Rep. Alexander Harper

Former Representative from Ohio’s 14^th District, Whig

Harper, a Whig, was the representative for Ohio's 14^th congressional district from 1851 to 1853.

He was previously the representative for Ohio's 14^th congressional district (1845-1847); the representative for Ohio's 14^th congressional district (1843-1845); and the representative for Ohio's 12^th congressional district (1837-1839).

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Voting Record

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From Sep 1837 to Mar 1853, Harper missed 379 of 2,168 roll call votes, which is 17.5%. This is better than the median of 27.0% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1853. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1837 Sep-Oct	54	4	7.4%	17^th
Dec 1837-Feb 1838	52	7	13.5%	27^th
1838 Mar-May	122	29	23.8%	27^th
1838 Jun-Jul	101	35	34.7%	50^th
Dec 1838-Mar 1839	145	48	33.1%	50^th
Dec 1843-Feb 1844	140	23	16.4%	50^th
1844 Mar-May	207	27	13.0%	15^th
1844 Jun-Jun	80	17	21.3%	50^th
Dec 1844-Mar 1845	170	28	16.5%	38^th
Dec 1845-Mar 1846	149	25	16.8%	32^nd
1846 Apr-Jul	263	28	10.6%	9^th
1846 Aug-Aug	51	14	27.5%	50^th
Dec 1846-Mar 1847	179	46	25.7%	45^th
Dec 1851-Mar 1852	96	9	9.4%	12^th
1852 Apr-Jul	180	15	8.3%	7^th
1852 Aug-Aug	65	5	7.7%	8^th
Dec 1852-Mar 1853	114	19	16.7%	15^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

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