John Bankhead, former Senator for Alabama

Bankhead was a senator from Alabama and was a Democrat. He served from 1907 to 1921.

He was previously the representative for Alabama’s 6^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1905 to 1907; the representative for Alabama’s 6^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1903 to 1905; the representative for Alabama’s 6^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1901 to 1903; the representative for Alabama’s 6^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1899 to 1901; the representative for Alabama’s 6^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1895 to 1899; the representative for Alabama’s 6^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1893 to 1895; the representative for Alabama’s 6^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1891 to 1893; the representative for Alabama’s 6^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1889 to 1891; and the representative for Alabama’s 6^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1887 to 1889.

Photo of Sen. John Bankhead [D-AL, 1907-1921]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Mar 1908 to Feb 1920, Bankhead missed 830 of 2,305 roll call votes, which is 36.0%. This is worse than the median of 25.8% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Feb 1920. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1908 Mar-May	49	13	26.5%	38^th
1909 Jan-Mar	35	7	20.0%	32^nd
1909 Apr-Aug	130	42	32.3%	84^th
1910 Jan-Feb	7	1	14.3%	8^th
1910 Mar-May	36	30	83.3%	92^nd
1910 Jun-Jun	41	33	80.5%	84^th
Dec 1910-Mar 1911	52	20	38.5%	82^nd
1911 May-Aug	94	31	33.0%	72^nd
Dec 1911-Mar 1912	35	27	77.1%	97^th
1912 Apr-Jul	105	77	73.3%	90^th
1912 Aug-Aug	51	24	47.1%	78^th
Dec 1912-Mar 1913	111	32	28.8%	60^th
1913 Apr-Jul	38	25	65.8%	90^th
1913 Aug-Nov	109	75	68.8%	96^th
1913 Dec-Dec	1	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1913-Feb 1914	59	15	25.4%	52^nd
1914 Mar-May	58	27	46.6%	68^th
1914 Jun-Aug	121	47	38.8%	46^th
1914 Sep-Oct	64	10	15.6%	14^th
Dec 1914-Mar 1915	117	51	43.6%	78^th
1913 Mar-Mar	5	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1915-Feb 1916	40	0	0.0%	0^th
1916 Mar-May	106	10	9.4%	11^th
1916 Jun-Aug	88	9	10.2%	5^th
1916 Sep-Sep	13	1	7.7%	25^th
Dec 1916-Mar 1917	159	53	33.3%	63^rd
1917 Apr-Jun	63	12	19.0%	58^th
1917 Jul-Sep	103	14	13.6%	42^nd
1917 Oct-Oct	11	1	9.1%	25^th
Dec 1917-Feb 1918	34	1	2.9%	9^th
1918 Mar-May	54	18	33.3%	43^rd
1918 Jun-Aug	42	3	7.1%	10^th
1918 Sep-Nov	20	5	25.0%	34^th
Dec 1918-Mar 1919	55	9	16.4%	19^th
1917 Mar-Mar	1	1	100.0%	85^th
1919 May-Jul	31	19	61.3%	92^nd
1919 Aug-Oct	31	8	25.8%	61^st
1919 Nov-Nov	80	40	50.0%	96^th
Dec 1919-Feb 1920	56	39	69.6%	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

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Sen. John Bankhead

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Missed Votes

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