Martin Dies Jr., former Representative from Texas

Dates	Title	Representing
1957-1958	Representative	Texas's At-Large District
1953-1956	Representative	Texas's At-Large District
1939-1944	Representative	Texas's 2^nd District
1937-1938	Representative	Texas's 2^nd District
1935-1936	Representative	Texas's 2^nd District
1931-1934	Representative	Texas's 2^nd District

Voting Record

From Dec 1931 to Aug 1958, Dies missed 153 of 1,559 roll call votes, which is 9.8%. This is worse than the median of 0.0% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Aug 1958. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
Dec 1931-Feb 1932	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1932 Mar-May	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1932 Jun-Jul	30	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1932-Mar 1933	37	1	2.7%	30^th
1933 Mar-Jun	61	0	0.0%	0^th
1934 Jan-Jun	81	17	21.0%	94^th
1935 Jan-Mar	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1935 Apr-Jun	37	1	2.7%	57^th
1935 Jul-Aug	57	2	3.5%	51^st
1936 Jan-Jun	78	19	24.4%	78^th
1937 Jan-Mar	16	6	37.5%	97^th
1937 Apr-Jun	41	0	0.0%	0^th
1937 Jul-Aug	27	5	18.5%	62^nd
1937 Dec-Dec	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1938 Jan-Jun	61	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Jan-Mar	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Apr-Jun	41	2	4.9%	98^th
1939 Jul-Aug	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Oct-Nov	6	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Jan-Mar	32	3	9.4%	88^th
1940 Apr-Jun	61	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Jul-Sep	22	5	22.7%	97^th
1940 Oct-Dec	10	1	10.0%	60^th
1941 Jan-Mar	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Apr-Jun	31	1	3.2%	84^th
1941 Jul-Aug	16	1	6.3%	90^th
1941 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Jan-Mar	25	1	4.0%	92^nd
1942 Apr-Jun	30	7	23.3%	99^th
1942 Jul-Sep	11	5	45.5%	95^th
1942 Oct-Nov	5	4	80.0%	99^th
1943 Jan-Mar	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Apr-Jun	46	17	37.0%	99^th
1943 Jul-Sep	13	5	38.5%	93^rd
1943 Oct-Dec	12	12	100.0%	99^th
1944 Jan-Mar	23	1	4.3%	50^th
1944 Apr-Jun	32	27	84.4%	99^th
1944 Sep-Sep	3	3	100.0%	96^th
1944 Nov-Dec	7	7	100.0%	98^th
1953 Jan-Mar	13	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Apr-Jun	24	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jul-Aug	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Jan-Mar	14	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Apr-Jun	24	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Jul-Aug	37	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Apr-Jun	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Jul-Aug	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Apr-Jun	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jul-Jul	29	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jan-Mar	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Apr-Jun	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jul-Aug	47	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jan-Mar	14	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Apr-Jun	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jul-Aug	35	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