Rep. Frederick Zihlman

Former Representative for Maryland’s 6^th District

Zihlman was the representative for Maryland’s 6^th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1927 to 1931.

He was previously the representative for Maryland’s 6^th congressional district as a Republican from 1925 to 1927; the representative for Maryland’s 6^th congressional district as a Republican from 1923 to 1925; and the representative for Maryland’s 6^th congressional district as a Republican from 1917 to 1923.

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Photo of Rep. Frederick Zihlman [R-MD6, 1927-1931]

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Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Apr 1917 to Mar 1931, Zihlman missed 457 of 1,433 roll call votes, which is 31.9%. This is much worse than the median of 17.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1931. 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
1917 Apr-Jun	43	10	23.3%	69^th
1917 Jul-Sep	10	2	20.0%	49^th
1917 Oct-Oct	4	1	25.0%	47^th
Dec 1917-Feb 1918	34	13	38.2%	87^th
1918 Mar-May	65	20	30.8%	72^nd
1918 Jun-Aug	33	16	48.5%	82^nd
1918 Sep-Oct	14	1	7.1%	16^th
Dec 1918-Mar 1919	63	21	33.3%	81^st
1919 May-Jul	62	17	27.4%	65^th
1919 Aug-Oct	52	23	44.2%	69^th
1919 Nov-Nov	16	6	37.5%	66^th
Dec 1919-Feb 1920	39	9	23.1%	55^th
1920 Mar-May	70	17	24.3%	58^th
1920 Jun-Jun	8	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1920-Mar 1921	91	16	17.6%	58^th
1921 Apr-Jun	58	9	15.5%	48^th
1921 Jul-Aug	48	17	35.4%	65^th
1921 Oct-Nov	29	13	44.8%	76^th
Dec 1921-Feb 1922	48	12	25.0%	49^th
1922 Mar-May	47	18	38.3%	72^nd
1922 Jun-Aug	53	23	43.4%	60^th
1922 Sep-Sep	13	5	38.5%	65^th
1922 Nov-Nov	5	3	60.0%	92^nd
Dec 1922-Mar 1923	60	32	53.3%	86^th
Dec 1923-Feb 1924	30	7	23.3%	51^st
1924 Mar-May	85	54	63.5%	99^th
1924 Jun-Jun	10	1	10.0%	47^th
Dec 1924-Mar 1925	54	2	3.7%	40^th
Dec 1925-Feb 1926	22	4	18.2%	80^th
1926 Mar-May	37	15	40.5%	98^th
1926 Jun-Jul	22	5	22.7%	82^nd
Dec 1926-Mar 1927	33	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1927-May 1928	54	11	20.4%	60^th
Dec 1928-Mar 1929	18	9	50.0%	88^th
1929 Apr-Jun	14	4	28.6%	79^th
Dec 1929-Feb 1930	9	9	100.0%	98^th
1930 Mar-May	26	13	50.0%	89^th
1930 Jun-Jul	21	11	52.4%	83^rd
Dec 1930-Mar 1931	33	8	24.2%	72^nd

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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Missed Votes

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