James Doolittle, former Senator for Wisconsin

Doolittle was a senator from Wisconsin and was a Republican. He served from 1863 to 1869.

He was previously a senator from Wisconsin as a Republican from 1857 to 1863.

Photo of Sen. James Doolittle [R-WI, 1863-1869]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Mar 1857 to Mar 1869, Doolittle missed 819 of 3,924 roll call votes, which is 20.9%. This is on par with the median of 23.0% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1869. 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 1857-Feb 1858	57	4	7.0%	18^th
1858 Mar-May	217	44	20.3%	64^th
1858 Jun-Jun	121	32	26.4%	64^th
Dec 1858-Mar 1859	269	20	7.4%	9^th
1857 Mar-Mar	29	1	3.4%	9^th
1858 Jun-Jun	9	7	77.8%	27^th
Dec 1859-Feb 1860	43	3	7.0%	7^th
1860 Mar-May	158	33	20.9%	43^rd
1860 Jun-Jun	132	14	10.6%	7^th
Dec 1860-Mar 1861	232	19	8.2%	27^th
1859 Mar-Mar	32	7	21.9%	50^th
1860 Jun-Jun	10	5	50.0%	21^st
1861 Jul-Aug	79	4	5.1%	28^th
Dec 1861-Feb 1862	73	7	9.6%	57^th
1862 Mar-May	146	8	5.5%	19^th
1862 Jun-Jul	214	35	16.4%	57^th
Dec 1862-Mar 1863	247	33	13.4%	43^rd
1861 Mar-Mar	42	3	7.1%	24^th
Dec 1863-Feb 1864	69	8	11.6%	40^th
1864 Mar-May	167	22	13.2%	41^st
1864 Jun-Jul	181	45	24.9%	45^th
Dec 1864-Mar 1865	161	42	26.1%	67^th
1863 Mar-Mar	19	5	26.3%	70^th
Dec 1865-Feb 1866	39	11	28.2%	79^th
1866 Mar-May	102	23	22.5%	66^th
1866 Jun-Jul	137	31	22.6%	50^th
Dec 1866-Mar 1867	217	73	33.6%	69^th
1865 Mar-Mar	6	2	33.3%	69^th
1867 Mar-Apr	98	41	41.8%	75^th
1867 Jul-Jul	35	35	100.0%	83^rd
1867 Nov-Nov	4	3	75.0%	68^th
Dec 1867-Feb 1868	55	15	27.3%	67^th
1868 Mar-May	180	46	25.6%	83^rd
1868 Jun-Jul	187	80	42.8%	69^th
1868 Sep-Sep	1	1	100.0%	53^rd
Dec 1868-Mar 1869	156	57	36.5%	76^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 Doolittle

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Missed Votes

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