-Mar	28	2	7.1%	39^th
1966 Apr-Jun	56	9	16.1%	53^rd
1966 Jul-Sep	99	28	28.3%	86^th
1966 Oct-Oct	34	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Jan-Mar	53	2	3.8%	10^th
1967 Apr-Jun	70	12	17.1%	68^th
1967 Jul-Sep	78	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	108	14	13.0%	44^th
1968 Jan-Mar	69	1	1.4%	8^th
1968 Apr-Jun	96	16	16.7%	51^st
1968 Jul-Sep	89	6	6.7%	21^st
1968 Oct-Oct	27	2	7.4%	34^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

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Sen. Joseph Hill [D-AL, 1957-1968] leaves office as Senator from Alabama

Oct 14, 1968

Elections and Offices

Sen. Joseph Hill [D-AL, 1957-1968] takes office as Senator from Alabama

Jan 03, 1957

Elections and Offices

Sen. Joseph Hill [D-AL, 1957-1968] leaves office as Senator from Alabama

Jul 27, 1956

Elections and Offices

Sen. Joseph Hill [D-AL, 1957-1968] leaves office as Representative for Alabama's 2nd congressional district

Jun 16, 1938

Elections and Offices

Sen. Joseph Hill [D-AL, 1957-1968] takes office as Senator from Alabama

Jan 01, 1938