John Jones, former Senator for Nevada

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Jones was a senator from Nevada and was a Republican. He served from 1891 to 1903.

He was previously a senator from Nevada as a Republican from 1885 to 1891; and a senator from Nevada as a Republican from 1873 to 1885.

Photo of Sen. John Jones [R-NV, 1891-1903]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Mar 1873 to Mar 1903, Jones missed 4,091 of 6,432 roll call votes, which is 63.6%. This is much worse than the median of 31.8% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1903. 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 1873-Feb 1874	57	42	73.7%	75^th
1874 Mar-May	116	66	56.9%	75^th
1874 Jun-Jun	82	56	68.3%	75^th
Dec 1874-Mar 1875	149	85	57.0%	75^th
1873 Mar-Mar	16	8	50.0%	75^th
Dec 1875-Mar 1876	89	50	56.2%	60^th
1876 Apr-Jul	186	128	68.8%	75^th
1876 Aug-Aug	51	30	58.8%	75^th
Dec 1876-Mar 1877	84	53	63.1%	80^th
1875 Mar-Mar	24	10	41.7%	75^th
1877 Oct-Dec	71	15	21.1%	57^th
Dec 1877-Feb 1878	69	24	34.8%	71^st
1878 Mar-May	110	100	90.9%	86^th
1878 Jun-Jun	83	56	67.5%	86^th
Dec 1878-Mar 1879	236	129	54.7%	86^th
1877 Mar-Mar	15	6	40.0%	57^th
1879 Mar-Jul	191	172	90.1%	88^th
Dec 1879-Feb 1880	49	48	98.0%	88^th
1880 Mar-May	127	77	60.6%	88^th
1880 Jun-Jun	39	35	89.7%	88^th
Dec 1880-Mar 1881	164	128	78.0%	88^th
Dec 1881-Mar 1882	96	66	68.8%	92^nd
1882 Apr-Jul	212	108	50.9%	92^nd
1882 Aug-Aug	38	23	60.5%	83^rd
Dec 1882-Mar 1883	401	275	68.6%	92^nd
1881 Mar-Mar	178	131	73.6%	85^th
1881 Oct-Oct	61	20	32.8%	54^th
Dec 1883-Feb 1884	65	16	24.6%	31^st
1884 Mar-May	114	77	67.5%	92^nd
1884 Jun-Jul	78	28	35.9%	46^th
Dec 1884-Mar 1885	171	79	46.2%	85^th
Dec 1885-Mar 1886	63	51	81.0%	89^th
1886 Apr-Jul	234	121	51.7%	84^th
1886 Aug-Aug	12	10	83.3%	74^th
Dec 1886-Mar 1887	143	72	50.3%	89^th
1885 Mar-Apr	9	6	66.7%	89^th
Dec 1887-Feb 1888	50	37	74.0%	95^th
1888 Mar-May	64	48	75.0%	95^th
1888 Jun-Aug	62	46	74.2%	91^st
1888 Sep-Oct	14	2	14.3%	32^nd
Dec 1888-Mar 1889	199	151	75.9%	95^th
Dec 1889-Feb 1890	31	17	54.8%	78^th
1890 Mar-May	114	53	46.5%	74^th
1890 Jun-Aug	150	93	62.0%	79^th
1890 Sep-Sep	79	45	57.0%	87^th
Dec 1890-Mar 1891	143	99	69.2%	96^th
1889 Mar-Apr	9	3	33.3%	65^th
1892 Jan-Mar	26	22	84.6%	89^th
1892 Apr-Jul	78	46	59.0%	82^nd
Dec 1892-Mar 1893	105	77	73.3%	89^th
1893 Aug-Oct	77	42	54.5%	77^th
1894 Jan-Mar	35	34	97.1%	97^th
1894 Apr-Jul	321	262	81.6%	97^th
1894 Aug-Aug	21	14	66.7%	77^th
Dec 1894-Mar 1895	101	89	88.1%	97^th
1893 Apr-Apr	6	2	33.3%	41^st
Dec 1895-Feb 1896	36	17	47.2%	80^th
1896 Mar-May	66	54	81.8%	93^rd
1896 Jun-Jun	24	10	41.7%	54^th
Dec 1896-Mar 1897	71	46	64.8%	83^rd
1897 Mar-Jul	200	118	59.0%	86^th
Dec 1897-Feb 1898	26	24	92.3%	98^th
1898 Mar-May	51	31	60.8%	98^th
1898 Jun-Jul	53	31	58.5%	86^th
Dec 1898-Mar 1899	51	30	58.8%	90^th
Dec 1899-Feb 1900	20	7	35.0%	69^th
1900 Mar-May	57	32	56.1%	71^st
1900 Jun-Jun	12	6	50.0%	85^th
Dec 1900-Mar 1901	80	54	67.5%	93^rd
Dec 1901-Feb 1902	26	11	42.3%	80^th
1902 Mar-May	49	17	34.7%	74^th
1902 Jun-Jun	23	10	43.5%	78^th
1903 Jan-Mar	18	10	55.6%	72^nd
1901 Mar-Mar	1	0	0.0%	0^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 Jones

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