Rep. John Robsion

Former Representative from Kentucky’s 9^th District, Republican

Bioguide

Robsion, a Republican, was the representative for Kentucky's 9^th congressional district from 1935 to 1948.

He was previously a senator from Kentucky (1930-1931); the representative for Kentucky's 11^th congressional district (1927-1931); the representative for Kentucky's 11^th congressional district (1925-1927); the representative for Kentucky's 11^th congressional district (1923-1925); and the representative for Kentucky's 11^th congressional district (1919-1923).

Voting Record

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From Jan 1930 to Jul 1930, Robsion missed 51 of 249 roll call votes, which is 20.5%. This is on par with the median of 22.9% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Jul 1930. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
Dec 1929-Feb 1930	76	9	11.8%	27^th
1930 Mar-May	142	36	25.4%	55^th
1930 Jun-Jul	23	6	26.1%	82^nd
1930 Jul-Jul	8	0	0.0%	0^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
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo

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