Byron “Pat” Harrison, former Senator for Mississippi

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Harrison was a senator from Mississippi and was a Democrat. He served from 1931 to 1941.

He was previously a senator from Mississippi as a Democrat from 1925 to 1931; a senator from Mississippi as a Democrat from 1919 to 1925; the representative for Mississippi’s 6^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1915 to 1919; and the representative for Mississippi’s 6^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1911 to 1915.

Photo of Sen. Byron “Pat” Harrison [D-MS, 1931-1941]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From May 1919 to Jun 1941, Harrison missed 788 of 3,448 roll call votes, which is 22.9%. This is worse than the median of 18.4% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Jun 1941. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1919 May-Jul	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1919 Aug-Oct	31	3	9.7%	45^th
1919 Nov-Nov	80	2	2.5%	45^th
Dec 1919-Feb 1920	56	3	5.4%	8^th
1920 Mar-May	103	19	18.4%	58^th
1920 Jun-Jun	19	3	15.8%	50^th
Dec 1920-Mar 1921	87	12	13.8%	33^rd
1921 Apr-Jun	66	18	27.3%	75^th
1921 Jul-Sep	40	12	30.0%	42^nd
1921 Oct-Nov	90	45	50.0%	58^th
Dec 1921-Feb 1922	40	8	20.0%	54^th
1922 Mar-May	199	45	22.6%	33^rd
1922 Jun-Aug	215	123	57.2%	58^th
1922 Sep-Sep	15	5	33.3%	33^rd
1922 Nov-Nov	13	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1922-Mar 1923	72	23	31.9%	62^nd
1921 Mar-Mar	1	1	100.0%	50^th
Dec 1923-Feb 1924	54	37	68.5%	71^st
1924 Mar-May	86	10	11.6%	35^th
1924 Jun-Jun	18	2	11.1%	71^st
Dec 1924-Mar 1925	77	19	24.7%	75^th
1926 Jan-Feb	59	8	13.6%	50^th
1926 Mar-May	51	23	45.1%	76^th
1926 Jun-Jul	38	15	39.5%	82^nd
Dec 1926-Mar 1927	77	14	18.2%	44^th
1925 Mar-Mar	11	1	9.1%	40^th
Dec 1927-May 1928	125	16	12.8%	57^th
Dec 1928-Mar 1929	66	22	33.3%	79^th
1929 May-Jun	36	1	2.8%	26^th
1929 Sep-Sep	8	1	12.5%	43^rd
1929 Oct-Nov	55	11	20.0%	70^th
Dec 1929-Feb 1930	100	9	9.0%	29^th
1930 Mar-May	142	36	25.4%	58^th
1930 Jun-Jul	23	10	43.5%	79^th
Dec 1930-Mar 1931	63	34	54.0%	96^th
1930 Jul-Jul	9	2	22.2%	50^th
Dec 1931-Feb 1932	63	20	31.7%	73^rd
1932 Mar-May	90	18	20.0%	52^nd
1932 Jun-Jul	64	36	56.2%	91^st
Dec 1932-Mar 1933	63	9	14.3%	39^th
1933 Mar-Jun	97	10	10.3%	35^th
1934 Jan-Jun	130	10	7.7%	18^th
1933 Mar-Mar	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1935 Jan-Mar	37	1	2.7%	14^th
1935 Apr-Jun	49	3	6.1%	19^th
1935 Jul-Aug	46	4	8.7%	31^st
1936 Jan-Jun	61	14	23.0%	65^th
1937 Jan-Mar	19	5	26.3%	81^st
1937 Apr-Jun	21	7	33.3%	82^nd
1937 Jul-Aug	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1937 Nov-Dec	22	1	4.5%	24^th
1938 Jan-Jun	81	20	24.7%	64^th
1939 Jan-Mar	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Apr-Jun	36	1	2.8%	6^th
1939 Jul-Aug	41	3	7.3%	30^th
1939 Oct-Nov	20	1	5.0%	53^rd
1940 Jan-Mar	44	3	6.8%	26^th
1940 Apr-Jun	64	7	10.9%	29^th
1940 Jul-Sep	38	4	10.5%	39^th
1940 Oct-Nov	5	1	20.0%	27^th
1941 Jan-Jan	1	1	100.0%	62^nd
1941 Jan-Mar	23	3	13.0%	68^th
1941 Apr-Jun	28	13	46.4%	87^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

Sen. Byron “Pat” Harrison

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