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Sen. Ephraim Wilson

Former Senator from Maryland, Democrat

Wilson, a Democrat, was a senator from Maryland from 1885 to 1891.

He was previously the representative for Maryland's 1^st congressional district (1873-1875).

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Voting Record

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From Mar 1885 to Feb 1891, Wilson missed 578 of 1,342 roll call votes, which is 43.1%. This is worse than the median of 35.4% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Feb 1891. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
Dec 1885-Mar 1886	63	18	28.6%	61^st
1886 Apr-Jul	234	76	32.5%	53^rd
1886 Aug-Aug	12	1	8.3%	9^th
Dec 1886-Mar 1887	143	50	35.0%	68^th
1885 Mar-Apr	9	3	33.3%	59^th
Dec 1887-Feb 1888	50	20	40.0%	62^nd
1888 Mar-May	64	33	51.6%	65^th
1888 Jun-Aug	62	29	46.8%	54^th
1888 Sep-Oct	14	4	28.6%	41^st
Dec 1888-Mar 1889	199	73	36.7%	49^th
Dec 1889-Feb 1890	31	15	48.4%	51^st
1890 Mar-May	114	35	30.7%	33^rd
1890 Jun-Aug	150	106	70.7%	82^nd
1890 Sep-Sep	79	35	44.3%	65^th
Dec 1890-Mar 1891	109	73	67.0%	84^th
1889 Mar-Apr	9	7	77.8%	75^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
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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