Sen. John Clarke

Former Senator for Rhode Island

Clarke was a senator from Rhode Island and was a Whig. He served from 1847 to 1853.

Bioguide

Photo of Sen. John Clarke [W-RI, 1847-1853]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Dec 1847 to Mar 1853, Clarke missed 265 of 1,201 roll call votes, which is 22.1%. This is on par with the median of 22.2% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1853. 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 1847-Mar 1848	82	16	19.5%	62^nd
1848 Apr-Jul	116	24	20.7%	47^th
1848 Aug-Aug	66	7	10.6%	18^th
Dec 1848-Mar 1849	80	6	7.5%	6^th
Dec 1849-Feb 1850	22	1	4.5%	12^th
1850 Mar-May	64	23	35.9%	77^th
1850 Jun-Aug	154	27	17.5%	52^nd
1850 Sep-Sep	108	36	33.3%	71^st
Dec 1850-Mar 1851	141	22	15.6%	43^rd
1849 Mar-Mar	10	1	10.0%	34^th
Dec 1851-Mar 1852	38	6	15.8%	22^nd
1852 Apr-Jul	80	34	42.5%	73^rd
1852 Aug-Aug	91	14	15.4%	19^th
Dec 1852-Mar 1853	127	38	29.9%	59^th
1851 Mar-Mar	22	10	45.5%	65^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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Voting Record

Missed Votes

Primary Sources