Mitchell was a senator from Oregon and was a Republican. He served from 1901 to 1905.
He was previously a senator from Oregon as a Republican from 1891 to 1897; a senator from Oregon as a Republican from 1885 to 1891; and a senator from Oregon as a Republican from 1873 to 1879.
Misconduct
Mitchell faced an allegation of using political influence in the federal government to help clients with land claims. In 1905, his indictment and conviction occured during Senate recess. On Dec. 8, 1905, he died.
| 1905 | Indictment and conviction occured during Senate recess. |
| Dec. 8, 1905 | Died. |
![Photo of Sen. John Hipple Mitchell [R-OR, 1901-1905]](/static/legislator-photos/407793-200px.jpeg)
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Mar 1873 to Mar 1905, Mitchell missed 1,004 of 3,974 roll call votes, which is 25.3%. This is on par with the median of 29.4% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1905. 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
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
