Sen. David Gambrell

Former Senator for Georgia

Gambrell was a senator from Georgia and was a Democrat. He served from 1971 to 1972.

Bioguide

Photo of Sen. David Gambrell [D-GA, 1971-1972]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Feb 1971 to Oct 1972, Gambrell missed 310 of 955 roll call votes, which is 32.5%. This is much worse than the median of 14.6% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Oct 1972. 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
1971 Feb-Mar	25	7	28.0%	75^th
1971 Apr-Jun	89	13	14.6%	43^rd
1971 Jul-Sep	109	8	7.3%	23^rd
1971 Oct-Dec	202	58	28.7%	87^th
1972 Jan-Mar	119	20	16.8%	60^th
1972 Apr-Jun	130	100	76.9%	94^th
1972 Jul-Sep	206	95	46.1%	91^st
1972 Oct-Oct	75	9	12.0%	49^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

Sen. David Gambrell

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Voting Record

Missed Votes

Primary Sources