Elections and Offices
Sen. William Sharon [R-NV, 1875-1881] leaves office as Senator from Nevada
Mar 03, 1881Sen. William Sharon
Former Senator from Nevada
Elected Positions
| Dates | Title | Representing |
|---|---|---|
| Senator | Nevada |
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Voting Record
From Mar 1875 to Mar 1881, Sharon missed 1,440 of 1,560 roll call votes, which is 92.3%. This is worse than the median of 27.4% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1881. 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
Recent Legislative Activity
Elections and Offices
Sen. William Sharon [R-NV, 1875-1881] takes office as Senator from Nevada
Dec 06, 1875