Rep. Schuyler Bland

Former Representative from Virginia's 1^st District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1947-1951	Representative	Virginia's 1^st District
1939-1946	Representative	Virginia's 1^st District
1937-1938	Representative	Virginia's 1^st District
1935-1936	Representative	Virginia's 1^st District
1933-1934	Representative	Virginia
1931-1933	Representative	Virginia's 1^st District
1927-1931	Representative	Virginia's 1^st District
1925-1927	Representative	Virginia's 1^st District
1923-1925	Representative	Virginia's 1^st District
1917-1923	Representative	Virginia's 1^st District

Voting Record

From Jun 1918 to Feb 1950, Bland missed 108 of 2,888 roll call votes, which is 3.7%. This is worse than the median of 0.2% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Feb 1950. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1918 Jun-Aug	15	1	6.7%	10^th
1918 Sep-Oct	14	2	14.3%	0^th
Dec 1918-Mar 1919	63	0	0.0%	0^th
1919 May-Jul	62	6	9.7%	36^th
1919 Aug-Oct	52	6	11.5%	27^th
1919 Nov-Nov	16	2	12.5%	18^th
Dec 1919-Feb 1920	39	1	2.6%	0^th
1920 Mar-May	70	7	10.0%	33^rd
1920 Jun-Jun	8	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1920-Mar 1921	92	0	0.0%	0^th
1921 Apr-Jun	58	0	0.0%	0^th
1921 Jul-Aug	46	3	6.5%	31^st
1921 Oct-Nov	29	5	17.2%	62^nd
Dec 1921-Feb 1922	46	3	6.5%	15^th
1922 Mar-May	46	6	13.0%	38^th
1922 Jun-Aug	54	6	11.1%	31^st
1922 Sep-Sep	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1922 Nov-Nov	5	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1922-Mar 1923	60	5	8.3%	15^th
Dec 1923-Feb 1924	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1924 Mar-May	84	6	7.1%	57^th
1924 Jun-Jun	10	1	10.0%	48^th
Dec 1924-Mar 1925	53	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1925-Feb 1926	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1926 Mar-May	37	0	0.0%	0^th
1926 Jun-Jul	22	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1926-Mar 1927	32	1	3.1%	62^nd
Dec 1927-May 1928	48	1	2.1%	19^th
Dec 1928-Mar 1929	18	0	0.0%	0^th
1929 Apr-Jun	13	1	7.7%	44^th
Dec 1929-Feb 1930	8	1	12.5%	35^th
1930 Mar-May	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1930 Jun-Jul	18	2	11.1%	62^nd
Dec 1930-Mar 1931	32	5	15.6%	80^th
Dec 1931-Feb 1932	17	3	17.6%	76^th
1932 Mar-May	38	1	2.6%	24^th
1932 Jun-Jul	30	1	3.3%	12^th
Dec 1932-Mar 1933	35	4	11.4%	57^th
1933 Mar-Jun	61	0	0.0%	0^th
1934 Jan-Jun	81	0	0.0%	0^th
1935 Jan-Mar	32	1	3.1%	78^th
1935 Apr-Jun	39	1	2.6%	52^nd
1935 Jul-Aug	58	0	0.0%	0^th
1936 Jan-Jun	79	6	7.6%	27^th
1937 Jan-Mar	19	2	10.5%	60^th
1937 Apr-Jun	41	6	14.6%	56^th
1937 Jul-Aug	28	5	17.9%	56^th
1937 Dec-Dec	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1938 Jan-Jun	59	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Jan-Mar	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Apr-Jun	40	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	32	1	3.1%	59^th
1940 Apr-Jun	63	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Jul-Sep	28	1	3.6%	59^th
1940 Oct-Dec	10	0	0.0%	0^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%	68^th
1942 Apr-Jun	30	3	10.0%	85^th
1942 Jul-Sep	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Oct-Nov	3	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Jan-Mar	17	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	11	1	9.1%	72^nd
1944 Jan-Mar	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Apr-Jun	30	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	34	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	19	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Apr-Jun	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Jul-Jul	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Nov-Dec	5	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Apr-Jun	52	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Aug-Aug	3	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	40	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Oct-Oct	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jan-Mar	11	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

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Rep. Schuyler Bland [D-VA1, 1947-1951] leaves office as Representative for Virginia's 1st congressional district

Jan 02, 1951

Elections and Offices

Rep. Schuyler Bland [D-VA1, 1947-1951] takes office as Representative for Virginia's 1st congressional district

Jan 03, 1947

Elections and Offices

Rep. Schuyler Bland [D-VA1, 1947-1951] leaves office as Representative for Virginia's 1st congressional district

Aug 02, 1946

Elections and Offices

Rep. Schuyler Bland [D-VA1, 1947-1951] takes office as Representative for Virginia's 1st congressional district

Jan 03, 1939

Elections and Offices

Rep. Schuyler Bland [D-VA1, 1947-1951] leaves office as Representative for Virginia's 1st congressional district

Jun 16, 1938