William Sprague, former Senator from Rhode Island

Dates	Title	Representing
1863-1875	Senator	Rhode Island

Voting Record

From Mar 1863 to Mar 1875, Sprague missed 1,460 of 3,709 roll call votes, which is 39.4%. This is worse than the median of 30.4% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1875. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
Dec 1863-Feb 1864	69	19	27.5%	78^th
1864 Mar-May	166	61	36.7%	78^th
1864 Jun-Jul	180	64	35.6%	67^th
Dec 1864-Mar 1865	161	32	19.9%	30^th
1863 Mar-Mar	19	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1865-Feb 1866	39	9	23.1%	73^rd
1866 Mar-May	102	28	27.5%	79^th
1866 Jun-Jul	135	18	13.3%	0^th
Dec 1866-Mar 1867	216	71	32.9%	80^th
1865 Mar-Mar	6	0	0.0%	0^th
1867 Mar-Apr	98	66	67.3%	89^th
1867 Jul-Jul	33	17	51.5%	67^th
1867 Nov-Nov	4	4	100.0%	78^th
Dec 1867-Feb 1868	53	29	54.7%	95^th
1868 Mar-May	180	53	29.4%	89^th
1868 Jun-Jul	187	99	52.9%	81^st
1868 Sep-Sep	1	1	100.0%	62^nd
Dec 1868-Mar 1869	154	98	63.6%	95^th
1869 Mar-Apr	57	23	40.4%	88^th
Dec 1869-Feb 1870	80	65	81.3%	95^th
1870 Mar-May	166	69	41.6%	75^th
1870 Jun-Jul	200	44	22.0%	23^rd
Dec 1870-Mar 1871	191	64	33.5%	56^th
1869 Apr-Apr	25	16	64.0%	82^nd
1871 Mar-Apr	60	51	85.0%	94^th
Dec 1871-Feb 1872	79	48	60.8%	86^th
1872 Mar-May	337	154	45.7%	77^th
1872 Jun-Jun	92	29	31.5%	46^th
Dec 1872-Mar 1873	194	52	26.8%	33^rd
1871 May-May	16	1	6.3%	28^th
Dec 1873-Feb 1874	56	27	48.2%	91^st
1874 Mar-May	108	59	54.6%	86^th
1874 Jun-Jun	81	36	44.4%	73^rd
Dec 1874-Mar 1875	148	43	29.1%	51^st
1873 Mar-Mar	16	10	62.5%	88^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

Sen. William Sprague [L-RI, 1863-1875] leaves office as Senator from Rhode Island

Mar 03, 1875

Elections and Offices

Sen. William Sprague [L-RI, 1863-1875] takes office as Senator from Rhode Island

Dec 07, 1863

Sen. William Sprague

Elected Positions

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