Richard Simpson, former Representative from Pennsylvania's 18th District

Dates	Title	Representing
1959-1960	Representative	Pennsylvania's 18^th District
1957-1958	Representative	Pennsylvania's 18^th District
1953-1956	Representative	Pennsylvania's 18^th District
1947-1952	Representative	Pennsylvania's 17^th District
1945-1946	Representative	Pennsylvania's 17^th District
1939-1944	Representative	Pennsylvania's 18^th District
1937-1938	Representative	Pennsylvania's 18^th District

Voting Record

From May 1937 to Sep 1959, Simpson missed 16 of 1,962 roll call votes, which is 0.8%. This is worse than the median of 0.0% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Sep 1959. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1937 Apr-Jun	19	1	5.3%	33^rd
1937 Jul-Aug	25	7	28.0%	73^rd
1937 Dec-Dec	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1938 Jan-Jun	61	3	4.9%	82^nd
1939 Jan-Mar	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Apr-Jun	42	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Jul-Aug	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Oct-Nov	6	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Jan-Mar	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Apr-Jun	55	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Jul-Sep	24	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Oct-Dec	9	1	11.1%	66^th
1941 Jan-Mar	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Apr-Jun	25	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Jul-Aug	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Apr-Jun	30	1	3.3%	58^th
1942 Jul-Sep	11	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Oct-Nov	5	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Jan-Mar	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Apr-Jun	46	1	2.2%	49^th
1943 Jul-Sep	13	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Oct-Dec	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Jan-Mar	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Apr-Jun	29	1	3.4%	67^th
1944 Sep-Sep	3	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Nov-Dec	7	1	14.3%	49^th
1945 Jan-Mar	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Apr-Jun	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Jul-Sep	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Oct-Dec	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Jan-Mar	33	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Apr-Jun	52	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Jul-Aug	43	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Apr-Jun	29	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Jul-Jul	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Nov-Dec	6	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Jan-Mar	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Apr-Jun	44	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Aug-Aug	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jan-Mar	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Apr-Jun	24	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jul-Sep	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Oct-Oct	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jan-Mar	51	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Apr-Jun	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jul-Sep	54	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Dec-Dec	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Jan	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Apr-Jun	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jul-Sep	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Oct-Oct	18	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Jan-Mar	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Apr-Jun	37	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Jul-Jul	10	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Apr-Jun	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jul-Aug	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Jan-Mar	14	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Apr-Jun	18	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	19	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Apr-Jun	24	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jul-Jul	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Apr-Jun	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jul-Aug	48	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jan-Mar	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Apr-Jun	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jul-Aug	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 Jan-Apr	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 May-Aug	45	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 Sep-Sep	16	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