Rep. Austin Blair

Former Representative from Michigan’s 3^rd District, Republican

Blair, a Republican, was the representative for Michigan's 3^rd congressional district from 1867 to 1873.

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Voting Record

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From Mar 1867 to Mar 1873, Blair missed 340 of 1,868 roll call votes, which is 18.2%. This is better than the median of 24.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1873. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1867 Mar-Mar	61	1	1.6%	0^th
1867 Jul-Jul	35	5	14.3%	41^st
1867 Nov-Nov	5	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1867-Feb 1868	142	55	38.7%	80^th
1868 Mar-May	126	26	20.6%	20^th
1868 Jun-Jul	150	34	22.7%	33^rd
1868 Sep-Sep	1	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1868-Mar 1869	197	28	14.2%	14^th
1869 Mar-Apr	83	8	9.6%	12^th
Dec 1869-Feb 1870	71	14	19.7%	54^th
1870 Mar-May	152	31	20.4%	41^st
1870 Jun-Jul	170	9	5.3%	5^th
Dec 1870-Mar 1871	158	28	17.7%	50^th
1871 Mar-Apr	87	3	3.4%	13^th
Dec 1871-Feb 1872	89	11	12.4%	34^th
1872 Mar-May	156	39	25.0%	40^th
1872 Jun-Jun	35	9	25.7%	51^st
Dec 1872-Mar 1873	150	39	26.0%	50^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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