James Murray, former Senator for Montana

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Murray was a senator from Montana and was a Democrat. He served from 1934 to 1960.

Photo of Sen. James Murray [D-MT, 1934-1960]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1935 to Sep 1960, Murray missed 603 of 3,522 roll call votes, which is 17.1%. This is much worse than the median of 7.3% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Sep 1960. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1935 Jan-Mar	37	2	5.4%	20^th
1935 Apr-Jun	49	3	6.1%	17^th
1935 Jul-Aug	46	6	13.0%	33^rd
1936 Jan-Jun	61	8	13.1%	17^th
1937 Jan-Mar	19	2	10.5%	56^th
1937 Apr-Jun	21	3	14.3%	44^th
1937 Jul-Aug	31	3	9.7%	22^nd
1937 Nov-Dec	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1938 Jan-Jun	81	12	14.8%	30^th
1939 Jan-Mar	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Apr-Jun	36	2	5.6%	18^th
1939 Jul-Aug	41	4	9.8%	36^th
1939 Oct-Nov	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Jan-Mar	44	7	15.9%	36^th
1940 Apr-Jun	64	6	9.4%	18^th
1940 Jul-Sep	38	12	31.6%	82^nd
1940 Oct-Nov	5	3	60.0%	82^nd
1941 Jan-Jan	1	1	100.0%	82^nd
1941 Jan-Mar	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Apr-Jun	31	10	32.3%	64^th
1941 Jul-Sep	23	16	69.6%	93^rd
1941 Oct-Dec	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Jan-Mar	23	1	4.3%	23^rd
1942 Apr-Jun	28	15	53.6%	85^th
1942 Jul-Sep	19	8	42.1%	85^th
1942 Oct-Dec	24	15	62.5%	92^nd
1943 Jan-Mar	20	7	35.0%	80^th
1943 Apr-Jun	52	12	23.1%	73^rd
1943 Jul-Sep	20	10	50.0%	73^rd
1943 Oct-Dec	30	18	60.0%	93^rd
1944 Jan-Mar	51	15	29.4%	80^th
1944 Apr-Jun	23	11	47.8%	80^th
1944 Aug-Sep	7	4	57.1%	87^th
1944 Nov-Dec	17	2	11.8%	38^th
1945 Jan-Mar	17	1	5.9%	40^th
1945 Apr-Jun	40	1	2.5%	32^nd
1945 Jul-Sep	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Oct-Dec	24	11	45.8%	88^th
1946 Jan-Mar	13	7	53.8%	88^th
1946 Apr-Jun	75	3	4.0%	60^th
1946 Jul-Aug	48	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Jan-Mar	34	1	2.9%	52^nd
1947 Apr-Jun	57	7	12.3%	76^th
1947 Jul-Jul	39	1	2.6%	41^st
1947 Nov-Dec	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Feb-Mar	28	2	7.1%	70^th
1948 Apr-Jun	74	5	6.8%	80^th
1948 Aug-Aug	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jan-Mar	38	11	28.9%	95^th
1949 Apr-Jun	86	6	7.0%	50^th
1949 Jul-Sep	82	6	7.3%	60^th
1949 Oct-Oct	20	5	25.0%	90^th
1950 Jan-Mar	55	6	10.9%	62^nd
1950 Apr-Jun	85	33	38.8%	93^rd
1950 Jul-Sep	78	3	3.8%	50^th
1950 Dec-Dec	10	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Mar	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Apr-Jun	70	21	30.0%	98^th
1951 Jul-Sep	94	16	17.0%	92^nd
1951 Oct-Oct	16	4	25.0%	80^th
1952 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Apr-Jun	95	41	43.2%	98^th
1952 Jul-Jul	6	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jan-Mar	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Apr-Jun	43	16	37.2%	98^th
1953 Jul-Jul	38	1	2.6%	63^rd
1954 Jan-Mar	32	9	28.1%	95^th
1954 Apr-Jun	50	2	4.0%	27^th
1954 Jul-Sep	91	2	2.2%	32^nd
1954 Dec-Dec	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Jan-Mar	26	3	11.5%	57^th
1955 Apr-Jun	38	29	76.3%	99^th
1955 Jul-Aug	23	3	13.0%	84^th
1956 Jan-Mar	47	7	14.9%	93^rd
1956 Apr-Jun	50	2	4.0%	37^th
1956 Jul-Jul	33	8	24.2%	97^th
1957 Jan-Mar	16	6	37.5%	99^th
1957 Apr-Jun	45	6	13.3%	67^th
1957 Jul-Aug	46	12	26.1%	90^th
1958 Feb-Mar	38	13	34.2%	96^th
1958 Apr-Jun	86	11	12.8%	76^th
1958 Jul-Aug	76	31	40.8%	96^th
1959 Jan-Apr	57	3	5.3%	55^th
1959 May-Aug	128	7	5.5%	39^th
1959 Sep-Sep	30	3	10.0%	70^th
1960 Jan-Apr	79	12	15.2%	70^th
1960 May-Aug	123	8	6.5%	43^rd
1960 Sep-Sep	5	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 Murray

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