George Chamberlain, former Senator for Oregon

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Chamberlain was a senator from Oregon and was a Democrat. He served from 1915 to 1921.

He was previously a senator from Oregon as a Democrat from 1909 to 1915.

Photo of Sen. George Chamberlain [D-OR, 1915-1921]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Apr 1909 to Mar 1921, Chamberlain missed 588 of 2,430 roll call votes, which is 24.2%. This is on par with the median of 25.8% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1921. 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
1909 Apr-Aug	130	28	21.5%	56^th
1910 Jan-Feb	7	1	14.3%	8^th
1910 Mar-May	36	5	13.9%	28^th
1910 Jun-Jun	41	20	48.8%	60^th
Dec 1910-Mar 1911	52	6	11.5%	25^th
1911 May-Aug	94	11	11.7%	19^th
Dec 1911-Mar 1912	35	3	8.6%	24^th
1912 Apr-Jul	105	17	16.2%	35^th
1912 Aug-Aug	51	5	9.8%	22^nd
Dec 1912-Mar 1913	111	18	16.2%	30^th
1913 Apr-Jul	38	17	44.7%	82^nd
1913 Aug-Nov	109	43	39.4%	74^th
1913 Dec-Dec	1	1	100.0%	68^th
Dec 1913-Feb 1914	59	11	18.6%	38^th
1914 Mar-May	58	17	29.3%	46^th
1914 Jun-Aug	121	37	30.6%	36^th
1914 Sep-Oct	64	14	21.9%	26^th
Dec 1914-Mar 1915	117	26	22.2%	34^th
1913 Mar-Mar	5	1	20.0%	22^nd
Dec 1915-Feb 1916	40	11	27.5%	61^st
1916 Mar-May	106	16	15.1%	23^rd
1916 Jun-Aug	88	11	12.5%	7^th
1916 Sep-Sep	13	2	15.4%	47^th
Dec 1916-Mar 1917	159	23	14.5%	17^th
1917 Apr-Jun	63	12	19.0%	58^th
1917 Jul-Sep	103	11	10.7%	32^nd
1917 Oct-Oct	11	3	27.3%	57^th
Dec 1917-Feb 1918	34	21	61.8%	89^th
1918 Mar-May	54	18	33.3%	43^rd
1918 Jun-Aug	42	11	26.2%	44^th
1918 Sep-Nov	20	8	40.0%	52^nd
Dec 1918-Mar 1919	55	26	47.3%	72^nd
1917 Mar-Mar	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1919 May-Jul	31	3	9.7%	14^th
1919 Aug-Oct	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1919 Nov-Nov	80	14	17.5%	81^st
Dec 1919-Feb 1920	56	17	30.4%	36^th
1920 Mar-May	103	20	19.4%	35^th
1920 Jun-Jun	19	2	10.5%	21^st
Dec 1920-Mar 1921	87	78	89.7%	96^th

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

Sen. George Chamberlain

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Missed Votes

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