James Good, former Representative for Iowa's 5th Congressional District

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Good was the representative for Iowa’s 5^th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1915 to 1923.

He was previously the representative for Iowa’s 5^th congressional district as a Republican from 1909 to 1915.

Photo of Rep. James Good [R-IA5, 1915-1923]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Mar 1909 to Jun 1921, Good missed 405 of 1,561 roll call votes, which is 25.9%. This is on par with the median of 27.3% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Jun 1921. 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	5	13.9%	35^th
Dec 1909-Feb 1910	18	4	22.2%	48^th
1910 Mar-May	60	7	11.7%	23^rd
1910 Jun-Jun	18	1	5.6%	28^th
Dec 1910-Mar 1911	68	14	20.6%	43^rd
1911 Apr-Aug	49	4	8.2%	18^th
Dec 1911-Mar 1912	58	9	15.5%	32^nd
1912 Apr-Jul	57	2	3.5%	3^rd
1912 Aug-Aug	30	15	50.0%	60^th
Dec 1912-Mar 1913	67	15	22.4%	40^th
1913 Apr-Jul	22	17	77.3%	80^th
1913 Aug-Nov	43	37	86.0%	90^th
Dec 1913-Feb 1914	24	1	4.2%	11^th
1914 Mar-May	34	5	14.7%	31^st
1914 Jun-Aug	62	4	6.5%	5^th
1914 Sep-Oct	29	13	44.8%	55^th
Dec 1914-Mar 1915	67	19	28.4%	66^th
Dec 1915-Feb 1916	16	1	6.2%	15^th
1916 Mar-May	53	9	17.0%	56^th
1916 Jun-Aug	23	10	43.5%	74^th
1916 Sep-Sep	3	3	100.0%	71^st
Dec 1916-Mar 1917	62	8	12.9%	43^rd
1917 Apr-Jun	43	9	20.9%	55^th
1917 Jul-Sep	10	9	90.0%	95^th
1917 Oct-Oct	4	1	25.0%	44^th
Dec 1917-Feb 1918	34	10	29.4%	76^th
1918 Mar-May	65	26	40.0%	77^th
1918 Jun-Aug	33	3	9.1%	9^th
1918 Sep-Oct	14	1	7.1%	15^th
Dec 1918-Mar 1919	63	11	17.5%	45^th
1919 May-Jul	62	12	19.4%	46^th
1919 Aug-Oct	52	16	30.8%	47^th
1919 Nov-Nov	16	16	100.0%	94^th
Dec 1919-Feb 1920	39	9	23.1%	52^nd
1920 Mar-May	70	19	27.1%	63^rd
1920 Jun-Jun	8	2	25.0%	56^th
Dec 1920-Mar 1921	92	26	28.3%	75^th
1921 Apr-Jun	57	32	56.1%	88^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

Rep. James Good

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