Rep. James Patterson

Former Representative from Connecticut’s 5^th District, Republican

Patterson, a Republican, was the representative for Connecticut's 5^th congressional district from 1947 to 1958.

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Voting Record

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From Jan 1947 to Aug 1958, Patterson missed 21 of 1,108 roll call votes, which is 1.9%. This is on par with the median of 2.5% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Aug 1958. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1947 Jan-Mar	24	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Apr-Jun	32	1	3.1%	49^th
1947 Jul-Jul	22	1	4.5%	79^th
1947 Nov-Dec	6	1	16.7%	85^th
1948 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Apr-Jun	54	1	1.9%	39^th
1948 Aug-Aug	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jan-Mar	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Apr-Jun	27	1	3.7%	62^nd
1949 Jul-Sep	43	1	2.3%	44^th
1949 Oct-Oct	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jan-Mar	54	1	1.9%	40^th
1950 Apr-Jun	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jul-Sep	59	4	6.8%	84^th
1950 Dec-Dec	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Jan	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Apr-Jun	40	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jul-Sep	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Oct-Oct	18	1	5.6%	66^th
1952 Jan-Mar	22	1	4.5%	60^th
1952 Apr-Jun	40	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Jul-Jul	10	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jan-Mar	13	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Apr-Jun	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jul-Aug	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Jan-Mar	14	1	7.1%	80^th
1954 Apr-Jun	24	2	8.3%	78^th
1954 Jul-Aug	38	2	5.3%	83^rd
1955 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Apr-Jun	36	1	2.8%	64^th
1955 Jul-Aug	19	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Apr-Jun	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jul-Jul	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Apr-Jun	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jul-Aug	52	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jan-Mar	21	1	4.8%	64^th
1958 Apr-Jun	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jul-Aug	40	1	2.5%	55^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
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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