Rep. Charles Eldredge

Former Representative for Wisconsin’s 5^th District

Eldredge was the representative for Wisconsin’s 5^th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1873 to 1875.

He was previously the representative for Wisconsin’s 4^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1865 to 1873; and the representative for Wisconsin’s 4^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1863 to 1865.

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Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Dec 1863 to Mar 1875, Eldredge missed 628 of 3,555 roll call votes, which is 17.7%. This is better than the median of 22.4% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1875. 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.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
Dec 1863-Feb 1864	130	18	13.8%	42^nd
1864 Mar-May	170	15	8.8%	12^th
1864 Jun-Jul	129	4	3.1%	0^th
Dec 1864-Mar 1865	171	21	12.3%	23^rd
Dec 1865-Feb 1866	105	6	5.7%	23^rd
1866 Mar-May	142	21	14.8%	16^th
1866 Jun-Jul	142	9	6.3%	19^th
Dec 1866-Mar 1867	224	28	12.5%	31^st
1867 Mar-Mar	61	7	11.5%	35^th
1867 Jul-Jul	35	7	20.0%	64^th
1867 Nov-Nov	5	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1867-Feb 1868	142	13	9.2%	11^th
1868 Mar-May	126	22	17.5%	19^th
1868 Jun-Jul	150	34	22.7%	36^th
1868 Sep-Sep	1	1	100.0%	46^th
Dec 1868-Mar 1869	197	70	35.5%	72^nd
1869 Mar-Apr	83	7	8.4%	16^th
Dec 1869-Feb 1870	71	8	11.3%	27^th
1870 Mar-May	152	24	15.8%	35^th
1870 Jun-Jul	170	41	24.1%	48^th
Dec 1870-Mar 1871	158	47	29.7%	82^nd
1871 Mar-Apr	87	8	9.2%	32^nd
Dec 1871-Feb 1872	89	2	2.2%	6^th
1872 Mar-May	156	51	32.7%	61^st
1872 Jun-Jun	35	13	37.1%	64^th
Dec 1872-Mar 1873	150	28	18.7%	38^th
Dec 1873-Feb 1874	78	14	17.9%	52^nd
1874 Mar-May	101	16	15.8%	35^th
1874 Jun-Jun	60	19	31.7%	68^th
Dec 1874-Mar 1875	235	74	31.5%	63^rd

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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Voting Record

Missed Votes

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