Rep. Henry Edmundson

Former Representative from Virginia’s 12^th District, Democrat

Edmundson, a Democrat, was the representative for Virginia's 12^th congressional district from 1859 to 1861.

He was previously the representative for Virginia's 12^th congressional district (1857-1859); the representative for Virginia's 12^th congressional district (1855-1857); the representative for Virginia's 12^th congressional district (1853-1855); the representative for Virginia's 12^th congressional district (1851-1853); and the representative for Virginia's 12^th congressional district (1849-1851).

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Voting Record

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From Dec 1849 to Mar 1861, Edmundson missed 763 of 3,344 roll call votes, which is 22.8%. This is on par with the median of 24.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1861. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
Dec 1849-Feb 1850	108	15	13.9%	41^st
1850 Mar-May	68	38	55.9%	91^st
1850 Jun-Aug	146	11	7.5%	18^th
1850 Sep-Sep	117	13	11.1%	45^th
Dec 1850-Mar 1851	133	20	15.0%	32^nd
Dec 1851-Mar 1852	96	17	17.7%	43^rd
1852 Apr-Jul	180	39	21.7%	55^th
1852 Aug-Aug	65	15	23.1%	36^th
Dec 1852-Mar 1853	114	40	35.1%	74^th
Dec 1853-Mar 1854	114	43	37.7%	71^st
1854 Apr-Jul	305	44	14.4%	22^nd
1854 Aug-Aug	33	7	21.2%	67^th
Dec 1854-Mar 1855	155	43	27.7%	75^th
Dec 1855-Mar 1856	177	42	23.7%	73^rd
1856 Apr-Jul	203	67	33.0%	58^th
1856 Aug-Aug	74	26	35.1%	79^th
1856 Aug-Aug	44	3	6.8%	54^th
Dec 1856-Mar 1857	231	52	22.5%	66^th
Dec 1857-Feb 1858	104	15	14.4%	42^nd
1858 Mar-May	180	22	12.2%	31^st
1858 Jun-Jun	68	26	38.2%	70^th
Dec 1858-Mar 1859	196	32	16.3%	46^th
Dec 1859-Feb 1860	69	9	13.0%	49^th
1860 Mar-May	126	50	39.7%	74^th
1860 Jun-Jun	97	43	44.3%	68^th
Dec 1860-Mar 1861	141	31	22.0%	48^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
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

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