Sen. Guy Goff

Former Senator for West Virginia

Goff was a senator from West Virginia and was a Republican. He served from 1925 to 1931.

Bioguide

Photo of Sen. Guy Goff [R-WV, 1925-1931]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Mar 1925 to Mar 1931, Goff missed 215 of 863 roll call votes, which is 24.9%. This is on par with the median of 22.9% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1931. 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
1926 Jan-Feb	59	2	3.4%	17^th
1926 Mar-May	51	9	17.6%	49^th
1926 Jun-Jul	38	3	7.9%	21^st
Dec 1926-Mar 1927	77	12	15.6%	43^rd
1925 Mar-Mar	11	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1927-May 1928	125	81	64.8%	96^th
Dec 1928-Mar 1929	66	4	6.1%	10^th
1929 May-Jun	36	1	2.8%	14^th
1929 Sep-Sep	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1929 Oct-Nov	55	6	10.9%	35^th
Dec 1929-Feb 1930	100	28	28.0%	70^th
1930 Mar-May	142	35	24.6%	50^th
1930 Jun-Jul	23	20	87.0%	89^th
Dec 1930-Mar 1931	63	5	7.9%	15^th
1930 Jul-Jul	9	9	100.0%	74^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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Voting Record

Missed Votes

Primary Sources