David Culberson, former Representative for Texas's 4th Congressional District

Culberson was the representative for Texas’s 4^th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1895 to 1897.

He was previously the representative for Texas’s 4^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1893 to 1895; the representative for Texas’s 4^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1891 to 1893; the representative for Texas’s 4^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1889 to 1891; the representative for Texas’s 4^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1887 to 1889; the representative for Texas’s 4^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1885 to 1887; the representative for Texas’s 4^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1883 to 1885; the representative for Texas’s 2^nd congressional district as a Democrat from 1881 to 1883; the representative for Texas’s 2^nd congressional district as a Democrat from 1877 to 1881; and the representative for Texas’s 2^nd congressional district as a Democrat from 1875 to 1877.

Photo of Rep. David Culberson [D-TX4, 1895-1897]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Dec 1875 to Mar 1897, Culberson missed 968 of 3,879 roll call votes, which is 25.0%. This is better than the median of 36.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1897. 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 1875-Mar 1876	60	7	11.7%	0^th
1876 Apr-Jul	106	16	15.1%	0^th
1876 Aug-Aug	37	33	89.2%	78^th
Dec 1876-Mar 1877	125	18	14.4%	22^nd
1877 Oct-Dec	37	4	10.8%	36^th
Dec 1877-Feb 1878	56	7	12.5%	36^th
1878 Mar-May	103	4	3.9%	0^th
1878 Jun-Jun	65	15	23.1%	64^th
Dec 1878-Mar 1879	116	36	31.0%	64^th
1879 Mar-Jul	137	5	3.6%	13^th
Dec 1879-Feb 1880	35	3	8.6%	13^th
1880 Mar-May	116	4	3.4%	0^th
1880 Jun-Jun	32	7	21.9%	33^rd
Dec 1880-Mar 1881	119	21	17.6%	33^rd
Dec 1881-Mar 1882	75	27	36.0%	72^nd
1882 Apr-Jul	167	80	47.9%	68^th
1882 Aug-Aug	7	2	28.6%	42^nd
Dec 1882-Mar 1883	100	26	26.0%	62^nd
Dec 1883-Feb 1884	34	15	44.1%	77^th
1884 Mar-May	71	1	1.4%	0^th
1884 Jun-Jul	83	28	33.7%	27^th
Dec 1884-Mar 1885	146	47	32.2%	42^nd
Dec 1885-Mar 1886	39	9	23.1%	53^rd
1886 Apr-Jul	158	31	19.6%	37^th
1886 Aug-Aug	6	1	16.7%	32^nd
Dec 1886-Mar 1887	103	12	11.7%	23^rd
Dec 1887-Feb 1888	39	5	12.8%	18^th
1888 Mar-May	105	44	41.9%	51^st
1888 Jun-Aug	47	4	8.5%	4^th
1888 Sep-Oct	16	8	50.0%	37^th
Dec 1888-Mar 1889	113	24	21.2%	27^th
Dec 1889-Feb 1890	80	43	53.8%	83^rd
1890 Mar-May	109	29	26.6%	51^st
1890 Jun-Aug	172	36	20.9%	20^th
1890 Sep-Sep	53	19	35.8%	36^th
Dec 1890-Mar 1891	173	33	19.1%	30^th
Dec 1891-Mar 1892	58	8	13.8%	17^th
1892 Apr-Jul	161	27	16.8%	9^th
1892 Aug-Aug	4	1	25.0%	48^th
Dec 1892-Mar 1893	81	53	65.4%	92^nd
1893 Aug-Nov	68	35	51.5%	59^th
Dec 1893-Mar 1894	134	12	9.0%	14^th
1894 Apr-Jul	103	40	38.8%	39^th
1894 Aug-Aug	20	6	30.0%	23^rd
Dec 1894-Mar 1895	48	24	50.0%	90^th
Dec 1895-Feb 1896	18	7	38.9%	81^st
1896 Mar-May	54	18	33.3%	40^th
1896 Jun-Jun	28	5	17.9%	26^th
Dec 1896-Mar 1897	62	28	45.2%	61^st

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. David Culberson

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