James Clarke, former Senator for Arkansas

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Clarke was a senator from Arkansas and was a Democrat. He served from 1915 to 1917.

He was previously a senator from Arkansas as a Democrat from 1903 to 1915.

Photo of Sen. James Clarke [D-AR, 1915-1917]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Dec 1903 to Dec 1916, Clarke missed 1,083 of 1,784 roll call votes, which is 60.7%. This is much worse than the median of 32.0% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Dec 1916. 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
Dec 1903-Apr 1904	36	23	63.9%	78^th
Dec 1904-Mar 1905	56	45	80.4%	94^th
1906 Jan-Feb	8	4	50.0%	71^st
1906 Mar-May	49	16	32.7%	86^th
1906 Jun-Jun	31	21	67.7%	86^th
1907 Jan-Mar	38	21	55.3%	92^nd
1908 Mar-May	49	37	75.5%	80^th
1909 Jan-Mar	35	19	54.3%	81^st
1909 Apr-Aug	130	119	91.5%	97^th
1910 Jan-Feb	7	3	42.9%	51^st
1910 Mar-May	36	15	41.7%	59^th
1910 Jun-Jun	41	41	100.0%	84^th
Dec 1910-Mar 1911	52	17	32.7%	69^th
1911 May-Aug	94	36	38.3%	81^st
Dec 1911-Mar 1912	35	18	51.4%	81^st
1912 Apr-Jul	105	61	58.1%	87^th
1912 Aug-Aug	51	45	88.2%	94^th
Dec 1912-Mar 1913	111	39	35.1%	65^th
1913 Apr-Jul	38	12	31.6%	65^th
1913 Aug-Nov	109	60	55.0%	82^nd
1913 Dec-Dec	1	1	100.0%	65^th
Dec 1913-Feb 1914	59	37	62.7%	92^nd
1914 Mar-May	58	50	86.2%	92^nd
1914 Jun-Aug	121	61	50.4%	62^nd
1914 Sep-Oct	64	61	95.3%	85^th
Dec 1914-Mar 1915	117	86	73.5%	99^th
1913 Mar-Mar	5	2	40.0%	50^th
Dec 1915-Feb 1916	40	13	32.5%	68^th
1916 Mar-May	106	53	50.0%	69^th
1916 Jun-Aug	88	57	64.8%	84^th
1916 Sep-Sep	13	9	69.2%	72^nd
Dec 1916-Mar 1917	1	1	100.0%	97^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
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo

Sen. James Clarke

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