Elections and Offices
Sen. Philip Allen [D-RI, 1853-1859] leaves office as Senator from Rhode Island
Mar 03, 1859Sen. Philip Allen
Former Senator from Rhode Island
Elected Positions
| Dates | Title | Representing |
|---|---|---|
| Senator | Rhode Island |
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Voting Record
From Dec 1853 to Mar 1859, Allen missed 342 of 1,661 roll call votes, which is 20.6%. This is better than the median of 25.7% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1859. 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
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
Recent Legislative Activity
Elections and Offices
Sen. Philip Allen [D-RI, 1853-1859] takes office as Senator from Rhode Island
Dec 05, 1853