Bates was the representative for Massachusetts’s 6th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1937 to 1950.
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Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 1937 to Oct 1949, Bates missed 62 of 1,206 roll call votes, which is 5.1%. This is worse than the median of 3.3% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1949. 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.
| Time Period | Votes Eligible | Missed Votes | Percent | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 Jan-Mar | 19 | 1 | 5.3% | 20th |
| 1937 Apr-Jun | 41 | 10 | 24.4% | 72nd |
| 1937 Jul-Aug | 28 | 5 | 17.9% | 46th |
| 1937 Dec-Dec | 9 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1938 Jan-Jun | 61 | 2 | 3.3% | 52nd |
| 1939 Jan-Mar | 30 | 5 | 16.7% | 89th |
| 1939 Apr-Jun | 42 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1939 Jul-Aug | 16 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1939 Oct-Nov | 6 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1940 Jan-Mar | 32 | 3 | 9.4% | 76th |
| 1940 Apr-Jun | 63 | 1 | 1.6% | 42nd |
| 1940 Jul-Sep | 28 | 5 | 17.9% | 81st |
| 1940 Oct-Dec | 10 | 1 | 10.0% | 28th |
| 1941 Jan-Mar | 17 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1941 Apr-Jun | 31 | 2 | 6.5% | 57th |
| 1941 Jul-Aug | 16 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1941 Oct-Dec | 15 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1942 Jan-Mar | 26 | 1 | 3.8% | 62nd |
| 1942 Apr-Jun | 30 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1942 Jul-Sep | 11 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1942 Oct-Nov | 5 | 1 | 20.0% | 71st |
| 1943 Jan-Mar | 17 | 2 | 11.8% | 69th |
| 1943 Apr-Jun | 49 | 10 | 20.4% | 91st |
| 1943 Jul-Sep | 13 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1943 Oct-Dec | 12 | 2 | 16.7% | 71st |
| 1944 Jan-Mar | 23 | 1 | 4.3% | 36th |
| 1944 Apr-Jun | 32 | 3 | 9.4% | 72nd |
| 1944 Sep-Sep | 3 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1944 Nov-Dec | 7 | 2 | 28.6% | 70th |
| 1945 Jan-Mar | 27 | 1 | 3.7% | 75th |
| 1945 Apr-Jun | 40 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1945 Jul-Sep | 12 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1945 Oct-Dec | 22 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1946 Jan-Mar | 34 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1946 Apr-Jun | 53 | 2 | 3.8% | 66th |
| 1946 Jul-Aug | 43 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1947 Jan-Mar | 24 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1947 Apr-Jun | 32 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1947 Jul-Jul | 22 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1947 Nov-Dec | 6 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1948 Jan-Mar | 21 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1948 Apr-Jun | 54 | 1 | 1.9% | 40th |
| 1948 Aug-Aug | 4 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1949 Jan-Mar | 34 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1949 Apr-Jun | 27 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1949 Jul-Sep | 43 | 1 | 2.3% | 42nd |
| 1949 Oct-Oct | 16 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
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
Pronunciation Guide
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