Samuel Dickstein, former Representative from New York's 19th District

Dates	Title	Representing
1945-1946	Representative	New York's 19^th District
1939-1944	Representative	New York's 12^th District
1937-1938	Representative	New York's 12^th District
1935-1936	Representative	New York's 12^th District
1931-1934	Representative	New York's 12^th District
1927-1931	Representative	New York's 12^th District
1925-1927	Representative	New York's 12^th District
1923-1925	Representative	New York's 12^th District

Voting Record

From Dec 1923 to Dec 1945, Dickstein missed 252 of 1,580 roll call votes, which is 15.9%. This is worse than the median of 1.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 1945. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
Dec 1923-Feb 1924	21	2	9.5%	92^nd
1924 Mar-May	76	26	34.2%	95^th
1924 Jun-Jun	10	1	10.0%	41^st
Dec 1924-Mar 1925	54	10	18.5%	97^th
Dec 1925-Feb 1926	20	2	10.0%	86^th
1926 Mar-May	32	6	18.8%	86^th
1926 Jun-Jul	21	2	9.5%	67^th
Dec 1926-Mar 1927	29	1	3.4%	67^th
Dec 1927-May 1928	42	20	47.6%	94^th
Dec 1928-Mar 1929	16	7	43.8%	93^rd
1929 Apr-Jun	10	2	20.0%	82^nd
Dec 1929-Feb 1930	8	5	62.5%	90^th
1930 Mar-May	24	3	12.5%	48^th
1930 Jun-Jul	20	8	40.0%	87^th
Dec 1930-Mar 1931	29	6	20.7%	81^st
Dec 1931-Feb 1932	16	4	25.0%	85^th
1932 Mar-May	38	7	18.4%	88^th
1932 Jun-Jul	30	11	36.7%	88^th
Dec 1932-Mar 1933	34	9	26.5%	96^th
1933 Mar-Jun	51	0	0.0%	0^th
1934 Jan-Jun	69	25	36.2%	96^th
1935 Jan-Mar	29	2	6.9%	98^th
1935 Apr-Jun	35	3	8.6%	89^th
1935 Jul-Aug	56	3	5.4%	62^nd
1936 Jan-Jun	77	25	32.5%	83^rd
1937 Jan-Mar	17	2	11.8%	67^th
1937 Apr-Jun	40	7	17.5%	69^th
1937 Jul-Aug	28	10	35.7%	83^rd
1937 Dec-Dec	5	0	0.0%	0^th
1938 Jan-Jun	56	1	1.8%	66^th
1939 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Apr-Jun	39	2	5.1%	97^th
1939 Jul-Aug	15	2	13.3%	99^th
1939 Oct-Nov	6	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Jan-Mar	29	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Apr-Jun	57	2	3.5%	97^th
1940 Jul-Sep	28	5	17.9%	91^st
1940 Oct-Dec	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Jan-Mar	13	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Apr-Jun	30	3	10.0%	95^th
1941 Jul-Aug	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Oct-Dec	14	1	7.1%	90^th
1942 Jan-Mar	25	1	4.0%	88^th
1942 Apr-Jun	29	2	6.9%	81^st
1942 Jul-Sep	11	3	27.3%	84^th
1942 Oct-Nov	5	1	20.0%	73^rd
1943 Jan-Mar	17	2	11.8%	83^rd
1943 Apr-Jun	47	11	23.4%	96^th
1943 Jul-Sep	13	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Oct-Dec	10	1	10.0%	71^st
1944 Jan-Mar	22	2	9.1%	80^th
1944 Apr-Jun	24	1	4.2%	74^th
1944 Sep-Sep	1	1	100.0%	97^th
1944 Nov-Dec	5	2	40.0%	88^th
1945 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Apr-Jun	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Jul-Sep	11	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Oct-Dec	21	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