Ephraim Eckley, former Representative for Ohio's 17th Congressional District

Eckley was the representative for Ohio’s 17^th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1865 to 1869.

He was previously the representative for Ohio’s 17^th congressional district as a Republican from 1863 to 1865.

Photo of Rep. Ephraim Eckley [R-OH17, 1865-1869]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Dec 1863 to Mar 1869, Eckley missed 553 of 1,930 roll call votes, which is 28.7%. This is on par with the median of 26.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1869. 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 1863-Feb 1864	130	35	26.9%	84^th
1864 Mar-May	170	43	25.3%	59^th
1864 Jun-Jul	129	44	34.1%	79^th
Dec 1864-Mar 1865	171	20	11.7%	29^th
Dec 1865-Feb 1866	105	7	6.7%	25^th
1866 Mar-May	142	59	41.5%	84^th
1866 Jun-Jul	142	31	21.8%	48^th
Dec 1866-Mar 1867	224	82	36.6%	85^th
1867 Mar-Mar	61	4	6.6%	15^th
1867 Jul-Jul	35	26	74.3%	91^st
1867 Nov-Nov	5	1	20.0%	53^rd
Dec 1867-Feb 1868	142	54	38.0%	82^nd
1868 Mar-May	126	73	57.9%	86^th
1868 Jun-Jul	150	36	24.0%	35^th
1868 Sep-Sep	1	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1868-Mar 1869	197	38	19.3%	33^rd

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

Rep. Ephraim Eckley

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Voting Record

Missed Votes

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