Sen. James Davis

Former Senator for Pennsylvania

Davis was a senator from Pennsylvania and was a Republican. He served from 1930 to 1944.

Bioguide

Photo of Sen. James Davis [R-PA, 1930-1944]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Dec 1930 to Dec 1944, Davis missed 367 of 1,616 roll call votes, which is 22.7%. This is on par with the median of 19.1% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Dec 1944. 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 1930-Mar 1931	63	16	25.4%	64^th
Dec 1931-Feb 1932	63	44	69.8%	96^th
1932 Mar-May	90	32	35.6%	79^th
1932 Jun-Jul	64	19	29.7%	46^th
Dec 1932-Mar 1933	63	19	30.2%	80^th
1933 Mar-Jun	97	83	85.6%	97^th
1934 Jan-Jun	130	14	10.8%	32^nd
1933 Mar-Mar	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1935 Jan-Mar	37	5	13.5%	68^th
1935 Apr-Jun	49	14	28.6%	84^th
1935 Jul-Aug	46	5	10.9%	42^nd
1936 Jan-Jun	61	6	9.8%	16^th
1937 Jan-Mar	19	0	0.0%	0^th
1937 Apr-Jun	21	5	23.8%	56^th
1937 Jul-Aug	31	1	3.2%	23^rd
1937 Nov-Dec	22	2	9.1%	35^th
1938 Jan-Jun	81	13	16.0%	34^th
1939 Jan-Mar	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Apr-Jun	36	1	2.8%	6^th
1939 Jul-Aug	41	11	26.8%	74^th
1939 Oct-Nov	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Jan-Mar	44	2	4.5%	13^th
1940 Apr-Jun	64	8	12.5%	31^st
1940 Jul-Sep	38	4	10.5%	40^th
1940 Oct-Nov	5	1	20.0%	30^th
1941 Jan-Jan 76th Congress	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Jan-Mar	23	3	13.0%	68^th
1941 Apr-Jun	31	6	19.4%	45^th
1941 Jul-Sep	23	5	21.7%	41^st
1941 Oct-Dec	21	1	4.8%	29^th
1942 Jan-Mar	23	6	26.1%	79^th
1942 Apr-Jun	28	7	25.0%	49^th
1942 Jul-Sep	19	3	15.8%	27^th
1942 Oct-Dec	24	6	25.0%	57^th
1943 Jan-Mar	20	5	25.0%	58^th
1943 Apr-Jun	52	6	11.5%	38^th
1943 Jul-Sep	20	4	20.0%	48^th
1943 Oct-Dec	30	6	20.0%	60^th
1944 Jan-Mar	51	3	5.9%	20^th
1944 Apr-Jun	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Aug-Sep	7	1	14.3%	30^th
1944 Nov-Dec	17	0	0.0%	0^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

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Missed Votes

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