Rep. Erastus Wells

Former Representative from Missouri’s 2^nd District, Democrat

Wells, a Democrat, was the representative for Missouri's 2^nd congressional district from 1879 to 1881.

He was previously the representative for Missouri's 2^nd congressional district (1875-1877); the representative for Missouri's 2^nd congressional district (1873-1875); and the representative for Missouri's 1^st congressional district (1869-1873).

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Voting Record

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From Mar 1869 to Mar 1881, Wells missed 552 of 2,392 roll call votes, which is 23.1%. This is on par with the median of 27.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1881. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1869 Mar-Apr	83	9	10.8%	12^th
Dec 1869-Feb 1870	71	7	9.9%	17^th
1870 Mar-May	152	59	38.8%	89^th
1870 Jun-Jul	170	27	15.9%	28^th
Dec 1870-Mar 1871	158	19	12.0%	22^nd
1871 Mar-Apr	87	9	10.3%	48^th
Dec 1871-Feb 1872	89	24	27.0%	82^nd
1872 Mar-May	156	28	17.9%	45^th
1872 Jun-Jun	35	3	8.6%	27^th
Dec 1872-Mar 1873	150	25	16.7%	26^th
Dec 1873-Feb 1874	78	13	16.7%	54^th
1874 Mar-May	101	17	16.8%	55^th
1874 Jun-Jun	60	4	6.7%	18^th
Dec 1874-Mar 1875	235	43	18.3%	50^th
Dec 1875-Mar 1876	60	8	13.3%	42^nd
1876 Apr-Jul	106	22	20.8%	25^th
1876 Aug-Aug	37	13	35.1%	45^th
Dec 1876-Mar 1877	125	15	12.0%	27^th
1879 Mar-Jul	137	100	73.0%	93^rd
Dec 1879-Feb 1880	35	7	20.0%	42^nd
1880 Mar-May	116	58	50.0%	82^nd
1880 Jun-Jun	32	4	12.5%	22^nd
Dec 1880-Mar 1881	119	38	31.9%	63^rd

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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