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Rep. David Dickinson

Former Representative from Tennessee’s 7^th District, Whig

Dickinson, a Whig, was the representative for Tennessee's 7^th congressional district from 1843 to 1845.

He was previously the representative for Tennessee's 8^th congressional district (1833-1835; Jackson).

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Voting Record

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From Dec 1833 to Mar 1845, Dickinson missed 380 of 924 roll call votes, which is 41.1%. This is much worse than the median of 23.5% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1845. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
Dec 1833-Feb 1834	35	1	2.9%	11^th
1834 Mar-May	92	21	22.8%	53^rd
1834 Jun-Jun	95	15	15.8%	32^nd
Dec 1834-Mar 1835	105	21	20.0%	47^th
Dec 1843-Feb 1844	140	36	25.7%	64^th
1844 Mar-May	207	65	31.4%	70^th
1844 Jun-Jun	80	52	65.0%	96^th
Dec 1844-Mar 1845	170	169	99.4%	99^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
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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