Sen. Hannibal Hamlin
Former Senator for Maine
Hamlin was a senator from Maine and was a Republican. He served from 1875 to 1881.
He was previously a senator from Maine as a Republican from 1869 to 1875; Vice President of the United States as a Republican from 1861 to 1865; a senator from Maine as a Republican from 1857 to 1861; a senator from Maine as a Democrat from 1851 to 1857; a senator from Maine as a Democrat from 1848 to 1851; the representative for Maine’s 6th congressional district as a Democrat from 1845 to 1847; and the representative for Maine’s 6th congressional district as a Democrat from 1843 to 1845.
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Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Apr 1848 to Mar 1881, Hamlin missed 2,656 of 6,599 roll call votes, which is 40.2%. This is worse than the median of 29.0% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1881. 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.
| Time Period | Votes Eligible | Missed Votes | Percent | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1843-Feb 1844 (House) | 140 | 5 | 3.6% | 33rd |
| 1844 Mar-May (House) | 207 | 63 | 30.4% | 33rd |
| 1844 Jun-Jun (House) | 80 | 13 | 16.2% | 0th |
| Dec 1844-Mar 1845 (House) | 170 | 30 | 17.6% | 33rd |
| Dec 1845-Mar 1846 (House) | 149 | 29 | 19.5% | 25th |
| 1846 Apr-Jul (House) | 263 | 33 | 12.5% | 25th |
| 1846 Aug-Aug (House) | 51 | 11 | 21.6% | 25th |
| Dec 1846-Mar 1847 (House) | 179 | 33 | 18.4% | 25th |
| 1848 Apr-Jul (Senate) | 81 | 5 | 6.2% | 0th |
| 1848 Aug-Aug (Senate) | 66 | 12 | 18.2% | 0th |
| Dec 1848-Mar 1849 (Senate) | 80 | 23 | 28.7% | 0th |
| Dec 1849-Feb 1850 (Senate) | 22 | 3 | 13.6% | 0th |
| 1850 Mar-May (Senate) | 64 | 23 | 35.9% | 0th |
| 1850 Jun-Aug (Senate) | 154 | 31 | 20.1% | 0th |
| 1850 Sep-Sep (Senate) | 108 | 15 | 13.9% | 0th |
| Dec 1850-Mar 1851 (Senate) | 141 | 20 | 14.2% | 0th |
| 1849 Mar-Mar (Senate) | 10 | 3 | 30.0% | 0th |
| Dec 1851-Mar 1852 (Senate) | 38 | 6 | 15.8% | 0th |
| 1852 Apr-Jul (Senate) | 80 | 21 | 26.2% | 0th |
| 1852 Aug-Aug (Senate) | 91 | 24 | 26.4% | 0th |
| Dec 1852-Mar 1853 (Senate) | 127 | 25 | 19.7% | 0th |
| 1851 Mar-Mar (Senate) | 22 | 19 | 86.4% | 0th |
| Dec 1853-Mar 1854 (Senate) | 51 | 5 | 9.8% | 0th |
| 1854 Apr-Jul (Senate) | 230 | 112 | 48.7% | 0th |
| 1854 Aug-Aug (Senate) | 64 | 64 | 100.0% | 0th |
| Dec 1854-Mar 1855 (Senate) | 178 | 124 | 69.7% | 0th |
| 1853 Mar-Apr (Senate) | 23 | 5 | 21.7% | 0th |
| 1856 Jan-Mar (Senate) | 32 | 10 | 31.2% | 0th |
| 1856 Apr-Jul (Senate) | 133 | 91 | 68.4% | 0th |
| 1856 Aug-Aug (Senate) | 124 | 123 | 99.2% | 0th |
| 1856 Aug-Aug (Senate) | 16 | 16 | 100.0% | 0th |
| Dec 1856-Mar 1857 (Senate) | 6 | 4 | 66.7% | 0th |
| Dec 1857-Feb 1858 (Senate) | 57 | 8 | 14.0% | 50th |
| 1858 Mar-May (Senate) | 217 | 58 | 26.7% | 50th |
| 1858 Jun-Jun (Senate) | 121 | 40 | 33.1% | 50th |
| Dec 1858-Mar 1859 (Senate) | 269 | 65 | 24.2% | 50th |
| 1857 Mar-Mar (Senate) | 29 | 8 | 27.6% | 50th |
| 1858 Jun-Jun (Senate) | 9 | 9 | 100.0% | 0th |
| Dec 1859-Feb 1860 (Senate) | 43 | 8 | 18.6% | 33rd |
| 1860 Mar-May (Senate) | 158 | 45 | 28.5% | 33rd |
| 1860 Jun-Jun (Senate) | 132 | 39 | 29.5% | 67th |
| Dec 1860-Mar 1861 (Senate) | 28 | 25 | 89.3% | 67th |
| 1859 Mar-Mar (Senate) | 32 | 31 | 96.9% | 67th |
| 1860 Jun-Jun (Senate) | 10 | 10 | 100.0% | 67th |
| 1869 Mar-Apr (Senate) | 59 | 14 | 23.7% | 50th |
| Dec 1869-Feb 1870 (Senate) | 81 | 18 | 22.2% | 64th |
| 1870 Mar-May (Senate) | 168 | 30 | 17.9% | 9th |
| 1870 Jun-Jul (Senate) | 215 | 54 | 25.1% | 27th |
| Dec 1870-Mar 1871 (Senate) | 194 | 54 | 27.8% | 42nd |
| 1869 Apr-Apr (Senate) | 25 | 17 | 68.0% | 80th |
| 1871 Mar-Apr (Senate) | 61 | 14 | 23.0% | 62nd |
| Dec 1871-Feb 1872 (Senate) | 79 | 20 | 25.3% | 62nd |
| 1872 Mar-May (Senate) | 339 | 136 | 40.1% | 65th |
| 1872 Jun-Jun (Senate) | 93 | 93 | 100.0% | 94th |
| Dec 1872-Mar 1873 (Senate) | 195 | 50 | 25.6% | 41st |
| 1871 May-May (Senate) | 36 | 17 | 47.2% | 81st |
| Dec 1873-Feb 1874 (Senate) | 57 | 13 | 22.8% | 35th |
| 1874 Mar-May (Senate) | 116 | 27 | 23.3% | 40th |
| 1874 Jun-Jun (Senate) | 82 | 28 | 34.1% | 55th |
| Dec 1874-Mar 1875 (Senate) | 149 | 60 | 40.3% | 81st |
| 1873 Mar-Mar (Senate) | 16 | 11 | 68.8% | 85th |
| Dec 1875-Mar 1876 (Senate) | 89 | 21 | 23.6% | 42nd |
| 1876 Apr-Jul (Senate) | 186 | 62 | 33.3% | 41st |
| 1876 Aug-Aug (Senate) | 51 | 25 | 49.0% | 67th |
| Dec 1876-Mar 1877 (Senate) | 84 | 34 | 40.5% | 70th |
| 1875 Mar-Mar (Senate) | 24 | 19 | 79.2% | 89th |
| 1877 Oct-Dec (Senate) | 71 | 60 | 84.5% | 88th |
| Dec 1877-Feb 1878 (Senate) | 69 | 14 | 20.3% | 45th |
| 1878 Mar-May (Senate) | 110 | 59 | 53.6% | 91st |
| 1878 Jun-Jun (Senate) | 83 | 62 | 74.7% | 88th |
| Dec 1878-Mar 1879 (Senate) | 236 | 83 | 35.2% | 78th |
| 1877 Mar-Mar (Senate) | 15 | 6 | 40.0% | 74th |
| 1879 Mar-Jul (Senate) | 191 | 153 | 80.1% | 96th |
| Dec 1879-Feb 1880 (Senate) | 49 | 32 | 65.3% | 86th |
| 1880 Mar-May (Senate) | 127 | 79 | 62.2% | 85th |
| 1880 Jun-Jun (Senate) | 39 | 39 | 100.0% | 94th |
| Dec 1880-Mar 1881 (Senate) | 164 | 122 | 74.4% | 90th |
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
Pronunciation Guide
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