Turpie was a senator from Indiana and was a Democrat. He served from 1893 to 1899.
He was previously a senator from Indiana as a Democrat from 1887 to 1893; and a senator from Indiana as a Democrat from 1863 to 1863.
Alleged misconduct & resolution
Turpie faced an allegation of misconduct by the Indiana Senate to secure Turpie's election. On Mar. 4, 1888, the Committee on Privileges and Elections recommended no action since even if the charges were true the U.S. Senate had no jurisdiction over the Indiana Senate. On May. 15, 1888, the Senate voted by voice to discharge the committee from further investigation.
| Mar. 4, 1888 | Committee on Privileges and Elections recommended no action since even if the charges were true the U.S. Senate had no jurisdiction over the Indiana Senate. |
| May. 15, 1888 | Senate voted by voice to discharge the committee from further investigation |
![Photo of Sen. David Turpie [D-IN, 1893-1899]](/static/legislator-photos/411000-200px.jpeg)
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 1863 to Mar 1899, Turpie missed 875 of 2,471 roll call votes, which is 35.4%. This is on par with the median of 33.9% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1899. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.
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
