Rep. Guy Helvering

Former Representative for Kansas’s 5^th District

Helvering was the representative for Kansas’s 5^th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1915 to 1919.

He was previously the representative for Kansas’s 5^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1913 to 1915.

Bioguide

(About Ads | Hide These Ads)

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Apr 1913 to Mar 1919, Helvering missed 178 of 704 roll call votes, which is 25.3%. This is on par with the median of 25.3% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1919. 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.

Show the numbers...

Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1913 Apr-Jul	22	3	13.6%	15^th
1913 Aug-Nov	43	24	55.8%	44^th
Dec 1913-Feb 1914	24	7	29.2%	66^th
1914 Mar-May	34	8	23.5%	50^th
1914 Jun-Aug	62	16	25.8%	36^th
1914 Sep-Oct	29	10	34.5%	53^rd
Dec 1914-Mar 1915	67	17	25.4%	61^st
Dec 1915-Feb 1916	16	2	12.5%	40^th
1916 Mar-May	53	3	5.7%	19^th
1916 Jun-Aug	23	5	21.7%	38^th
1916 Sep-Sep	3	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1916-Mar 1917	62	5	8.1%	26^th
1917 Apr-Jun	43	6	14.0%	37^th
1917 Jul-Sep	10	6	60.0%	80^th
1917 Oct-Oct	4	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1917-Feb 1918	34	8	23.5%	63^rd
1918 Mar-May	65	8	12.3%	25^th
1918 Jun-Aug	33	4	12.1%	14^th
1918 Sep-Oct	14	4	28.6%	42^nd
Dec 1918-Mar 1919	63	42	66.7%	91^st

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

Rep. Guy Helvering

I have an opinion I want to share.

I need help, have a question, or want to schedule a tour.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

Primary Sources