Sen. Henry “Harry” Schwartz

Former Senator for Wyoming

Schwartz was a senator from Wyoming and was a Democrat. He served from 1937 to 1942.

Bioguide

Photo of Sen. Henry “Harry” Schwartz [D-WY, 1937-1942]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1937 to Dec 1942, Schwartz missed 74 of 632 roll call votes, which is 11.7%. This is better than the median of 18.4% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Dec 1942. 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
1937 Jan-Mar	19	1	5.3%	31^st
1937 Apr-Jun	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1937 Jul-Aug	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1937 Nov-Dec	22	1	4.5%	24^th
1938 Jan-Jun	81	6	7.4%	13^th
1939 Jan-Mar	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Apr-Jun	36	19	52.8%	91^st
1939 Jul-Aug	41	1	2.4%	5^th
1939 Oct-Nov	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Jan-Mar	44	1	2.3%	6^th
1940 Apr-Jun	64	4	6.2%	20^th
1940 Jul-Sep	38	3	7.9%	27^th
1940 Oct-Nov	5	1	20.0%	27^th
1941 Jan-Jan 76th Congress	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Jan-Mar	23	2	8.7%	52^nd
1941 Apr-Jun	31	15	48.4%	88^th
1941 Jul-Sep	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Oct-Dec	21	1	4.8%	29^th
1942 Jan-Mar	23	8	34.8%	85^th
1942 Apr-Jun	28	1	3.6%	7^th
1942 Jul-Sep	19	1	5.3%	8^th
1942 Oct-Dec	24	9	37.5%	73^rd

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