Rep. William Colmer

Former Representative from Mississippi's 5^th District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1963-1972	Representative	Mississippi's 5^th District
1961-1962	Representative	Mississippi's 6^th District
1959-1960	Representative	Mississippi's 6^th District
1957-1958	Representative	Mississippi's 6^th District
1953-1956	Representative	Mississippi's 6^th District
1947-1952	Representative	Mississippi's 6^th District
1939-1946	Representative	Mississippi's 6^th District
1937-1938	Representative	Mississippi's 6^th District
1935-1936	Representative	Mississippi's 6^th District
1933-1934	Representative	Mississippi's 6^th District

Voting Record

From Mar 1933 to Oct 1972, Colmer missed 332 of 4,817 roll call votes, which is 6.9%. This is better than the median of 8.3% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1972. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1933 Mar-Jun	61	0	0.0%	0^th
1934 Jan-Jun	81	3	3.7%	25^th
1935 Jan-Mar	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1935 Apr-Jun	40	2	5.0%	57^th
1935 Jul-Aug	57	1	1.8%	43^rd
1936 Jan-Jun	79	3	3.8%	14^th
1937 Jan-Mar	19	1	5.3%	40^th
1937 Apr-Jun	41	6	14.6%	40^th
1937 Jul-Aug	28	1	3.6%	20^th
1937 Dec-Dec	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1938 Jan-Jun	60	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Jan-Mar	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Apr-Jun	42	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	3	9.4%	71^st
1940 Apr-Jun	63	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Jul-Sep	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Oct-Dec	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Jan-Mar	13	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Apr-Jun	27	1	3.7%	90^th
1941 Jul-Aug	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Apr-Jun	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Jul-Sep	11	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Oct-Nov	5	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Jan-Mar	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Apr-Jun	46	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Jul-Sep	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Oct-Dec	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Jan-Mar	22	2	9.1%	82^nd
1944 Apr-Jun	32	3	9.4%	76^th
1944 Sep-Sep	3	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Nov-Dec	7	1	14.3%	25^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	33	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Apr-Jun	52	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Jul-Aug	43	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Jan-Mar	24	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Apr-Jun	29	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Jul-Jul	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Nov-Dec	6	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	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jan-Mar	34	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Apr-Jun	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jul-Sep	42	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Oct-Oct	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jan-Mar	52	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Apr-Jun	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jul-Sep	59	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Dec-Dec	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Jan	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Mar	11	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Apr-Jun	37	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jul-Sep	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Oct-Oct	18	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Jan-Mar	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Apr-Jun	40	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Jul-Jul	10	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jan-Mar	13	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Apr-Jun	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jul-Aug	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Jan-Mar	13	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Apr-Jun	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Jul-Aug	37	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Apr-Jun	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Jul-Aug	18	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Apr-Jun	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jul-Jul	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Apr-Jun	34	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jul-Aug	52	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jan-Mar	18	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Apr-Jun	25	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jul-Aug	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 Jan-Apr	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 May-Aug	51	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 Sep-Sep	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1960 Feb-Apr	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1960 May-Aug	70	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 Jan-Apr	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 May-Aug	62	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 Sep-Sep	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Jan-Mar	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Apr-Jun	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Jul-Sep	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Oct-Oct	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jan-Mar	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Apr-Jun	29	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jul-Sep	25	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Oct-Dec	44	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jan-Mar	25	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Apr-Jun	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jul-Sep	46	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Oct-Oct	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	26	4	15.4%	89^th
1965 Apr-Jun	52	9	17.3%	82^nd
1965 Jul-Sep	80	31	38.8%	99^th
1965 Oct-Oct	22	6	27.3%	85^th
1966 Jan-Mar	28	9	32.1%	94^th
1966 Apr-Jun	47	36	76.6%	99^th
1966 Jul-Sep	71	13	18.3%	70^th
1966 Oct-Oct	33	14	42.4%	72^nd
1967 Jan-Mar	30	2	6.7%	93^rd
1967 Apr-Jun	57	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Jul-Sep	58	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	95	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jan-Mar	37	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	78	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jul-Sep	87	1	1.1%	47^th
1968 Oct-Oct	25	4	16.0%	68^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	1	6.3%	54^th
1969 Apr-Jun	26	7	26.9%	91^st
1969 Jul-Sep	45	8	17.8%	80^th
1969 Oct-Dec	85	23	27.1%	88^th
1970 Jan-Mar	34	7	20.6%	77^th
1970 Apr-Jun	72	12	16.7%	59^th
1970 Jul-Sep	73	7	9.6%	44^th
1970 Oct-Dec	79	13	16.5%	55^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	6	27.3%	92^nd
1971 Apr-Jun	88	15	17.0%	69^th
1971 Jul-Sep	71	4	5.6%	40^th
1971 Oct-Dec	133	23	17.3%	68^th
1972 Jan-Mar	63	6	9.5%	53^rd
1972 Apr-Jun	112	31	27.7%	83^rd
1972 Jul-Sep	97	10	10.3%	56^th
1972 Oct-Oct	50	3	6.0%	27^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
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Rep. William Colmer [D-MS5, 1963-1972] leaves office as Representative for Mississippi's 5th congressional district

Oct 18, 1972

Elections and Offices

Rep. William Colmer [D-MS5, 1963-1972] takes office as Representative for Mississippi's 5th congressional district

Jan 09, 1963

Elections and Offices

Rep. William Colmer [D-MS5, 1963-1972] leaves office as Representative for Mississippi's 6th congressional district

Oct 13, 1962

Elections and Offices

Rep. William Colmer [D-MS5, 1963-1972] takes office as Representative for Mississippi's 6th congressional district

Jan 03, 1961

Elections and Offices

Rep. William Colmer [D-MS5, 1963-1972] leaves office as Representative for Mississippi's 6th congressional district

Sep 01, 1960