Elections and Offices
Sen. Perry Smith [D-CT, 1837-1843] leaves office as Senator from Connecticut
Mar 03, 1843Sen. Perry Smith
Former Senator from Connecticut
Elected Positions
| Dates | Title | Representing |
|---|---|---|
| Senator | Connecticut |
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Voting Record
From Sep 1837 to Mar 1843, Smith missed 407 of 1,543 roll call votes, which is 26.4%. This is worse than the median of 18.6% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1843. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
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
Recent Legislative Activity
Elections and Offices
Sen. Perry Smith [D-CT, 1837-1843] takes office as Senator from Connecticut
Sep 04, 1837