Campbell Slemp, former Representative for Virginia's 9th Congressional District

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Slemp was the representative for Virginia’s 9^th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1915 to 1923.

He was previously the representative for Virginia’s 9^th congressional district as a Republican from 1907 to 1915.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1908 to Mar 1923, Slemp missed 1,123 of 2,171 roll call votes, which is 51.7%. This is much worse than the median of 27.3% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1923. 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
Dec 1907-May 1908	263	117	44.5%	75^th
Dec 1908-Mar 1909	42	16	38.1%	77^th
1909 Mar-Aug	36	8	22.2%	78^th
Dec 1909-Feb 1910	18	6	33.3%	67^th
1910 Mar-May	60	24	40.0%	78^th
1910 Jun-Jun	18	12	66.7%	90^th
Dec 1910-Mar 1911	68	19	27.9%	59^th
1911 Apr-Aug	49	23	46.9%	84^th
Dec 1911-Mar 1912	58	43	74.1%	93^rd
1912 Apr-Jul	57	34	59.6%	86^th
1912 Aug-Aug	30	28	93.3%	82^nd
Dec 1912-Mar 1913	67	40	59.7%	95^th
1913 Apr-Jul	22	18	81.8%	91^st
1913 Aug-Nov	43	28	65.1%	59^th
Dec 1913-Feb 1914	24	8	33.3%	75^th
1914 Mar-May	34	16	47.1%	88^th
1914 Jun-Aug	62	30	48.4%	60^th
1914 Sep-Oct	29	22	75.9%	89^th
Dec 1914-Mar 1915	67	22	32.8%	71^st
Dec 1915-Feb 1916	16	2	12.5%	41^st
1916 Mar-May	53	20	37.7%	88^th
1916 Jun-Aug	23	15	65.2%	92^nd
1916 Sep-Sep	3	1	33.3%	47^th
Dec 1916-Mar 1917	62	25	40.3%	94^th
1917 Apr-Jun	43	13	30.2%	77^th
1917 Jul-Sep	10	10	100.0%	97^th
1917 Oct-Oct	4	4	100.0%	78^th
Dec 1917-Feb 1918	34	11	32.4%	78^th
1918 Mar-May	65	34	52.3%	90^th
1918 Jun-Aug	33	16	48.5%	75^th
1918 Sep-Oct	14	8	57.1%	67^th
Dec 1918-Mar 1919	63	24	38.1%	81^st
1919 May-Jul	62	46	74.2%	96^th
1919 Aug-Oct	52	39	75.0%	91^st
1919 Nov-Nov	16	13	81.2%	85^th
Dec 1919-Feb 1920	39	19	48.7%	88^th
1920 Mar-May	70	30	42.9%	78^th
1920 Jun-Jun	8	8	100.0%	86^th
Dec 1920-Mar 1921	92	28	30.4%	77^th
1921 Apr-Jun	58	34	58.6%	90^th
1921 Jul-Aug	48	34	70.8%	91^st
1921 Oct-Nov	29	23	79.3%	91^st
Dec 1921-Feb 1922	48	28	58.3%	84^th
1922 Mar-May	47	28	59.6%	85^th
1922 Jun-Aug	54	40	74.1%	80^th
1922 Sep-Sep	13	10	76.9%	76^th
1922 Nov-Nov	5	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1922-Mar 1923	60	46	76.7%	90^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

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