Harris was the representative for Maryland’s 5th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1865 to 1867.
He was previously the representative for Maryland’s 5th congressional district as a Democrat from 1863 to 1865.
Misconduct
Harris faced an allegation of encouraging the Confederacy on April 9, 1864 during House debate on resolution to expel Long. On Apr. 14, 1864, the House of Representatives censured him, 98-20.
| Apr. 14, 1864 | House of Representatives censured, 98-20 |
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Dec 1863 to Mar 1867, Harris missed 773 of 1,193 roll call votes, which is 64.8%. This is much worse than the median of 25.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1867. 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.
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
