George Eliphaz Spencer, former Senator for Alabama

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Spencer was a senator from Alabama and was a Republican. He served from 1873 to 1879.

He was previously a senator from Alabama as a Republican from 1868 to 1873.

Photo of Sen. George Eliphaz Spencer [R-AL, 1873-1879]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jul 1868 to Mar 1879, Spencer missed 1,097 of 3,162 roll call votes, which is 34.7%. This is worse than the median of 30.7% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1879. 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
1868 Jun-Jul	22	18	81.8%	92^nd
1868 Sep-Sep	1	1	100.0%	69^th
Dec 1868-Mar 1869	156	68	43.6%	92^nd
1869 Mar-Apr	59	15	25.4%	60^th
Dec 1869-Feb 1870	81	10	12.3%	12^th
1870 Mar-May	168	47	28.0%	31^st
1870 Jun-Jul	215	52	24.2%	25^th
Dec 1870-Mar 1871	194	66	34.0%	59^th
1869 Apr-Apr	25	4	16.0%	33^rd
1871 Mar-Apr	61	15	24.6%	79^th
Dec 1871-Feb 1872	79	14	17.7%	37^th
1872 Mar-May	339	140	41.3%	70^th
1872 Jun-Jun	93	59	63.4%	80^th
Dec 1872-Mar 1873	195	84	43.1%	80^th
1871 May-May	36	11	30.6%	53^rd
Dec 1873-Feb 1874	57	10	17.5%	35^th
1874 Mar-May	116	37	31.9%	53^rd
1874 Jun-Jun	82	39	47.6%	76^th
Dec 1874-Mar 1875	149	45	30.2%	51^st
1873 Mar-Mar	16	11	68.8%	88^th
Dec 1875-Mar 1876	89	27	30.3%	54^th
1876 Apr-Jul	186	105	56.5%	72^nd
1876 Aug-Aug	51	14	27.5%	38^th
Dec 1876-Mar 1877	84	29	34.5%	62^nd
1875 Mar-Mar	24	1	4.2%	8^th
1877 Oct-Dec	71	37	52.1%	74^th
Dec 1877-Feb 1878	69	18	26.1%	57^th
1878 Mar-May	110	41	37.3%	59^th
1878 Jun-Jun	83	11	13.3%	13^th
Dec 1878-Mar 1879	236	58	24.6%	33^rd
1877 Mar-Mar	15	10	66.7%	92^nd

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 Eliphaz Spencer

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