Rep. Thomas Butler

Former Representative from Pennsylvania's 8^th District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1927-1929	Representative	Pennsylvania's 8^th District
1925-1927	Representative	Pennsylvania's 8^th District
1923-1925	Representative	Pennsylvania's 8^th District
1915-1923	Representative	Pennsylvania's 7^th District
1907-1915	Representative	Pennsylvania's 7^th District
1905-1907	Representative	Pennsylvania's 7^th District
1903-1905	Representative	Pennsylvania's 7^th District
1901-1903	Representative	Pennsylvania's 6^th District
1899-1901	Representative	Pennsylvania's 6^th District
1897-1899	Representative	Pennsylvania's 6^th District

Voting Record

From Mar 1897 to May 1928, Butler missed 714 of 3,130 roll call votes, which is 22.8%. This is worse than the median of 14.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in May 1928. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1897 Mar-Jul	37	1	2.7%	0^th
Dec 1897-Feb 1898	29	2	6.9%	0^th
1898 Mar-May	53	6	11.3%	0^th
1898 Jun-Jul	26	6	23.1%	57^th
Dec 1898-Mar 1899	37	4	10.8%	0^th
Dec 1899-Feb 1900	20	4	20.0%	40^th
1900 Mar-May	49	14	28.6%	55^th
1900 Jun-Jun	16	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1900-Mar 1901	62	15	24.2%	9^th
Dec 1901-Feb 1902	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1902 Mar-May	22	4	18.2%	8^th
1902 Jun-Jul	23	8	34.8%	43^rd
Dec 1902-Mar 1903	113	13	11.5%	7^th
1903 Nov-Nov	5	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1903-Apr 1904	49	12	24.5%	45^th
Dec 1904-Mar 1905	32	3	9.4%	5^th
Dec 1905-Feb 1906	25	4	16.0%	42^nd
1906 Mar-May	57	19	33.3%	61^st
1906 Jun-Jun	19	2	10.5%	22^nd
Dec 1906-Mar 1907	33	9	27.3%	58^th
Dec 1907-May 1908	265	64	24.2%	48^th
Dec 1908-Mar 1909	42	9	21.4%	45^th
1909 Mar-Aug	35	4	11.4%	48^th
Dec 1909-Feb 1910	17	2	11.8%	41^st
1910 Mar-May	60	8	13.3%	41^st
1910 Jun-Jun	18	7	38.9%	81^st
Dec 1910-Mar 1911	65	11	16.9%	53^rd
1911 Apr-Aug	45	13	28.9%	59^th
Dec 1911-Mar 1912	58	17	29.3%	56^th
1912 Apr-Jul	56	4	7.1%	17^th
1912 Aug-Aug	28	9	32.1%	46^th
Dec 1912-Mar 1913	63	19	30.2%	50^th
1913 Apr-Jul	21	14	66.7%	75^th
1913 Aug-Nov	43	32	74.4%	80^th
Dec 1913-Feb 1914	23	2	8.7%	36^th
1914 Mar-May	33	13	39.4%	84^th
1914 Jun-Aug	57	28	49.1%	69^th
1914 Sep-Oct	24	3	12.5%	34^th
Dec 1914-Mar 1915	67	14	20.9%	53^rd
Dec 1915-Feb 1916	15	2	13.3%	62^nd
1916 Mar-May	51	7	13.7%	58^th
1916 Jun-Aug	23	8	34.8%	73^rd
1916 Sep-Sep	3	1	33.3%	56^th
Dec 1916-Mar 1917	61	11	18.0%	74^th
1917 Apr-Jun	35	5	14.3%	65^th
1917 Jul-Sep	9	5	55.6%	86^th
1917 Oct-Oct	2	2	100.0%	82^nd
Dec 1917-Feb 1918	32	6	18.8%	67^th
1918 Mar-May	60	18	30.0%	72^nd
1918 Jun-Aug	31	15	48.4%	82^nd
1918 Sep-Oct	13	2	15.4%	42^nd
Dec 1918-Mar 1919	54	11	20.4%	64^th
1919 May-Jul	59	26	44.1%	82^nd
1919 Aug-Oct	52	22	42.3%	67^th
1919 Nov-Nov	16	4	25.0%	54^th
Dec 1919-Feb 1920	39	4	10.3%	25^th
1920 Mar-May	69	24	34.8%	74^th
1920 Jun-Jun	8	4	50.0%	76^th
Dec 1920-Mar 1921	85	12	14.1%	52^nd
1921 Apr-Jun	57	9	15.8%	54^th
1921 Jul-Aug	46	10	21.7%	55^th
1921 Oct-Nov	27	6	22.2%	59^th
Dec 1921-Feb 1922	48	7	14.6%	33^rd
1922 Mar-May	42	20	47.6%	84^th
1922 Jun-Aug	52	17	32.7%	50^th
1922 Sep-Sep	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1922 Nov-Nov	5	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1922-Mar 1923	59	14	23.7%	58^th
Dec 1923-Feb 1924	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1924 Mar-May	83	8	9.6%	54^th
1924 Jun-Jun	10	2	20.0%	69^th
Dec 1924-Mar 1925	50	5	10.0%	80^th
Dec 1925-Feb 1926	20	3	15.0%	93^rd
1926 Mar-May	33	1	3.0%	49^th
1926 Jun-Jul	20	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1926-Mar 1927	30	6	20.0%	92^nd
Dec 1927-May 1928	45	18	40.0%	90^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. Thomas Butler [R-PA8, 1927-1929] leaves office as Representative for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district

Mar 03, 1929

Elections and Offices

Rep. Thomas Butler [R-PA8, 1927-1929] takes office as Representative for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district

Dec 05, 1927

Elections and Offices

Rep. Thomas Butler [R-PA8, 1927-1929] leaves office as Representative for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district

Mar 04, 1927

Elections and Offices

Rep. Thomas Butler [R-PA8, 1927-1929] takes office as Representative for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district

Dec 07, 1925

Elections and Offices

Rep. Thomas Butler [R-PA8, 1927-1929] leaves office as Representative for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district

Mar 03, 1925