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Sen. Isaac Stephenson

Former Senator from Wisconsin, Republican

Bioguide

Stephenson, a Republican, was a senator from Wisconsin from 1907 to 1915.

He was previously the representative for Wisconsin's 9^th congressional district (1887-1889); the representative for Wisconsin's 9^th congressional district (1885-1887); and the representative for Wisconsin's 9^th congressional district (1883-1885).

Photo of Sen. Isaac Stephenson [R-WI, 1907-1915]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Mar 1908 to Mar 1915, Stephenson missed 677 of 1,318 roll call votes, which is 51.4%. This is much worse than the median of 30.9% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1915. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1908 Mar-May	49	2	4.1%	3^rd
1909 Jan-Mar	35	10	28.6%	50^th
1909 Apr-Aug	130	47	36.2%	83^rd
1910 Jan-Feb	7	2	28.6%	33^rd
1910 Mar-May	36	7	19.4%	40^th
1910 Jun-Jun	41	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1910-Mar 1911	52	23	44.2%	92^nd
1911 May-Aug	94	36	38.3%	80^th
Dec 1911-Mar 1912	35	11	31.4%	69^th
1912 Apr-Jul	105	48	45.7%	73^rd
1912 Aug-Aug	51	51	100.0%	97^th
Dec 1912-Mar 1913	111	38	34.2%	64^th
1913 Apr-Jul	38	26	68.4%	90^th
1913 Aug-Nov	109	81	74.3%	92^nd
1913 Dec-Dec	1	1	100.0%	61^st
Dec 1913-Feb 1914	59	11	18.6%	34^th
1914 Mar-May	58	35	60.3%	81^st
1914 Jun-Aug	121	105	86.8%	93^rd
1914 Sep-Oct	64	64	100.0%	91^st
Dec 1914-Mar 1915	117	74	63.2%	93^rd
1913 Mar-Mar	5	5	100.0%	76^th

Primary Sources

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

Congress-Legislators, a community project collecting election 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