Sen. Edward Hannegan

Former Senator for Indiana

Hannegan was a senator from Indiana and was a Democrat. He served from 1843 to 1849.

He was previously the representative for Indiana’s 7^th congressional district as a Jackson from 1835 to 1837.

Bioguide

Photo of Sen. Edward Hannegan [D-IN, 1843-1849]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1844 to Mar 1849, Hannegan missed 300 of 1,032 roll call votes, which is 29.1%. This is much worse than the median of 19.1% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1849. 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 1833-Feb 1834 (House)	35	9	25.7%	77^th
1834 Mar-May (House)	92	13	14.1%	25^th
1834 Jun-Jun (House)	95	18	18.9%	38^th
Dec 1834-Mar 1835 (House)	105	26	24.8%	67^th
Dec 1835-Feb 1836 (House)	57	6	10.5%	47^th
1836 Mar-May (House)	150	51	34.0%	76^th
1836 Jun-Jul (House)	116	69	59.5%	94^th
Dec 1836-Mar 1837 (House)	136	58	42.6%	76^th
1844 Jan-Feb (Senate)	28	3	10.7%	32^nd
1844 Mar-May (Senate)	106	30	28.3%	62^nd
1844 Jun-Jun (Senate)	76	34	44.7%	96^th
Dec 1844-Mar 1845 (Senate)	95	10	10.5%	58^th
Dec 1845-Mar 1846 (Senate)	29	2	6.9%	33^rd
1846 Apr-Jul (Senate)	168	52	31.0%	88^th
1846 Aug-Aug (Senate)	50	21	42.0%	88^th
Dec 1846-Mar 1847 (Senate)	126	30	23.8%	64^th
1845 Mar-Mar (Senate)	10	5	50.0%	83^rd
Dec 1847-Mar 1848 (Senate)	82	15	18.3%	54^th
1848 Apr-Jul (Senate)	116	33	28.4%	60^th
1848 Aug-Aug (Senate)	66	21	31.8%	74^th
Dec 1848-Mar 1849 (Senate)	80	44	55.0%	90^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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Voting Record

Missed Votes

Primary Sources