Sen. Justin Morrill

Former Senator from Vermont

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1891-1899	Senator	Vermont
1885-1891	Senator	Vermont
1873-1885	Senator	Vermont
1867-1873	Senator	Vermont
1865-1867	Representative	Vermont's 2^nd District
1863-1865	Representative	Vermont's 2^nd District
1861-1863	Representative	Vermont's 2^nd District
1859-1861	Representative	Vermont's 2^nd District
1857-1859	Representative	Vermont's 2^nd District
1855-1857	Representative	Vermont's 2^nd District

Voting Record

From Mar 1867 to Dec 1898, Morrill missed 2,248 of 7,922 roll call votes, which is 28.4%. This is better than the median of 30.4% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Dec 1898. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1867 Mar-Apr	98	9	9.2%	0^th
1867 Jul-Jul	33	33	100.0%	33^rd
1867 Nov-Nov	4	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1867-Feb 1868	53	4	7.5%	0^th
1868 Mar-May	180	17	9.4%	0^th
1868 Jun-Jul	185	49	26.5%	67^th
1868 Sep-Sep	1	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1868-Mar 1869	155	14	9.0%	33^rd
1869 Mar-Apr	58	8	13.8%	0^th
Dec 1869-Feb 1870	81	12	14.8%	33^rd
1870 Mar-May	167	44	26.3%	33^rd
1870 Jun-Jul	201	48	23.9%	33^rd
Dec 1870-Mar 1871	193	35	18.1%	67^th
1869 Apr-Apr	25	7	28.0%	33^rd
1871 Mar-Apr	60	11	18.3%	33^rd
Dec 1871-Feb 1872	79	11	13.9%	0^th
1872 Mar-May	335	77	23.0%	0^th
1872 Jun-Jun	93	18	19.4%	33^rd
Dec 1872-Mar 1873	194	32	16.5%	0^th
1871 May-May	16	1	6.3%	33^rd
Dec 1873-Feb 1874	54	5	9.3%	20^th
1874 Mar-May	114	16	14.0%	0^th
1874 Jun-Jun	79	20	25.3%	20^th
Dec 1874-Mar 1875	142	21	14.8%	0^th
1873 Mar-Mar	16	4	25.0%	20^th
Dec 1875-Mar 1876	86	10	11.6%	17^th
1876 Apr-Jul	185	23	12.4%	40^th
1876 Aug-Aug	51	4	7.8%	0^th
Dec 1876-Mar 1877	80	8	10.0%	0^th
1875 Mar-Mar	20	1	5.0%	0^th
1877 Oct-Dec	70	17	24.3%	75^th
Dec 1877-Feb 1878	68	10	14.7%	25^th
1878 Mar-May	107	11	10.3%	0^th
1878 Jun-Jun	83	5	6.0%	0^th
Dec 1878-Mar 1879	226	43	19.0%	38^th
1877 Mar-Mar	15	1	6.7%	22^nd
1879 Mar-Jul	189	35	18.5%	30^th
Dec 1879-Feb 1880	42	15	35.7%	80^th
1880 Mar-May	119	15	12.6%	10^th
1880 Jun-Jun	39	14	35.9%	60^th
Dec 1880-Mar 1881	162	27	16.7%	30^th
Dec 1881-Mar 1882	96	5	5.2%	0^th
1882 Apr-Jul	208	25	12.0%	22^nd
1882 Aug-Aug	38	1	2.6%	6^th
Dec 1882-Mar 1883	398	60	15.1%	12^th
1881 Mar-Mar	13	0	0.0%	0^th
1881 Oct-Oct	60	30	50.0%	50^th
Dec 1883-Feb 1884	65	18	27.7%	50^th
1884 Mar-May	111	13	11.7%	11^th
1884 Jun-Jul	78	4	5.1%	0^th
Dec 1884-Mar 1885	164	19	11.6%	6^th
Dec 1885-Mar 1886	62	11	17.7%	38^th
1886 Apr-Jul	206	113	54.9%	88^th
1886 Aug-Aug	11	11	100.0%	88^th
Dec 1886-Mar 1887	140	26	18.6%	50^th
1885 Mar-Apr	9	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1887-Feb 1888	48	25	52.1%	88^th
1888 Mar-May	57	40	70.2%	91^st
1888 Jun-Aug	55	55	100.0%	97^th
1888 Sep-Oct	14	14	100.0%	88^th
Dec 1888-Mar 1889	191	41	21.5%	34^th
Dec 1889-Feb 1890	31	5	16.1%	31^st
1890 Mar-May	110	21	19.1%	26^th
1890 Jun-Aug	147	103	70.1%	84^th
1890 Sep-Sep	75	75	100.0%	94^th
Dec 1890-Mar 1891	141	40	28.4%	38^th
1889 Mar-Apr	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1892 Jan-Mar	24	14	58.3%	83^rd
1892 Apr-Jul	75	70	93.3%	98^th
Dec 1892-Mar 1893	103	30	29.1%	42^nd
1893 Aug-Oct	57	41	71.9%	92^nd
1894 Jan-Mar	30	15	50.0%	84^th
1894 Apr-Jul	312	200	64.1%	90^th
1894 Aug-Aug	21	21	100.0%	92^nd
Dec 1894-Mar 1895	96	44	45.8%	78^th
1893 Apr-Apr	6	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1895-Feb 1896	34	11	32.4%	72^nd
1896 Mar-May	61	37	60.7%	86^th
1896 Jun-Jun	23	7	30.4%	52^nd
Dec 1896-Mar 1897	66	56	84.8%	92^nd
1897 Mar-Jul	198	162	81.8%	95^th
Dec 1897-Feb 1898	25	5	20.0%	49^th
1898 Mar-May	45	26	57.8%	94^th
1898 Jun-Jul	51	17	33.3%	72^nd
Dec 1898-Mar 1899	2	2	100.0%	97^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. Justin Morrill [R-VT, 1891-1899] leaves office as Senator from Vermont

Mar 03, 1899

Elections and Offices

Sen. Justin Morrill [R-VT, 1891-1899] takes office as Senator from Vermont

Dec 07, 1891

Elections and Offices

Sen. Justin Morrill [R-VT, 1891-1899] leaves office as Senator from Vermont

Mar 03, 1891

Elections and Offices

Sen. Justin Morrill [R-VT, 1891-1899] takes office as Senator from Vermont

Dec 07, 1885

Elections and Offices

Sen. Justin Morrill [R-VT, 1891-1899] leaves office as Senator from Vermont

Mar 03, 1885