Rep. Alfred Harmer

Former Representative for Pennsylvania’s 5^th District

Harmer was the representative for Pennsylvania’s 5^th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1899 to 1901.

He was previously the representative for Pennsylvania’s 5^th congressional district as a Republican from 1895 to 1899; the representative for Pennsylvania’s 5^th congressional district as a Republican from 1893 to 1895; the representative for Pennsylvania’s 5^th congressional district as a Republican from 1891 to 1893; the representative for Pennsylvania’s 5^th congressional district as a Republican from 1889 to 1891; the representative for Pennsylvania’s 5^th congressional district as a Republican from 1887 to 1889; the representative for Pennsylvania’s 5^th congressional district as a Republican from 1885 to 1887; the representative for Pennsylvania’s 5^th congressional district as a Republican from 1883 to 1885; the representative for Pennsylvania’s 5^th congressional district as a Republican from 1881 to 1883; the representative for Pennsylvania’s 5^th congressional district as a Republican from 1877 to 1881; the representative for Pennsylvania’s 5^th congressional district as a Republican from 1873 to 1875; and the representative for Pennsylvania’s 5^th congressional district as a Republican from 1871 to 1873.

Bioguide

Photo of Rep. Alfred Harmer [R-PA5, 1899-1901]

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Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Mar 1871 to Mar 1900, Harmer missed 1,826 of 4,757 roll call votes, which is 38.4%. This is worse than the median of 31.7% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1900. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1871 Mar-Apr	87	24	27.6%	60^th
Dec 1871-Feb 1872	89	23	25.8%	80^th
1872 Mar-May	156	43	27.6%	40^th
1872 Jun-Jun	35	4	11.4%	0^th
Dec 1872-Mar 1873	150	36	24.0%	50^th
Dec 1873-Feb 1874	78	30	38.5%	88^th
1874 Mar-May	101	33	32.7%	75^th
1874 Jun-Jun	60	42	70.0%	88^th
Dec 1874-Mar 1875	235	85	36.2%	62^nd
1877 Oct-Dec	37	12	32.4%	62^nd
Dec 1877-Feb 1878	56	16	28.6%	75^th
1878 Mar-May	103	20	19.4%	12^th
1878 Jun-Jun	65	2	3.1%	0^th
Dec 1878-Mar 1879	116	27	23.3%	38^th
1879 Mar-Jul	137	58	42.3%	55^th
Dec 1879-Feb 1880	35	14	40.0%	55^th
1880 Mar-May	116	64	55.2%	73^rd
1880 Jun-Jun	32	12	37.5%	27^th
Dec 1880-Mar 1881	119	39	32.8%	64^th
Dec 1881-Mar 1882	75	37	49.3%	77^th
1882 Apr-Jul	167	41	24.6%	31^st
1882 Aug-Aug	7	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1882-Mar 1883	100	12	12.0%	7^th
Dec 1883-Feb 1884	34	19	55.9%	80^th
1884 Mar-May	71	27	38.0%	65^th
1884 Jun-Jul	83	44	53.0%	65^th
Dec 1884-Mar 1885	146	43	29.5%	45^th
Dec 1885-Mar 1886	39	18	46.2%	88^th
1886 Apr-Jul	158	62	39.2%	76^th
1886 Aug-Aug	6	1	16.7%	32^nd
Dec 1886-Mar 1887	103	38	36.9%	84^th
Dec 1887-Feb 1888	39	18	46.2%	91^st
1888 Mar-May	105	19	18.1%	38^th
1888 Jun-Aug	47	27	57.4%	56^th
1888 Sep-Oct	16	12	75.0%	47^th
Dec 1888-Mar 1889	113	42	37.2%	75^th
Dec 1889-Feb 1890	80	8	10.0%	15^th
1890 Mar-May	109	40	36.7%	80^th
1890 Jun-Aug	172	77	44.8%	62^nd
1890 Sep-Sep	53	11	20.8%	29^th
Dec 1890-Mar 1891	173	52	30.1%	65^th
Dec 1891-Mar 1892	58	30	51.7%	84^th
1892 Apr-Jul	161	79	49.1%	67^th
1892 Aug-Aug	4	3	75.0%	73^rd
Dec 1892-Mar 1893	81	33	40.7%	67^th
1893 Aug-Nov	68	49	72.1%	91^st
Dec 1893-Mar 1894	134	105	78.4%	70^th
1894 Apr-Jul	103	68	66.0%	78^th
1894 Aug-Aug	20	11	55.0%	74^th
Dec 1894-Mar 1895	48	11	22.9%	54^th
Dec 1895-Feb 1896	18	4	22.2%	57^th
1896 Mar-May	54	27	50.0%	75^th
1896 Jun-Jun	28	3	10.7%	12^th
Dec 1896-Mar 1897	62	47	75.8%	98^th
1897 Mar-Jul	38	17	44.7%	69^th
Dec 1897-Feb 1898	29	9	31.0%	60^th
1898 Mar-May	53	23	43.4%	83^rd
1898 Jun-Jul	26	19	73.1%	90^th
Dec 1898-Mar 1899	37	26	70.3%	95^th
Dec 1899-Feb 1900	21	19	90.5%	99^th
1900 Mar-May	11	11	100.0%	99^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
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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Voting Record

Missed Votes

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