Thomas Bell, former Representative from Georgia's 9th District

Dates	Title	Representing
1927-1931	Representative	Georgia's 9^th District
1925-1927	Representative	Georgia's 9^th District
1923-1925	Representative	Georgia's 9^th District
1915-1923	Representative	Georgia's 9^th District
1907-1915	Representative	Georgia's 9^th District
1905-1907	Representative	Georgia's 9^th District

Voting Record

From Dec 1905 to Mar 1931, Bell missed 594 of 2,667 roll call votes, which is 22.3%. This is worse than the median of 14.7% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1931. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
Dec 1905-Feb 1906	24	8	33.3%	68^th
1906 Mar-May	57	16	28.1%	43^rd
1906 Jun-Jun	20	8	40.0%	71^st
Dec 1906-Mar 1907	34	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1907-May 1908	269	28	10.4%	19^th
Dec 1908-Mar 1909	42	5	11.9%	26^th
1909 Mar-Aug	36	4	11.1%	37^th
Dec 1909-Feb 1910	18	5	27.8%	56^th
1910 Mar-May	60	26	43.3%	81^st
1910 Jun-Jun	18	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1910-Mar 1911	65	5	7.7%	26^th
1911 Apr-Aug	48	4	8.3%	35^th
Dec 1911-Mar 1912	57	11	19.3%	54^th
1912 Apr-Jul	57	15	26.3%	51^st
1912 Aug-Aug	29	29	100.0%	85^th
Dec 1912-Mar 1913	65	7	10.8%	28^th
1913 Apr-Jul	22	4	18.2%	29^th
1913 Aug-Nov	42	11	26.2%	12^th
Dec 1913-Feb 1914	23	5	21.7%	70^th
1914 Mar-May	34	13	38.2%	82^nd
1914 Jun-Aug	59	49	83.1%	86^th
1914 Sep-Oct	29	1	3.4%	15^th
Dec 1914-Mar 1915	63	18	28.6%	74^th
Dec 1915-Feb 1916	16	1	6.3%	33^rd
1916 Mar-May	53	0	0.0%	0^th
1916 Jun-Aug	21	5	23.8%	54^th
1916 Sep-Sep	3	3	100.0%	77^th
Dec 1916-Mar 1917	62	7	11.3%	49^th
1917 Apr-Jun	41	6	14.6%	66^th
1917 Jul-Sep	8	2	25.0%	64^th
1917 Oct-Oct	3	2	66.7%	72^nd
Dec 1917-Feb 1918	33	1	3.0%	10^th
1918 Mar-May	60	8	13.3%	38^th
1918 Jun-Aug	33	11	33.3%	66^th
1918 Sep-Oct	14	10	71.4%	85^th
Dec 1918-Mar 1919	62	8	12.9%	46^th
1919 May-Jul	60	5	8.3%	27^th
1919 Aug-Oct	50	26	52.0%	81^st
1919 Nov-Nov	16	16	100.0%	94^th
Dec 1919-Feb 1920	39	23	59.0%	92^nd
1920 Mar-May	67	26	38.8%	78^th
1920 Jun-Jun	8	1	12.5%	51^st
Dec 1920-Mar 1921	87	31	35.6%	90^th
1921 Apr-Jun	57	7	12.3%	45^th
1921 Jul-Aug	45	5	11.1%	41^st
1921 Oct-Nov	25	5	20.0%	54^th
Dec 1921-Feb 1922	45	6	13.3%	30^th
1922 Mar-May	43	8	18.6%	45^th
1922 Jun-Aug	46	17	37.0%	57^th
1922 Sep-Sep	11	9	81.8%	82^nd
1922 Nov-Nov	4	1	25.0%	85^th
Dec 1922-Mar 1923	60	8	13.3%	32^nd
Dec 1923-Feb 1924	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1924 Mar-May	71	12	16.9%	75^th
1924 Jun-Jun	10	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1924-Mar 1925	53	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1925-Feb 1926	18	2	11.1%	88^th
1926 Mar-May	37	0	0.0%	0^th
1926 Jun-Jul	22	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1926-Mar 1927	31	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1927-May 1928	54	5	9.3%	38^th
Dec 1928-Mar 1929	18	7	38.9%	83^rd
1929 Apr-Jun	8	2	25.0%	85^th
Dec 1929-Feb 1930	8	1	12.5%	27^th
1930 Mar-May	26	9	34.6%	78^th
1930 Jun-Jul	21	2	9.5%	31^st
Dec 1930-Mar 1931	27	24	88.9%	98^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