Sen. John Conness

Former Senator for California

Conness was a senator from California and was a Republican. He served from 1863 to 1869.

Bioguide

Photo of Sen. John Conness [R-CA, 1863-1869]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Mar 1863 to Mar 1869, Conness missed 392 of 1,814 roll call votes, which is 21.6%. This is on par with the median of 23.0% among the lifetime records of senators 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.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
Dec 1863-Feb 1864	69	2	2.9%	13^th
1864 Mar-May	167	11	6.6%	10^th
1864 Jun-Jul	181	47	26.0%	55^th
Dec 1864-Mar 1865	161	17	10.6%	13^th
1863 Mar-Mar	19	19	100.0%	93^rd
Dec 1865-Feb 1866	39	5	12.8%	57^th
1866 Mar-May	102	11	10.8%	29^th
1866 Jun-Jul	137	30	21.9%	43^rd
Dec 1866-Mar 1867	217	31	14.3%	21^st
1865 Mar-Mar	6	1	16.7%	36^th
1867 Mar-Apr	98	37	37.8%	73^rd
1867 Jul-Jul	35	35	100.0%	83^rd
1867 Nov-Nov	4	2	50.0%	62^nd
Dec 1867-Feb 1868	55	9	16.4%	37^th
1868 Mar-May	180	32	17.8%	59^th
1868 Jun-Jul	187	31	16.6%	18^th
1868 Sep-Sep	1	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1868-Mar 1869	156	72	46.2%	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

Sen. John Conness

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Voting Record

Missed Votes

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