Rep. John Robbins

Former Representative from Pennsylvania’s 5^th District, Democrat

Robbins, a Democrat, was the representative for Pennsylvania's 5^th congressional district from 1875 to 1877.

He was previously the representative for Pennsylvania's 3^rd congressional district (1853-1855); the representative for Pennsylvania's 4^th congressional district (1851-1853); and the representative for Pennsylvania's 4^th congressional district (1849-1851).

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Voting Record

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From Dec 1849 to Mar 1877, Robbins missed 300 of 1,962 roll call votes, which is 15.3%. This is better than the median of 26.2% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1877. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
Dec 1849-Feb 1850	108	5	4.6%	0^th
1850 Mar-May	68	11	16.2%	25^th
1850 Jun-Aug	146	31	21.2%	25^th
1850 Sep-Sep	117	12	10.3%	25^th
Dec 1850-Mar 1851	133	10	7.5%	0^th
Dec 1851-Mar 1852	96	19	19.8%	25^th
1852 Apr-Jul	180	15	8.3%	0^th
1852 Aug-Aug	65	11	16.9%	0^th
Dec 1852-Mar 1853	114	24	21.1%	25^th
Dec 1853-Mar 1854	114	12	10.5%	0^th
1854 Apr-Jul	305	67	22.0%	0^th
1854 Aug-Aug	33	8	24.2%	40^th
Dec 1854-Mar 1855	155	24	15.5%	0^th
Dec 1875-Mar 1876	60	5	8.3%	25^th
1876 Apr-Jul	106	18	17.0%	17^th
1876 Aug-Aug	37	9	24.3%	32^nd
Dec 1876-Mar 1877	125	19	15.2%	35^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
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

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