John Berrien, former Senator for Georgia

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Berrien was a senator from Georgia and was a Whig. He served from 1847 to 1853.

He was previously a senator from Georgia as a Whig from 1841 to 1847; and a senator from Georgia as a Jackson from 1825 to 1829.

Photo of Sen. John Berrien [W-GA, 1847-1853]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Dec 1825 to May 1852, Berrien missed 517 of 2,920 roll call votes, which is 17.7%. This is better than the median of 22.2% among the lifetime records of senators serving in May 1852. 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
Dec 1825-May 1826	124	20	16.1%	50^th
Dec 1826-Mar 1827	103	6	5.8%	0^th
Dec 1827-May 1828	175	38	21.7%	50^th
Dec 1828-Mar 1829	63	10	15.9%	0^th
1841 Jun-Sep	318	12	3.8%	17^th
Dec 1841-Mar 1842	44	4	9.1%	33^rd
1842 Apr-Jul	197	28	14.2%	67^th
1842 Aug-Aug	128	47	36.7%	80^th
Dec 1842-Mar 1843	127	13	10.2%	40^th
1841 Mar-Mar	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1844 Jan-Feb	28	4	14.3%	38^th
1844 Mar-May	106	43	40.6%	62^nd
1844 Jun-Jun	76	9	11.8%	14^th
Dec 1844-Mar 1845	95	9	9.5%	43^rd
Dec 1845-Mar 1846	29	2	6.9%	44^th
1846 Apr-Jul	168	38	22.6%	67^th
1846 Aug-Aug	50	4	8.0%	8^th
Dec 1846-Mar 1847	126	19	15.1%	50^th
1845 Mar-Mar	10	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1847-Mar 1848	82	4	4.9%	7^th
1848 Apr-Jul	116	35	30.2%	67^th
1848 Aug-Aug	66	29	43.9%	88^th
Dec 1848-Mar 1849	80	8	10.0%	14^th
Dec 1849-Feb 1850	22	2	9.1%	25^th
1850 Mar-May	64	41	64.1%	94^th
1850 Jun-Aug	154	7	4.5%	12^th
1850 Sep-Sep	108	17	15.7%	41^st
Dec 1850-Mar 1851	141	25	17.7%	47^th
1849 Mar-Mar	10	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1851-Mar 1852	38	27	71.1%	91^st
1852 Apr-Jul	42	12	28.6%	52^nd
1851 Mar-Mar	22	4	18.2%	39^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. John Berrien

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Missed Votes

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