Lee Overman, former Senator from North Carolina

Dates	Title	Representing
1927-1931	Senator	North Carolina
1915-1927	Senator	North Carolina
1903-1915	Senator	North Carolina

Voting Record

From Dec 1903 to Feb 1931, Overman missed 850 of 4,303 roll call votes, which is 19.8%. This is worse than the median of 19.8% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Feb 1931. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
Dec 1903-Apr 1904	35	9	25.7%	0^th
Dec 1904-Mar 1905	56	4	7.1%	0^th
1906 Jan-Feb	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1906 Mar-May	47	4	8.5%	0^th
1906 Jun-Jun	29	5	17.2%	0^th
1907 Jan-Mar	36	5	13.9%	0^th
1908 Mar-May	38	8	21.1%	60^th
1909 Jan-Mar	34	4	11.8%	20^th
1909 Apr-Aug	122	11	9.0%	33^rd
1910 Jan-Feb	7	1	14.3%	0^th
1910 Mar-May	34	4	11.8%	33^rd
1910 Jun-Jun	38	11	28.9%	67^th
Dec 1910-Mar 1911	45	6	13.3%	40^th
1911 May-Aug	92	15	16.3%	60^th
Dec 1911-Mar 1912	34	4	11.8%	30^th
1912 Apr-Jul	97	5	5.2%	9^th
1912 Aug-Aug	51	7	13.7%	45^th
Dec 1912-Mar 1913	108	53	49.1%	77^th
1913 Apr-Jul	36	6	16.7%	59^th
1913 Aug-Nov	102	10	9.8%	35^th
1913 Dec-Dec	1	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1913-Feb 1914	56	5	8.9%	29^th
1914 Mar-May	57	9	15.8%	29^th
1914 Jun-Aug	119	11	9.2%	18^th
1914 Sep-Oct	63	14	22.2%	59^th
Dec 1914-Mar 1915	117	17	14.5%	41^st
1913 Mar-Mar	5	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1915-Feb 1916	38	5	13.2%	56^th
1916 Mar-May	103	20	19.4%	50^th
1916 Jun-Aug	85	11	12.9%	13^th
1916 Sep-Sep	13	8	61.5%	81^st
Dec 1916-Mar 1917	156	20	12.8%	29^th
1917 Apr-Jun	58	12	20.7%	75^th
1917 Jul-Sep	102	12	11.8%	63^rd
1917 Oct-Oct	10	1	10.0%	33^rd
Dec 1917-Feb 1918	33	7	21.2%	71^st
1918 Mar-May	53	17	32.1%	56^th
1918 Jun-Aug	42	8	19.0%	44^th
1918 Sep-Nov	19	8	42.1%	72^nd
Dec 1918-Mar 1919	54	13	24.1%	40^th
1917 Mar-Mar	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1919 May-Jul	31	5	16.1%	47^th
1919 Aug-Oct	31	2	6.5%	16^th
1919 Nov-Nov	78	5	6.4%	69^th
Dec 1919-Feb 1920	51	22	43.1%	64^th
1920 Mar-May	99	30	30.3%	79^th
1920 Jun-Jun	19	11	57.9%	79^th
Dec 1920-Mar 1921	83	18	21.7%	62^nd
1921 Apr-Jun	60	5	8.3%	23^rd
1921 Jul-Sep	35	20	57.1%	77^th
1921 Oct-Nov	88	13	14.8%	41^st
Dec 1921-Feb 1922	40	5	12.5%	30^th
1922 Mar-May	195	48	24.6%	45^th
1922 Jun-Aug	207	29	14.0%	30^th
1922 Sep-Sep	10	10	100.0%	80^th
1922 Nov-Nov	13	3	23.1%	61^st
Dec 1922-Mar 1923	66	19	28.8%	58^th
1921 Mar-Mar	1	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1923-Feb 1924	24	2	8.3%	45^th
1924 Mar-May	82	12	14.6%	49^th
1924 Jun-Jun	17	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1924-Mar 1925	76	10	13.2%	54^th
1926 Jan-Feb	58	6	10.3%	51^st
1926 Mar-May	51	7	13.7%	49^th
1926 Jun-Jul	29	14	48.3%	88^th
Dec 1926-Mar 1927	74	13	17.6%	56^th
1925 Mar-Mar	10	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1927-May 1928	117	31	26.5%	79^th
Dec 1928-Mar 1929	64	23	35.9%	81^st
1929 May-Jun	36	3	8.3%	41^st
1929 Sep-Sep	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1929 Oct-Nov	52	10	19.2%	68^th
Dec 1929-Feb 1930	94	30	31.9%	84^th
1930 Mar-May	132	60	45.5%	90^th
1930 Jun-Jul	23	10	43.5%	68^th
Dec 1930-Mar 1931	6	4	66.7%	94^th
1930 Jul-Jul	9	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