Sen. Andrew Johnson

Former Senator from Tennessee, Democrat

Johnson, a Democrat, was a senator from Tennessee from 1875 to 1875.

He was previously President of the United States (1865-1869; Democratic); Vice President of the United States (and President of the Senate) (1865-1865; Democratic); a senator from Tennessee (1857-1863); the representative for Tennessee's 1^st congressional district (1851-1853); the representative for Tennessee's 1^st congressional district (1849-1851); the representative for Tennessee's 1^st congressional district (1847-1849); the representative for Tennessee's 1^st congressional district (1845-1847); and the representative for Tennessee's 1^st congressional district (1843-1845).

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Voting Record

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From Mar 1857 to Mar 1875, Johnson missed 240 of 1,529 roll call votes, which is 15.7%. This is better than the median of 31.2% 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 Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
Dec 1857-Feb 1858	57	5	8.8%	0^th
1858 Mar-May	217	18	8.3%	0^th
1858 Jun-Jun	121	11	9.1%	0^th
Dec 1858-Mar 1859	269	19	7.1%	0^th
1857 Mar-Mar	29	12	41.4%	67^th
1858 Jun-Jun	9	4	44.4%	0^th
Dec 1859-Feb 1860	43	0	0.0%	0^th
1860 Mar-May	158	26	16.5%	0^th
1860 Jun-Jun	132	28	21.2%	25^th
Dec 1860-Mar 1861	232	38	16.4%	20^th
1859 Mar-Mar	32	9	28.1%	25^th
1860 Jun-Jun	10	4	40.0%	25^th
1861 Jul-Aug	79	26	32.9%	80^th
Dec 1861-Feb 1862	73	17	23.3%	60^th
1862 Mar-May	3	1	33.3%	80^th
1861 Mar-Mar	42	21	50.0%	80^th
1875 Mar-Mar	23	1	4.3%	24^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

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