Catherine May, former Representative for Washington's 4th Congressional District

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May was the representative for Washington’s 4^th congressional district and was a Republican. She served from 1959 to 1970.

Photo of Rep. Catherine May [R-WA4, 1959-1970]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1959 to Dec 1970, May missed 237 of 1,966 roll call votes, which is 12.1%. This is worse than the median of 8.5% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 1970. 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
1959 Jan-Apr	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 May-Aug	54	5	9.3%	93^rd
1959 Sep-Sep	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1960 Feb-Apr	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1960 May-Aug	70	1	1.4%	61^st
1961 Jan-Apr	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 May-Aug	65	5	7.7%	86^th
1961 Sep-Sep	29	2	6.9%	72^nd
1962 Jan-Mar	21	1	4.8%	65^th
1962 Apr-Jun	32	1	3.1%	81^st
1962 Jul-Sep	49	3	6.1%	86^th
1962 Oct-Oct	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jan-Mar	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Apr-Jun	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jul-Sep	28	2	7.1%	85^th
1963 Oct-Dec	50	2	4.0%	40^th
1964 Jan-Mar	26	2	7.7%	84^th
1964 Apr-Jun	34	6	17.6%	98^th
1964 Jul-Sep	49	3	6.1%	74^th
1964 Oct-Oct	4	1	25.0%	81^st
1965 Jan-Mar	28	8	28.6%	96^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	8	15.1%	69^th
1965 Jul-Sep	98	38	38.8%	98^th
1965 Oct-Oct	22	9	40.9%	87^th
1966 Jan-Mar	30	1	3.3%	21^st
1966 Apr-Jun	51	4	7.8%	32^nd
1966 Jul-Sep	72	9	12.5%	42^nd
1966 Oct-Oct	40	1	2.5%	13^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	1	3.2%	44^th
1967 Apr-Jun	57	3	5.3%	82^nd
1967 Jul-Sep	59	1	1.7%	38^th
1967 Oct-Dec	98	2	2.0%	41^st
1968 Jan-Mar	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	79	3	3.8%	64^th
1968 Jul-Sep	91	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Oct-Oct	25	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	1	6.2%	52^nd
1969 Apr-Jun	28	4	14.3%	59^th
1969 Jul-Sep	45	8	17.8%	74^th
1969 Oct-Dec	88	23	26.1%	82^nd
1970 Jan-Mar	35	6	17.1%	63^rd
1970 Apr-Jun	74	12	16.2%	48^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	6	7.9%	28^th
1970 Oct-Dec	81	55	67.9%	94^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

Rep. Catherine May

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