Rep. James Blount

Former Representative from Georgia’s 6^th District, Democrat

Blount, a Democrat, was the representative for Georgia's 6^th congressional district from 1891 to 1893.

He was previously the representative for Georgia's 6^th congressional district (1889-1891); the representative for Georgia's 6^th congressional district (1887-1889); the representative for Georgia's 6^th congressional district (1885-1887); the representative for Georgia's 6^th congressional district (1883-1885); the representative for Georgia's 6^th congressional district (1881-1883); the representative for Georgia's 6^th congressional district (1877-1881); the representative for Georgia's 6^th congressional district (1875-1877); and the representative for Georgia's 6^th congressional district (1873-1875).

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From Dec 1873 to Mar 1893, Blount missed 1,056 of 3,818 roll call votes, which is 27.7%. This is better than the median of 34.2% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1893. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
Dec 1873-Feb 1874	78	5	6.4%	14^th
1874 Mar-May	101	4	4.0%	0^th
1874 Jun-Jun	60	5	8.3%	21^st
Dec 1874-Mar 1875	235	33	14.0%	21^st
Dec 1875-Mar 1876	60	5	8.3%	21^st
1876 Apr-Jul	106	43	40.6%	63^rd
1876 Aug-Aug	37	37	100.0%	95^th
Dec 1876-Mar 1877	125	19	15.2%	42^nd
1877 Oct-Dec	37	11	29.7%	63^rd
Dec 1877-Feb 1878	56	2	3.6%	13^th
1878 Mar-May	103	21	20.4%	50^th
1878 Jun-Jun	65	13	20.0%	42^nd
Dec 1878-Mar 1879	116	23	19.8%	29^th
1879 Mar-Jul	137	67	48.9%	83^rd
Dec 1879-Feb 1880	35	6	17.1%	37^th
1880 Mar-May	116	48	41.4%	77^th
1880 Jun-Jun	32	14	43.8%	60^th
Dec 1880-Mar 1881	119	22	18.5%	52^nd
Dec 1881-Mar 1882	75	16	21.3%	32^nd
1882 Apr-Jul	167	93	55.7%	63^rd
1882 Aug-Aug	7	4	57.1%	61^st
Dec 1882-Mar 1883	100	33	33.0%	64^th
Dec 1883-Feb 1884	34	10	29.4%	67^th
1884 Mar-May	71	7	9.9%	17^th
1884 Jun-Jul	83	26	31.3%	42^nd
Dec 1884-Mar 1885	146	24	16.4%	34^th
Dec 1885-Mar 1886	39	7	17.9%	51^st
1886 Apr-Jul	158	28	17.7%	33^rd
1886 Aug-Aug	6	2	33.3%	56^th
Dec 1886-Mar 1887	103	14	13.6%	28^th
Dec 1887-Feb 1888	39	8	20.5%	43^rd
1888 Mar-May	105	60	57.1%	77^th
1888 Jun-Aug	47	13	27.7%	26^th
1888 Sep-Oct	16	5	31.3%	22^nd
Dec 1888-Mar 1889	113	21	18.6%	26^th
Dec 1889-Feb 1890	80	38	47.5%	51^st
1890 Mar-May	109	23	21.1%	26^th
1890 Jun-Aug	172	82	47.7%	65^th
1890 Sep-Sep	53	28	52.8%	45^th
Dec 1890-Mar 1891	173	53	30.6%	52^nd
Dec 1891-Mar 1892	58	17	29.3%	43^rd
1892 Apr-Jul	161	42	26.1%	27^th
1892 Aug-Aug	4	4	100.0%	70^th
Dec 1892-Mar 1893	81	20	24.7%	24^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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