David Turpie, former Senator for Indiana

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]

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.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
Dec 1862-Mar 1863	208	91	43.8%	50^th
Dec 1887-Feb 1888	50	11	22.0%	44^th
1888 Mar-May	64	13	20.3%	28^th
1888 Jun-Aug	62	32	51.6%	66^th
1888 Sep-Oct	14	5	35.7%	50^th
Dec 1888-Mar 1889	199	58	29.1%	44^th
Dec 1889-Feb 1890	31	6	19.4%	26^th
1890 Mar-May	114	36	31.6%	46^th
1890 Jun-Aug	150	68	45.3%	57^th
1890 Sep-Sep	79	42	53.2%	81^st
Dec 1890-Mar 1891	143	69	48.3%	78^th
1889 Mar-Apr	9	3	33.3%	58^th
1892 Jan-Mar	26	11	42.3%	55^th
1892 Apr-Jul	78	34	43.6%	56^th
Dec 1892-Mar 1893	105	48	45.7%	65^th
1893 Aug-Oct	77	28	36.4%	46^th
1894 Jan-Mar	35	11	31.4%	58^th
1894 Apr-Jul	321	76	23.7%	38^th
1894 Aug-Aug	21	9	42.9%	59^th
Dec 1894-Mar 1895	101	30	29.7%	39^th
1893 Apr-Apr	6	1	16.7%	27^th
Dec 1895-Feb 1896	36	9	25.0%	41^st
1896 Mar-May	66	21	31.8%	48^th
1896 Jun-Jun	24	7	29.2%	41^st
Dec 1896-Mar 1897	71	25	35.2%	43^rd
1897 Mar-Jul	200	33	16.5%	11^th
Dec 1897-Feb 1898	26	5	19.2%	33^rd
1898 Mar-May	51	30	58.8%	92^nd
1898 Jun-Jul	53	12	22.6%	41^st
Dec 1898-Mar 1899	51	51	100.0%	97^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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