Chanler was the representative for New York’s 7th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1865 to 1869.
He was previously the representative for New York’s 7th congressional district as a Democrat from 1863 to 1865.
Misconduct
Chanler faced an allegation of “[A]ttempted a gross insult to the House” by proposing a resolution supporting vetoes issued by President Johnson on May 14, 1864 and on the same day the House of Representatives censured him, 72-30.
| May. 14, 1866 | House of Representatives censured, 72-30 |
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Dec 1863 to Mar 1869, Chanler missed 695 of 1,930 roll call votes, which is 36.0%. This is worse than the median of 26.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1869. 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.
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
