Rep. James Cantrill

Former Representative for Kentucky’s 7^th District

Cantrill was the representative for Kentucky’s 7^th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1923 to 1925.

He was previously the representative for Kentucky’s 7^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1915 to 1923; and the representative for Kentucky’s 7^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1909 to 1915.

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Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Mar 1909 to Mar 1923, Cantrill missed 875 of 1,866 roll call votes, which is 46.9%. This is much worse than the median of 27.3% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1923. 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
1909 Mar-Aug	36	9	25.0%	84^th
Dec 1909-Feb 1910	18	5	27.8%	57^th
1910 Mar-May	60	16	26.7%	64^th
1910 Jun-Jun	18	18	100.0%	97^th
Dec 1910-Mar 1911	68	20	29.4%	64^th
1911 Apr-Aug	49	26	53.1%	89^th
Dec 1911-Mar 1912	58	38	65.5%	88^th
1912 Apr-Jul	57	32	56.1%	83^rd
1912 Aug-Aug	30	22	73.3%	78^th
Dec 1912-Mar 1913	67	7	10.4%	15^th
1913 Apr-Jul	22	15	68.2%	70^th
1913 Aug-Nov	43	40	93.0%	97^th
Dec 1913-Feb 1914	24	9	37.5%	81^st
1914 Mar-May	34	14	41.2%	79^th
1914 Jun-Aug	62	51	82.3%	83^rd
1914 Sep-Oct	29	4	13.8%	28^th
Dec 1914-Mar 1915	67	29	43.3%	80^th
Dec 1915-Feb 1916	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1916 Mar-May	53	19	35.8%	85^th
1916 Jun-Aug	23	17	73.9%	95^th
1916 Sep-Sep	3	3	100.0%	71^st
Dec 1916-Mar 1917	62	26	41.9%	95^th
1917 Apr-Jun	43	12	27.9%	72^nd
1917 Jul-Sep	10	4	40.0%	65^th
1917 Oct-Oct	4	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1917-Feb 1918	34	6	17.6%	54^th
1918 Mar-May	65	12	18.5%	41^st
1918 Jun-Aug	33	14	42.4%	69^th
1918 Sep-Oct	14	5	35.7%	55^th
Dec 1918-Mar 1919	63	14	22.2%	56^th
1919 May-Jul	62	29	46.8%	83^rd
1919 Aug-Oct	52	37	71.2%	89^th
1919 Nov-Nov	16	11	68.8%	82^nd
Dec 1919-Feb 1920	39	10	25.6%	58^th
1920 Mar-May	70	47	67.1%	92^nd
1920 Jun-Jun	8	8	100.0%	86^th
Dec 1920-Mar 1921	92	38	41.3%	87^th
1921 Apr-Jun	58	21	36.2%	73^rd
1921 Jul-Aug	48	28	58.3%	85^th
1921 Oct-Nov	29	20	69.0%	86^th
Dec 1921-Feb 1922	48	26	54.2%	81^st
1922 Mar-May	47	22	46.8%	73^rd
1922 Jun-Aug	54	50	92.6%	92^nd
1922 Sep-Sep	13	13	100.0%	83^rd
1922 Nov-Nov	5	2	40.0%	77^th
Dec 1922-Mar 1923	60	26	43.3%	68^th

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

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Voting Record

Missed Votes

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