John Ingalls, former Senator for Kansas

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Ingalls was a senator from Kansas and was a Republican. He served from 1885 to 1891.

He was previously a senator from Kansas as a Republican from 1873 to 1885.

Alleged misconduct & resolution

Ingalls faced an allegation of bribery and corruption in the election. On Feb. 17, 1880, the Committee on Privileges and Elections concluded that while bribery and corruption were present, there was no evidence tying them to Ingalls or that it had altered election results and therefore the charges should be dismissed.

Feb. 17, 1880

Committee on Privileges and Elections concluded that while bribery and corruption were present, there was no evidence tying them to Ingalls or that it had altered election results and therefore the charges should be dismissed.

Photo of Sen. John Ingalls [R-KS, 1885-1891]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Mar 1873 to Mar 1891, Ingalls missed 1,486 of 4,798 roll call votes, which is 31.0%. This is on par with the median of 35.4% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1891. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
Dec 1873-Feb 1874	57	17	29.8%	44^th
1874 Mar-May	116	21	18.1%	11^th
1874 Jun-Jun	82	19	23.2%	22^nd
Dec 1874-Mar 1875	149	32	21.5%	33^rd
1873 Mar-Mar	16	2	12.5%	11^th
Dec 1875-Mar 1876	89	8	9.0%	0^th
1876 Apr-Jul	186	41	22.0%	55^th
1876 Aug-Aug	51	14	27.5%	55^th
Dec 1876-Mar 1877	84	6	7.1%	0^th
1875 Mar-Mar	24	1	4.2%	0^th
1877 Oct-Dec	71	42	59.2%	77^th
Dec 1877-Feb 1878	69	27	39.1%	77^th
1878 Mar-May	110	38	34.5%	64^th
1878 Jun-Jun	83	31	37.3%	68^th
Dec 1878-Mar 1879	236	111	47.0%	86^th
1877 Mar-Mar	15	4	26.7%	58^th
1879 Mar-Jul	191	82	42.9%	62^nd
Dec 1879-Feb 1880	49	28	57.1%	85^th
1880 Mar-May	127	55	43.3%	59^th
1880 Jun-Jun	39	2	5.1%	4^th
Dec 1880-Mar 1881	164	36	22.0%	36^th
Dec 1881-Mar 1882	96	49	51.0%	86^th
1882 Apr-Jul	212	47	22.2%	40^th
1882 Aug-Aug	38	7	18.4%	50^th
Dec 1882-Mar 1883	401	143	35.7%	65^th
1881 Mar-Mar	178	25	14.0%	26^th
1881 Oct-Oct	61	34	55.7%	49^th
Dec 1883-Feb 1884	65	17	26.2%	41^st
1884 Mar-May	114	53	46.5%	71^st
1884 Jun-Jul	78	13	16.7%	20^th
Dec 1884-Mar 1885	171	44	25.7%	48^th
Dec 1885-Mar 1886	63	17	27.0%	52^nd
1886 Apr-Jul	234	56	23.9%	38^th
1886 Aug-Aug	12	2	16.7%	25^th
Dec 1886-Mar 1887	143	46	32.2%	61^st
1885 Mar-Apr	9	4	44.4%	76^th
Dec 1887-Feb 1888	50	9	18.0%	17^th
1888 Mar-May	64	23	35.9%	48^th
1888 Jun-Aug	62	24	38.7%	39^th
1888 Sep-Oct	14	13	92.9%	79^th
Dec 1888-Mar 1889	199	44	22.1%	17^th
Dec 1889-Feb 1890	31	9	29.0%	33^rd
1890 Mar-May	114	28	24.6%	24^th
1890 Jun-Aug	150	66	44.0%	51^st
1890 Sep-Sep	79	24	30.4%	50^th
Dec 1890-Mar 1891	143	69	48.3%	62^nd
1889 Mar-Apr	9	3	33.3%	42^nd

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 Ingalls

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