Rep. George O'Brien

Former Representative from Michigan’s 13^th District, Democrat

O'Brien, a Democrat, was the representative for Michigan's 13^th congressional district from 1949 to 1954.

He was previously the representative for Michigan's 13^th congressional district (1941-1946); and the representative for Michigan's 13^th congressional district (1937-1938).

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Voting Record

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From Jan 1937 to Aug 1954, O'Brien missed 37 of 1,299 roll call votes, which is 2.8%. This is on par with the median of 2.7% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Aug 1954. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1937 Jan-Mar	19	1	5.3%	19^th
1937 Apr-Jun	41	6	14.6%	49^th
1937 Jul-Aug	28	5	17.9%	47^th
1937 Dec-Dec	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1938 Jan-Jun	61	2	3.3%	56^th
1941 Jan-Mar	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Apr-Jun	31	1	3.2%	35^th
1941 Jul-Aug	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Apr-Jun	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Jul-Sep	11	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Oct-Nov	5	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Jan-Mar	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Apr-Jun	49	2	4.1%	43^rd
1943 Jul-Sep	13	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Oct-Dec	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Jan-Mar	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Apr-Jun	32	2	6.3%	55^th
1944 Sep-Sep	3	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Nov-Dec	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Jan-Mar	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Apr-Jun	40	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Jul-Sep	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Oct-Dec	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Jan-Mar	34	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Apr-Jun	53	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Jul-Aug	43	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jan-Mar	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Apr-Jun	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jul-Sep	43	1	2.3%	45^th
1949 Oct-Oct	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jan-Mar	54	2	3.7%	55^th
1950 Apr-Jun	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jul-Sep	59	3	5.1%	75^th
1950 Dec-Dec	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Jan	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Apr-Jun	40	2	5.0%	62^nd
1951 Jul-Sep	39	3	7.7%	87^th
1951 Oct-Oct	18	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Jan-Mar	22	2	9.1%	77^th
1952 Apr-Jun	40	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Jul-Jul	10	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jan-Mar	13	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Apr-Jun	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jul-Aug	30	1	3.3%	62^nd
1954 Jan-Mar	14	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Apr-Jun	24	1	4.2%	51^st
1954 Jul-Aug	38	3	7.9%	89^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
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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