Garrett Davis, former Senator for Kentucky

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Davis was a senator from Kentucky and was a Democrat. He served from 1861 to 1873.

He was previously the representative for Kentucky’s 8^th congressional district as a Whig from 1845 to 1847; the representative for Kentucky’s 8^th congressional district as a Whig from 1843 to 1845; and the representative for Kentucky’s 12^th congressional district as a Whig from 1839 to 1843.

Photo of Sen. Garrett Davis [D-KY, 1861-1873]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Dec 1861 to Dec 1872, Davis missed 1,065 of 3,837 roll call votes, which is 27.8%. This is on par with the median of 31.3% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Dec 1872. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
Dec 1861-Feb 1862	66	3	4.5%	45^th
1862 Mar-May	146	6	4.1%	18^th
1862 Jun-Jul	214	18	8.4%	27^th
Dec 1862-Mar 1863	247	36	14.6%	64^th
Dec 1863-Feb 1864	69	10	14.5%	46^th
1864 Mar-May	167	12	7.2%	15^th
1864 Jun-Jul	181	41	22.7%	62^nd
Dec 1864-Mar 1865	161	33	20.5%	53^rd
1863 Mar-Mar	19	1	5.3%	46^th
Dec 1865-Feb 1866	39	6	15.4%	68^th
1866 Mar-May	102	13	12.7%	33^rd
1866 Jun-Jul	137	17	12.4%	16^th
Dec 1866-Mar 1867	217	58	26.7%	58^th
1865 Mar-Mar	6	0	0.0%	0^th
1867 Mar-Apr	98	31	31.6%	74^th
1867 Jul-Jul	35	5	14.3%	33^rd
1867 Nov-Nov	4	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1867-Feb 1868	55	7	12.7%	33^rd
1868 Mar-May	180	22	12.2%	29^th
1868 Jun-Jul	186	51	27.4%	57^th
1868 Sep-Sep	1	1	100.0%	63^rd
Dec 1868-Mar 1869	156	19	12.2%	11^th
1869 Mar-Apr	59	11	18.6%	44^th
Dec 1869-Feb 1870	81	7	8.6%	25^th
1870 Mar-May	168	57	33.9%	63^rd
1870 Jun-Jul	215	65	30.2%	48^th
Dec 1870-Mar 1871	194	44	22.7%	35^th
1869 Apr-Apr	25	1	4.0%	10^th
1871 Mar-Apr	61	9	14.8%	31^st
Dec 1871-Feb 1872	79	41	51.9%	85^th
1872 Mar-May	339	336	99.1%	99^th
1872 Jun-Jun	93	93	100.0%	95^th
Dec 1872-Mar 1873	1	1	100.0%	97^th
1871 May-May	36	10	27.8%	51^st

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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Sen. Garrett Davis

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Missed Votes

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