Godlove Orth, former Representative for Indiana's 9th Congressional District

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Orth was the representative for Indiana’s 9^th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1881 to 1883.

He was previously the representative for Indiana’s 9^th congressional district as a Republican from 1879 to 1881; the representative for Indiana as a Republican from 1873 to 1875; the representative for Indiana’s 7^th congressional district as a Republican from 1869 to 1871; the representative for Indiana’s 8^th congressional district as a Republican from 1865 to 1869; and the representative for Indiana’s 8^th congressional district as a Republican from 1863 to 1865.

Photo of Rep. Godlove Orth [R-IN9, 1881-1883]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Dec 1863 to Dec 1882, Orth missed 730 of 3,735 roll call votes, which is 19.5%. This is better than the median of 28.9% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 1882. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
Dec 1863-Feb 1864	130	14	10.8%	25^th
1864 Mar-May	170	14	8.2%	12^th
1864 Jun-Jul	129	20	15.5%	31^st
Dec 1864-Mar 1865	171	41	24.0%	56^th
Dec 1865-Feb 1866	105	3	2.9%	0^th
1866 Mar-May	142	22	15.5%	24^th
1866 Jun-Jul	142	10	7.0%	24^th
Dec 1866-Mar 1867	224	16	7.1%	12^th
1867 Mar-Mar	61	12	19.7%	56^th
1867 Jul-Jul	35	3	8.6%	17^th
1867 Nov-Nov	5	2	40.0%	78^th
Dec 1867-Feb 1868	142	14	9.9%	5^th
1868 Mar-May	126	7	5.6%	5^th
1868 Jun-Jul	150	50	33.3%	45^th
1868 Sep-Sep	1	1	100.0%	50^th
Dec 1868-Mar 1869	197	40	20.3%	40^th
1869 Mar-Apr	83	14	16.9%	32^nd
Dec 1869-Feb 1870	71	8	11.3%	24^th
1870 Mar-May	152	23	15.1%	29^th
1870 Jun-Jul	170	9	5.3%	9^th
Dec 1870-Mar 1871	158	13	8.2%	14^th
Dec 1873-Feb 1874	78	21	26.9%	77^th
1874 Mar-May	101	6	5.9%	17^th
1874 Jun-Jun	60	12	20.0%	56^th
Dec 1874-Mar 1875	235	65	27.7%	67^th
1879 Mar-Jul	137	49	35.8%	64^th
Dec 1879-Feb 1880	35	12	34.3%	71^st
1880 Mar-May	116	45	38.8%	68^th
1880 Jun-Jun	32	32	100.0%	94^th
Dec 1880-Mar 1881	119	66	55.5%	95^th
Dec 1881-Mar 1882	75	24	32.0%	57^th
1882 Apr-Jul	167	46	27.5%	36^th
1882 Aug-Aug	7	7	100.0%	73^rd
Dec 1882-Mar 1883	9	9	100.0%	99^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

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