Orsamus Matteson, former Representative from New York's 20th District

Dates	Title	Representing
1857-1859	Representative	New York's 20^th District
1855-1857	Representative	New York's 20^th District
1853-1855	Representative	New York's 20^th District
1849-1851	Representative	New York's 20^th District

Voting Record

From Dec 1849 to Mar 1859, Matteson missed 518 of 2,380 roll call votes, which is 21.8%. This is better than the median of 22.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1859. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
Dec 1849-Feb 1850	108	4	3.7%	3^rd
1850 Mar-May	68	10	14.7%	28^th
1850 Jun-Aug	146	5	3.4%	10^th
1850 Sep-Sep	117	18	15.4%	59^th
Dec 1850-Mar 1851	133	4	3.0%	3^rd
Dec 1853-Mar 1854	109	16	14.7%	38^th
1854 Apr-Jul	305	100	32.8%	71^st
1854 Aug-Aug	33	2	6.1%	13^th
Dec 1854-Mar 1855	155	24	15.5%	32^nd
Dec 1855-Mar 1856	174	25	14.4%	44^th
1856 Apr-Jul	199	28	14.1%	13^th
1856 Aug-Aug	73	1	1.4%	6^th
1856 Aug-Aug	44	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1856-Mar 1857	177	68	38.4%	84^th
Dec 1857-Feb 1858	99	98	99.0%	98^th
1858 Mar-May	178	68	38.2%	86^th
1858 Jun-Jun	68	14	20.6%	39^th
Dec 1858-Mar 1859	194	33	17.0%	45^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