Marshall was a senator from Kentucky and was a Federalist. He served from 1795 to 1801.
Alleged misconduct & resolution
Marshall faced an allegation of misconduct prior to serving in the Senate. On Mar. 11, 1796, having requested the investigation in order to clear his name of the informal charges of perjury, the committee reported that since there were no charges, there was nothing to investigate and the Senate should take no further action. On Mar. 22, 1796, the Senate voted 16-7 to investigate no further.
| Mar. 11, 1796 | Having requested the investigation in order to clear his name of the informal charges of perjury, the committee reported that since there were no charges, there was nothing to investigate and the Senate should take no further action. |
| Mar. 22, 1796 | Senate voted 16-7 to investigate no further |
![Photo of Sen. Humphrey Marshall [F-KY, 1795-1801]](/static/legislator-photos/407176-200px.jpeg)
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jun 1795 to Mar 1801, Marshall missed 95 of 408 roll call votes, which is 23.3%. This is worse than the median of 15.7% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1801. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.
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
