Curtis was Vice President of the United States and was a Republican. He served from 1929 to 1933.
He was previously a senator from Kansas as a Republican from 1927 to 1929; a senator from Kansas as a Republican from 1915 to 1927; a senator from Kansas as a Republican from 1907 to 1913; the representative for Kansas’s 1st congressional district as a Republican from 1905 to 1907; the representative for Kansas’s 1st congressional district as a Republican from 1903 to 1905; the representative for Kansas’s 1st congressional district as a Republican from 1901 to 1903; the representative for Kansas’s 1st congressional district as a Republican from 1899 to 1901; the representative for Kansas’s 4th congressional district as a Republican from 1895 to 1899; and the representative for Kansas’s 4th congressional district as a Republican from 1893 to 1895.
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Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Feb 1907 to Mar 1929, Curtis missed 544 of 3,383 roll call votes, which is 16.1%. This is better than the median of 21.5% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1929. 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.
| Time Period | Votes Eligible | Missed Votes | Percent | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893 Aug-Nov (House) | 68 | 26 | 38.2% | 40th |
| Dec 1893-Mar 1894 (House) | 134 | 92 | 68.7% | 40th |
| 1894 Apr-Jul (House) | 103 | 42 | 40.8% | 40th |
| 1894 Aug-Aug (House) | 20 | 4 | 20.0% | 0th |
| Dec 1894-Mar 1895 (House) | 48 | 5 | 10.4% | 0th |
| Dec 1895-Feb 1896 (House) | 18 | 2 | 11.1% | 14th |
| 1896 Mar-May (House) | 54 | 3 | 5.6% | 0th |
| 1896 Jun-Jun (House) | 28 | 2 | 7.1% | 0th |
| Dec 1896-Mar 1897 (House) | 62 | 13 | 21.0% | 25th |
| 1897 Mar-Jul (House) | 38 | 9 | 23.7% | 29th |
| Dec 1897-Feb 1898 (House) | 29 | 10 | 34.5% | 57th |
| 1898 Mar-May (House) | 53 | 6 | 11.3% | 0th |
| 1898 Jun-Jul (House) | 26 | 2 | 7.7% | 0th |
| Dec 1898-Mar 1899 (House) | 37 | 11 | 29.7% | 43rd |
| Dec 1899-Feb 1900 (House) | 21 | 1 | 4.8% | 0th |
| 1900 Mar-May (House) | 49 | 3 | 6.1% | 9th |
| 1900 Jun-Jun (House) | 17 | 1 | 5.9% | 18th |
| Dec 1900-Mar 1901 (House) | 62 | 15 | 24.2% | 9th |
| Dec 1901-Feb 1902 (House) | 19 | 1 | 5.3% | 8th |
| 1902 Mar-May (House) | 22 | 7 | 31.8% | 31st |
| 1902 Jun-Jul (House) | 28 | 9 | 32.1% | 14th |
| Dec 1902-Mar 1903 (House) | 114 | 55 | 48.2% | 53rd |
| 1903 Nov-Nov (House) | 6 | 1 | 16.7% | 20th |
| Dec 1903-Apr 1904 (House) | 49 | 8 | 16.3% | 15th |
| Dec 1904-Mar 1905 (House) | 32 | 5 | 15.6% | 24th |
| Dec 1905-Feb 1906 (House) | 25 | 4 | 16.0% | 42nd |
| 1906 Mar-May (House) | 57 | 5 | 8.8% | 9th |
| 1906 Jun-Jun (House) | 20 | 1 | 5.0% | 13th |
| Dec 1906-Mar 1907 (House) | 4 | 3 | 75.0% | 96th |
| 1907 Jan-Mar (Senate) | 28 | 2 | 7.1% | 0th |
| 1908 Mar-May (Senate) | 49 | 7 | 14.3% | 0th |
| 1909 Jan-Mar (Senate) | 35 | 11 | 31.4% | 83rd |
| 1909 Apr-Aug (Senate) | 130 | 22 | 16.9% | 50th |
| 1910 Jan-Feb (Senate) | 7 | 2 | 28.6% | 50th |
| 1910 Mar-May (Senate) | 36 | 2 | 5.6% | 20th |
| 1910 Jun-Jun (Senate) | 41 | 3 | 7.3% | 20th |
| Dec 1910-Mar 1911 (Senate) | 52 | 18 | 34.6% | 82nd |
| 1911 May-Aug (Senate) | 94 | 29 | 30.9% | 77th |
| Dec 1911-Mar 1912 (Senate) | 35 | 5 | 14.3% | 46th |
| 1912 Apr-Jul (Senate) | 105 | 47 | 44.8% | 86th |
| 1912 Aug-Aug (Senate) | 51 | 27 | 52.9% | 93rd |
| Dec 1912-Mar 1913 (Senate) | 111 | 40 | 36.0% | 69th |
| Dec 1915-Feb 1916 (Senate) | 40 | 9 | 22.5% | 74th |
| 1916 Mar-May (Senate) | 106 | 30 | 28.3% | 63rd |
| 1916 Jun-Aug (Senate) | 88 | 20 | 22.7% | 53rd |
| 1916 Sep-Sep (Senate) | 13 | 3 | 23.1% | 63rd |
| Dec 1916-Mar 1917 (Senate) | 159 | 37 | 23.3% | 45th |
| 1917 Apr-Jun (Senate) | 63 | 4 | 6.3% | 17th |
| 1917 Jul-Sep (Senate) | 103 | 10 | 9.7% | 45th |
| 1917 Oct-Oct (Senate) | 11 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| Dec 1917-Feb 1918 (Senate) | 34 | 11 | 32.4% | 76th |
| 1918 Mar-May (Senate) | 54 | 7 | 13.0% | 13th |
| 1918 Jun-Aug (Senate) | 42 | 8 | 19.0% | 37th |
| 1918 Sep-Nov (Senate) | 20 | 4 | 20.0% | 33rd |
| Dec 1918-Mar 1919 (Senate) | 55 | 15 | 27.3% | 40th |
| 1917 Mar-Mar (Senate) | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1919 May-Jul (Senate) | 31 | 6 | 19.4% | 46th |
| 1919 Aug-Oct (Senate) | 31 | 1 | 3.2% | 3rd |
| 1919 Nov-Nov (Senate) | 80 | 15 | 18.8% | 89th |
| Dec 1919-Feb 1920 (Senate) | 56 | 7 | 12.5% | 24th |
| 1920 Mar-May (Senate) | 103 | 6 | 5.8% | 21st |
| 1920 Jun-Jun (Senate) | 19 | 2 | 10.5% | 26th |
| Dec 1920-Mar 1921 (Senate) | 87 | 9 | 10.3% | 20th |
| 1921 Apr-Jun (Senate) | 66 | 4 | 6.1% | 7th |
| 1921 Jul-Sep (Senate) | 40 | 1 | 2.5% | 4th |
| 1921 Oct-Nov (Senate) | 90 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| Dec 1921-Feb 1922 (Senate) | 40 | 5 | 12.5% | 25th |
| 1922 Mar-May (Senate) | 199 | 13 | 6.5% | 8th |
| 1922 Jun-Aug (Senate) | 215 | 4 | 1.9% | 4th |
| 1922 Sep-Sep (Senate) | 15 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1922 Nov-Nov (Senate) | 13 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| Dec 1922-Mar 1923 (Senate) | 72 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1921 Mar-Mar (Senate) | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| Dec 1923-Feb 1924 (Senate) | 54 | 1 | 1.9% | 5th |
| 1924 Mar-May (Senate) | 86 | 3 | 3.5% | 6th |
| 1924 Jun-Jun (Senate) | 18 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| Dec 1924-Mar 1925 (Senate) | 77 | 9 | 11.7% | 35th |
| 1926 Jan-Feb (Senate) | 59 | 31 | 52.5% | 91st |
| 1926 Mar-May (Senate) | 51 | 14 | 27.5% | 67th |
| 1926 Jun-Jul (Senate) | 38 | 8 | 21.1% | 60th |
| Dec 1926-Mar 1927 (Senate) | 77 | 9 | 11.7% | 26th |
| 1925 Mar-Mar (Senate) | 11 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| Dec 1927-May 1928 (Senate) | 125 | 8 | 6.4% | 11th |
| Dec 1928-Mar 1929 (Senate) | 66 | 15 | 22.7% | 50th |
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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