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Rep. John Blanchard

Former Representative from Pennsylvania’s 17^th District, Whig

Blanchard, a Whig, was the representative for Pennsylvania's 17^th congressional district from 1847 to 1849.

He was previously the representative for Pennsylvania's 17^th congressional district (1845-1847).

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Voting Record

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From Dec 1845 to Mar 1849, Blanchard missed 424 of 1,120 roll call votes, which is 37.9%. This is much worse than the median of 24.5% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1849. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
Dec 1845-Mar 1846	149	62	41.6%	80^th
1846 Apr-Jul	263	86	32.7%	69^th
1846 Aug-Aug	51	22	43.1%	78^th
Dec 1846-Mar 1847	179	111	62.0%	93^rd
Dec 1847-Mar 1848	101	13	12.9%	22^nd
1848 Apr-Jul	151	19	12.6%	16^th
1848 Aug-Aug	71	14	19.7%	45^th
Dec 1848-Mar 1849	155	97	62.6%	98^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

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