Elections and Offices
Sen. William Chilton [D-WV, 1911-1917] leaves office as Senator from West Virginia
Mar 03, 1917Sen. William Chilton
Former Senator from West Virginia
Elected Positions
| Dates | Title | Representing |
|---|---|---|
| Senator | West Virginia |
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Voting Record
From May 1911 to Mar 1917, Chilton missed 436 of 1,291 roll call votes, which is 33.8%. This is worse than the median of 30.1% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1917. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
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
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Elections and Offices
Sen. William Chilton [D-WV, 1911-1917] takes office as Senator from West Virginia
Apr 04, 1911