Sen. James McGrath

Former Senator for Rhode Island

McGrath was a senator from Rhode Island and was a Democrat. He served from 1947 to 1949.

Bioguide

Photo of Sen. James McGrath [D-RI, 1947-1949]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1947 to Jan 1951, McGrath missed 75 of 700 roll call votes, which is 10.7%. This is on par with the median of 8.6% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Jan 1951. 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
1947 Jan-Mar	31	1	3.2%	60^th
1947 Apr-Jun	57	10	17.5%	90^th
1947 Jul-Jul	39	3	7.7%	72^nd
1947 Nov-Dec	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Feb-Mar	28	10	35.7%	97^th
1948 Apr-Jun	74	9	12.2%	80^th
1948 Aug-Aug	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jan-Mar	38	5	13.2%	81^st
1949 Apr-Jun	86	27	31.4%	95^th
1949 Jul-Sep	82	10	12.2%	83^rd
1949 Oct-Oct	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jan-Mar	55	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Apr-Jun	85	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jul-Sep	78	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Dec-Dec	10	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Jan 81st Congress	1	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

Sen. James McGrath

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Voting Record

Missed Votes

Primary Sources