Sen. Charles Henderson

Former Senator for Nevada

Henderson was a senator from Nevada and was a Democrat. He served from 1918 to 1921.

Bioguide

Photo of Sen. Charles Henderson [D-NV, 1918-1921]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Apr 1917 to Mar 1921, Henderson missed 145 of 598 roll call votes, which is 24.2%. This is on par with the median of 25.8% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1921. 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
1917 Apr-Jun	1	1	100.0%	99^th
Dec 1917-Feb 1918	19	0	0.0%	0^th
1918 Mar-May	54	5	9.3%	6^th
1918 Jun-Aug	42	16	38.1%	67^th
1918 Sep-Nov	20	6	30.0%	40^th
Dec 1918-Mar 1919	55	2	3.6%	2^nd
1919 May-Jul	31	6	19.4%	36^th
1919 Aug-Oct	31	8	25.8%	61^st
1919 Nov-Nov	80	4	5.0%	39^th
Dec 1919-Feb 1920	56	16	28.6%	33^rd
1920 Mar-May	103	27	26.2%	53^rd
1920 Jun-Jun	19	6	31.6%	55^th
Dec 1920-Mar 1921	87	48	55.2%	84^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

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Voting Record

Missed Votes

Primary Sources