Rep. Richard Wigglesworth

Former Representative from Massachusetts's 13^th District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1957-1958	Representative	Massachusetts's 13^th District
1953-1956	Representative	Massachusetts's 13^th District
1947-1952	Representative	Massachusetts's 13^th District
1939-1946	Representative	Massachusetts's 13^th District
1937-1938	Representative	Massachusetts's 13^th District
1935-1936	Representative	Massachusetts's 13^th District
1933-1934	Representative	Massachusetts's 13^th District
1931-1933	Representative	Massachusetts's 14^th District
1927-1931	Representative	Massachusetts's 14^th District

Voting Record

From Dec 1928 to Aug 1958, Wigglesworth missed 61 of 2,543 roll call votes, which is 2.4%. 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 1928-Mar 1929	18	0	0.0%	0^th
1929 Apr-Jun	12	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1929-Feb 1930	8	1	12.5%	39^th
1930 Mar-May	26	5	19.2%	67^th
1930 Jun-Jul	20	3	15.0%	67^th
Dec 1930-Mar 1931	32	2	6.3%	50^th
Dec 1931-Feb 1932	16	2	12.5%	78^th
1932 Mar-May	37	1	2.7%	35^th
1932 Jun-Jul	28	1	3.6%	35^th
Dec 1932-Mar 1933	37	6	16.2%	87^th
1933 Mar-Jun	57	0	0.0%	0^th
1934 Jan-Jun	80	1	1.3%	13^th
1935 Jan-Mar	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1935 Apr-Jun	38	2	5.3%	84^th
1935 Jul-Aug	57	4	7.0%	73^rd
1936 Jan-Jun	69	15	21.7%	76^th
1937 Jan-Mar	16	2	12.5%	74^th
1937 Apr-Jun	40	2	5.0%	30^th
1937 Jul-Aug	23	5	21.7%	72^nd
1937 Dec-Dec	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1938 Jan-Jun	57	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Jan-Mar	29	1	3.4%	88^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	3	9.7%	92^nd
1940 Apr-Jun	61	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Jul-Sep	26	1	3.8%	72^nd
1940 Oct-Dec	9	1	11.1%	70^th
1941 Jan-Mar	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Apr-Jun	30	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	1	3.8%	70^th
1942 Apr-Jun	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Jul-Sep	11	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Oct-Nov	5	1	20.0%	78^th
1943 Jan-Mar	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Apr-Jun	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Jul-Sep	13	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Oct-Dec	12	1	8.3%	61^st
1944 Jan-Mar	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Apr-Jun	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Sep-Sep	3	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Nov-Dec	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Jan-Mar	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Apr-Jun	40	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Jul-Sep	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Oct-Dec	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Jan-Mar	33	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Apr-Jun	53	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Jul-Aug	43	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Jan-Mar	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Apr-Jun	32	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	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Apr-Jun	54	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	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jul-Sep	43	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Oct-Oct	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jan-Mar	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Apr-Jun	29	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jul-Sep	56	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	39	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	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Jul-Jul	10	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jan-Mar	13	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Apr-Jun	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jul-Aug	20	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	19	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Apr-Jun	28	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	52	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jan-Mar	19	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Apr-Jun	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jul-Aug	40	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
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Rep. Richard Wigglesworth [R-MA13, 1957-1958] leaves office as Representative for Massachusetts's 13th congressional district

Aug 24, 1958

Elections and Offices

Rep. Richard Wigglesworth [R-MA13, 1957-1958] takes office as Representative for Massachusetts's 13th congressional district

Jan 03, 1957

Elections and Offices

Rep. Richard Wigglesworth [R-MA13, 1957-1958] leaves office as Representative for Massachusetts's 13th congressional district

Jul 27, 1956

Elections and Offices

Rep. Richard Wigglesworth [R-MA13, 1957-1958] takes office as Representative for Massachusetts's 13th congressional district

Jan 03, 1953

Elections and Offices

Rep. Richard Wigglesworth [R-MA13, 1957-1958] leaves office as Representative for Massachusetts's 13th congressional district

Jul 07, 1952