Anthony was a senator from Rhode Island and was a Republican. He served from 1883 to 1885.
He was previously a senator from Rhode Island as a Republican from 1877 to 1883; a senator from Rhode Island as a Republican from 1865 to 1877; and a senator from Rhode Island as a Republican from 1859 to 1865.
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Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Mar 1859 to Jul 1884, Anthony missed 2,324 of 8,018 roll call votes, which is 29.0%. This is on par with the median of 32.0% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Jul 1884. 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 1859-Feb 1860 | 43 | 9 | 20.9% | 0th |
| 1860 Mar-May | 158 | 49 | 31.0% | 0th |
| 1860 Jun-Jun | 132 | 26 | 19.7% | 0th |
| Dec 1860-Mar 1861 | 232 | 23 | 9.9% | 0th |
| 1859 Mar-Mar | 32 | 1 | 3.1% | 0th |
| 1860 Jun-Jun | 10 | 1 | 10.0% | 0th |
| 1861 Jul-Aug | 79 | 4 | 5.1% | 0th |
| Dec 1861-Feb 1862 | 73 | 14 | 19.2% | 50th |
| 1862 Mar-May | 146 | 10 | 6.8% | 0th |
| 1862 Jun-Jul | 214 | 14 | 6.5% | 0th |
| Dec 1862-Mar 1863 | 247 | 28 | 11.3% | 0th |
| 1861 Mar-Mar | 42 | 3 | 7.1% | 0th |
| Dec 1863-Feb 1864 | 69 | 23 | 33.3% | 50th |
| 1864 Mar-May | 167 | 18 | 10.8% | 0th |
| 1864 Jun-Jul | 181 | 25 | 13.8% | 0th |
| Dec 1864-Mar 1865 | 161 | 45 | 28.0% | 50th |
| 1863 Mar-Mar | 19 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| Dec 1865-Feb 1866 | 39 | 3 | 7.7% | 0th |
| 1866 Mar-May | 102 | 24 | 23.5% | 75th |
| 1866 Jun-Jul | 137 | 45 | 32.8% | 75th |
| Dec 1866-Mar 1867 | 217 | 100 | 46.1% | 75th |
| 1865 Mar-Mar | 6 | 1 | 16.7% | 0th |
| 1867 Mar-Apr | 98 | 27 | 27.6% | 25th |
| 1867 Jul-Jul | 35 | 7 | 20.0% | 25th |
| 1867 Nov-Nov | 4 | 3 | 75.0% | 75th |
| Dec 1867-Feb 1868 | 55 | 16 | 29.1% | 75th |
| 1868 Mar-May | 180 | 32 | 17.8% | 75th |
| 1868 Jun-Jul | 187 | 80 | 42.8% | 40th |
| 1868 Sep-Sep | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| Dec 1868-Mar 1869 | 156 | 59 | 37.8% | 60th |
| 1869 Mar-Apr | 59 | 13 | 22.0% | 33rd |
| Dec 1869-Feb 1870 | 81 | 13 | 16.0% | 50th |
| 1870 Mar-May | 168 | 48 | 28.6% | 17th |
| 1870 Jun-Jul | 215 | 108 | 50.2% | 67th |
| Dec 1870-Mar 1871 | 194 | 70 | 36.1% | 67th |
| 1869 Apr-Apr | 25 | 3 | 12.0% | 17th |
| 1871 Mar-Apr | 61 | 14 | 23.0% | 50th |
| Dec 1871-Feb 1872 | 79 | 11 | 13.9% | 0th |
| 1872 Mar-May | 339 | 120 | 35.4% | 22nd |
| 1872 Jun-Jun | 93 | 25 | 26.9% | 33rd |
| Dec 1872-Mar 1873 | 195 | 55 | 28.2% | 33rd |
| 1871 May-May | 36 | 7 | 19.4% | 25th |
| Dec 1873-Feb 1874 | 57 | 16 | 28.1% | 45th |
| 1874 Mar-May | 116 | 33 | 28.4% | 45th |
| 1874 Jun-Jun | 82 | 32 | 39.0% | 55th |
| Dec 1874-Mar 1875 | 149 | 55 | 36.9% | 75th |
| 1873 Mar-Mar | 16 | 9 | 56.2% | 82nd |
| Dec 1875-Mar 1876 | 89 | 30 | 33.7% | 72nd |
| 1876 Apr-Jul | 186 | 69 | 37.1% | 56th |
| 1876 Aug-Aug | 51 | 8 | 15.7% | 39th |
| Dec 1876-Mar 1877 | 84 | 26 | 31.0% | 44th |
| 1875 Mar-Mar | 24 | 3 | 12.5% | 44th |
| 1877 Oct-Dec | 71 | 14 | 19.7% | 62nd |
| Dec 1877-Feb 1878 | 69 | 14 | 20.3% | 45th |
| 1878 Mar-May | 110 | 24 | 21.8% | 34th |
| 1878 Jun-Jun | 83 | 10 | 12.0% | 10th |
| Dec 1878-Mar 1879 | 236 | 66 | 28.0% | 52nd |
| 1877 Mar-Mar | 15 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1879 Mar-Jul | 191 | 110 | 57.6% | 82nd |
| Dec 1879-Feb 1880 | 49 | 9 | 18.4% | 22nd |
| 1880 Mar-May | 127 | 50 | 39.4% | 59th |
| 1880 Jun-Jun | 39 | 5 | 12.8% | 17th |
| Dec 1880-Mar 1881 | 164 | 67 | 40.9% | 81st |
| Dec 1881-Mar 1882 | 96 | 20 | 20.8% | 40th |
| 1882 Apr-Jul | 212 | 58 | 27.4% | 37th |
| 1882 Aug-Aug | 38 | 5 | 13.2% | 28th |
| Dec 1882-Mar 1883 | 401 | 66 | 16.5% | 11th |
| 1881 Mar-Mar | 178 | 102 | 57.3% | 79th |
| 1881 Oct-Oct | 61 | 9 | 14.8% | 28th |
| Dec 1883-Feb 1884 | 65 | 48 | 73.8% | 95th |
| 1884 Mar-May | 114 | 111 | 97.4% | 99th |
| 1884 Jun-Jul | 78 | 78 | 100.0% | 96th |
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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