Rep. Benjamin Butler

Former Representative for Massachusetts’s 7^th District

Butler was the representative for Massachusetts’s 7^th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1877 to 1879.

He was previously the representative for Massachusetts’s 6^th congressional district as a Republican from 1873 to 1875; and the representative for Massachusetts’s 5^th congressional district as a Republican from 1867 to 1873.

Bioguide

Photo of Rep. Benjamin Butler [R-MA7, 1877-1879]

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Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Mar 1867 to Mar 1879, Butler missed 999 of 2,710 roll call votes, which is 36.9%. This is much worse than the median of 22.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1879. 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
1867 Mar-Mar	60	8	13.3%	27^th
1867 Jul-Jul	35	7	20.0%	31^st
1867 Nov-Nov	5	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1867-Feb 1868	138	52	37.7%	83^rd
1868 Mar-May	122	45	36.9%	61^st
1868 Jun-Jul	150	40	26.7%	22^nd
1868 Sep-Sep	1	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1868-Mar 1869	197	75	38.1%	72^nd
1869 Mar-Apr	83	22	26.5%	57^th
Dec 1869-Feb 1870	71	36	50.7%	92^nd
1870 Mar-May	152	71	46.7%	92^nd
1870 Jun-Jul	170	69	40.6%	84^th
Dec 1870-Mar 1871	158	33	20.9%	42^nd
1871 Mar-Apr	87	17	19.5%	61^st
Dec 1871-Feb 1872	89	35	39.3%	91^st
1872 Mar-May	156	63	40.4%	82^nd
1872 Jun-Jun	35	8	22.9%	47^th
Dec 1872-Mar 1873	150	65	43.3%	79^th
Dec 1873-Feb 1874	78	19	24.4%	68^th
1874 Mar-May	101	46	45.5%	92^nd
1874 Jun-Jun	60	20	33.3%	76^th
Dec 1874-Mar 1875	235	58	24.7%	55^th
1877 Oct-Dec	37	25	67.6%	97^th
Dec 1877-Feb 1878	56	31	55.4%	97^th
1878 Mar-May	103	57	55.3%	95^th
1878 Jun-Jun	65	37	56.9%	90^th
Dec 1878-Mar 1879	116	60	51.7%	93^rd

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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