Daniel Voorhees, former Senator for Indiana

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Voorhees was a senator from Indiana and was a Democrat. He served from 1891 to 1897.

He was previously a senator from Indiana as a Democrat from 1885 to 1891; a senator from Indiana as a Democrat from 1877 to 1885; the representative for Indiana’s 6^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1869 to 1873; the representative for Indiana’s 7^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1865 to 1867; the representative for Indiana’s 7^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1863 to 1865; and the representative for Indiana’s 7^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1861 to 1863.

Photo of Sen. Daniel Voorhees [D-IN, 1891-1897]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Nov 1877 to Mar 1897, Voorhees missed 2,005 of 4,894 roll call votes, which is 41.0%. This is on par with the median of 35.5% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1897. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1877 Oct-Dec	69	7	10.1%	42^nd
Dec 1877-Feb 1878	69	9	13.0%	17^th
1878 Mar-May	110	26	23.6%	42^nd
1878 Jun-Jun	83	2	2.4%	0^th
Dec 1878-Mar 1879	236	43	18.2%	25^th
1879 Mar-Jul	191	52	27.2%	36^th
Dec 1879-Feb 1880	49	7	14.3%	7^th
1880 Mar-May	127	57	44.9%	71^st
1880 Jun-Jun	39	11	28.2%	46^th
Dec 1880-Mar 1881	164	60	36.6%	71^st
Dec 1881-Mar 1882	96	18	18.8%	32^nd
1882 Apr-Jul	212	80	37.7%	68^th
1882 Aug-Aug	38	2	5.3%	14^th
Dec 1882-Mar 1883	401	120	29.9%	71^st
1881 Mar-Mar	178	84	47.2%	76^th
1881 Oct-Oct	61	40	65.6%	64^th
Dec 1883-Feb 1884	65	38	58.5%	82^nd
1884 Mar-May	114	46	40.4%	64^th
1884 Jun-Jul	78	36	46.2%	64^th
Dec 1884-Mar 1885	171	98	57.3%	91^st
Dec 1885-Mar 1886	63	17	27.0%	55^th
1886 Apr-Jul	234	113	48.3%	79^th
1886 Aug-Aug	12	3	25.0%	48^th
Dec 1886-Mar 1887	143	95	66.4%	93^rd
1885 Mar-Apr	9	7	77.8%	93^rd
Dec 1887-Feb 1888	50	25	50.0%	76^th
1888 Mar-May	64	35	54.7%	70^th
1888 Jun-Aug	62	49	79.0%	92^nd
1888 Sep-Oct	14	7	50.0%	57^th
Dec 1888-Mar 1889	199	96	48.2%	73^rd
Dec 1889-Feb 1890	31	20	64.5%	78^th
1890 Mar-May	114	67	58.8%	83^rd
1890 Jun-Aug	150	93	62.0%	70^th
1890 Sep-Sep	79	45	57.0%	76^th
Dec 1890-Mar 1891	143	124	86.7%	98^th
1889 Mar-Apr	9	4	44.4%	61^st
1892 Jan-Mar	26	13	50.0%	64^th
1892 Apr-Jul	78	48	61.5%	84^th
Dec 1892-Mar 1893	105	24	22.9%	25^th
1893 Aug-Oct	77	5	6.5%	3^rd
1894 Jan-Mar	35	11	31.4%	54^th
1894 Apr-Jul	321	45	14.0%	10^th
1894 Aug-Aug	21	21	100.0%	91^st
Dec 1894-Mar 1895	101	47	46.5%	70^th
1893 Apr-Apr	6	1	16.7%	29^th
Dec 1895-Feb 1896	36	14	38.9%	64^th
1896 Mar-May	66	66	100.0%	98^th
1896 Jun-Jun	24	24	100.0%	83^rd
Dec 1896-Mar 1897	71	50	70.4%	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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Sen. Daniel Voorhees

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