Hoar was a senator from Massachusetts and was a Republican. He served from 1901 to 1905.
He was previously a senator from Massachusetts as a Republican from 1895 to 1901; a senator from Massachusetts as a Republican from 1889 to 1895; a senator from Massachusetts as a Republican from 1883 to 1889; a senator from Massachusetts as a Republican from 1877 to 1883; the representative for Massachusetts’s 9th congressional district as a Republican from 1875 to 1877; the representative for Massachusetts’s 9th congressional district as a Republican from 1873 to 1875; and the representative for Massachusetts’s 8th congressional district as a Republican from 1869 to 1873.
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Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Mar 1877 to Apr 1904, Hoar missed 1,768 of 5,614 roll call votes, which is 31.5%. This is on par with the median of 29.4% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Apr 1904. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1869 Mar-Apr (House) | 83 | 8 | 9.6% | 0th |
| Dec 1869-Feb 1870 (House) | 71 | 7 | 9.9% | 0th |
| 1870 Mar-May (House) | 152 | 20 | 13.2% | 20th |
| 1870 Jun-Jul (House) | 170 | 32 | 18.8% | 40th |
| Dec 1870-Mar 1871 (House) | 158 | 22 | 13.9% | 0th |
| 1871 Mar-Apr (House) | 87 | 14 | 16.1% | 0th |
| Dec 1871-Feb 1872 (House) | 89 | 5 | 5.6% | 0th |
| 1872 Mar-May (House) | 156 | 18 | 11.5% | 0th |
| 1872 Jun-Jun (House) | 35 | 7 | 20.0% | 0th |
| Dec 1872-Mar 1873 (House) | 150 | 42 | 28.0% | 80th |
| Dec 1873-Feb 1874 (House) | 78 | 7 | 9.0% | 57th |
| 1874 Mar-May (House) | 101 | 35 | 34.7% | 86th |
| 1874 Jun-Jun (House) | 60 | 26 | 43.3% | 71st |
| Dec 1874-Mar 1875 (House) | 235 | 167 | 71.1% | 86th |
| Dec 1875-Mar 1876 (House) | 60 | 14 | 23.3% | 29th |
| 1876 Apr-Jul (House) | 106 | 68 | 64.2% | 86th |
| 1876 Aug-Aug (House) | 37 | 11 | 29.7% | 14th |
| Dec 1876-Mar 1877 (House) | 125 | 44 | 35.2% | 71st |
| 1877 Oct-Dec (Senate) | 71 | 18 | 25.4% | 67th |
| Dec 1877-Feb 1878 (Senate) | 69 | 19 | 27.5% | 67th |
| 1878 Mar-May (Senate) | 110 | 41 | 37.3% | 83rd |
| 1878 Jun-Jun (Senate) | 83 | 17 | 20.5% | 33rd |
| Dec 1878-Mar 1879 (Senate) | 236 | 76 | 32.2% | 83rd |
| 1877 Mar-Mar (Senate) | 15 | 1 | 6.7% | 50th |
| 1879 Mar-Jul (Senate) | 191 | 132 | 69.1% | 83rd |
| Dec 1879-Feb 1880 (Senate) | 49 | 9 | 18.4% | 0th |
| 1880 Mar-May (Senate) | 127 | 57 | 44.9% | 83rd |
| 1880 Jun-Jun (Senate) | 39 | 31 | 79.5% | 83rd |
| Dec 1880-Mar 1881 (Senate) | 164 | 58 | 35.4% | 50th |
| Dec 1881-Mar 1882 (Senate) | 96 | 13 | 13.5% | 0th |
| 1882 Apr-Jul (Senate) | 212 | 56 | 26.4% | 36th |
| 1882 Aug-Aug (Senate) | 38 | 3 | 7.9% | 10th |
| Dec 1882-Mar 1883 (Senate) | 401 | 99 | 24.7% | 30th |
| 1881 Mar-Mar (Senate) | 178 | 14 | 7.9% | 0th |
| 1881 Oct-Oct (Senate) | 61 | 9 | 14.8% | 18th |
| Dec 1883-Feb 1884 (Senate) | 65 | 38 | 58.5% | 82nd |
| 1884 Mar-May (Senate) | 114 | 11 | 9.6% | 9th |
| 1884 Jun-Jul (Senate) | 78 | 61 | 78.2% | 91st |
| Dec 1884-Mar 1885 (Senate) | 171 | 40 | 23.4% | 36th |
| Dec 1885-Mar 1886 (Senate) | 63 | 6 | 9.5% | 19th |
| 1886 Apr-Jul (Senate) | 234 | 47 | 20.1% | 38th |
| 1886 Aug-Aug (Senate) | 12 | 1 | 8.3% | 6th |
| Dec 1886-Mar 1887 (Senate) | 143 | 30 | 21.0% | 38th |
| 1885 Mar-Apr (Senate) | 9 | 2 | 22.2% | 40th |
| Dec 1887-Feb 1888 (Senate) | 50 | 8 | 16.0% | 10th |
| 1888 Mar-May (Senate) | 64 | 11 | 17.2% | 25th |
| 1888 Jun-Aug (Senate) | 62 | 14 | 22.6% | 30th |
| 1888 Sep-Oct (Senate) | 14 | 3 | 21.4% | 30th |
| Dec 1888-Mar 1889 (Senate) | 199 | 55 | 27.6% | 50th |
| Dec 1889-Feb 1890 (Senate) | 31 | 18 | 58.1% | 75th |
| 1890 Mar-May (Senate) | 114 | 19 | 16.7% | 10th |
| 1890 Jun-Aug (Senate) | 150 | 52 | 34.7% | 57th |
| 1890 Sep-Sep (Senate) | 79 | 3 | 3.8% | 10th |
| Dec 1890-Mar 1891 (Senate) | 143 | 21 | 14.7% | 14th |
| 1889 Mar-Apr (Senate) | 9 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1892 Jan-Mar (Senate) | 26 | 14 | 53.8% | 71st |
| 1892 Apr-Jul (Senate) | 78 | 67 | 85.9% | 96th |
| Dec 1892-Mar 1893 (Senate) | 105 | 42 | 40.0% | 67th |
| 1893 Aug-Oct (Senate) | 77 | 21 | 27.3% | 32nd |
| 1894 Jan-Mar (Senate) | 35 | 8 | 22.9% | 35th |
| 1894 Apr-Jul (Senate) | 321 | 122 | 38.0% | 50th |
| 1894 Aug-Aug (Senate) | 21 | 13 | 61.9% | 73rd |
| Dec 1894-Mar 1895 (Senate) | 101 | 43 | 42.6% | 79th |
| 1893 Apr-Apr (Senate) | 6 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| Dec 1895-Feb 1896 (Senate) | 36 | 14 | 38.9% | 68th |
| 1896 Mar-May (Senate) | 66 | 55 | 83.3% | 94th |
| 1896 Jun-Jun (Senate) | 24 | 24 | 100.0% | 91st |
| Dec 1896-Mar 1897 (Senate) | 71 | 18 | 25.4% | 26th |
| 1897 Mar-Jul (Senate) | 200 | 72 | 36.0% | 59th |
| Dec 1897-Feb 1898 (Senate) | 26 | 4 | 15.4% | 31st |
| 1898 Mar-May (Senate) | 51 | 19 | 37.3% | 67th |
| 1898 Jun-Jul (Senate) | 53 | 9 | 17.0% | 40th |
| Dec 1898-Mar 1899 (Senate) | 51 | 15 | 29.4% | 45th |
| Dec 1899-Feb 1900 (Senate) | 20 | 5 | 25.0% | 63rd |
| 1900 Mar-May (Senate) | 57 | 30 | 52.6% | 66th |
| 1900 Jun-Jun (Senate) | 12 | 1 | 8.3% | 18th |
| Dec 1900-Mar 1901 (Senate) | 80 | 33 | 41.2% | 77th |
| Dec 1901-Feb 1902 (Senate) | 26 | 5 | 19.2% | 51st |
| 1902 Mar-May (Senate) | 49 | 10 | 20.4% | 53rd |
| 1902 Jun-Jun (Senate) | 23 | 5 | 21.7% | 62nd |
| 1903 Jan-Mar (Senate) | 18 | 5 | 27.8% | 35th |
| 1901 Mar-Mar (Senate) | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 64th |
| Dec 1903-Apr 1904 (Senate) | 36 | 20 | 55.6% | 71st |
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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