Sen. John Thompson

Former Senator from Kentucky, American

Thompson, a American, was a senator from Kentucky from 1853 to 1859.

He was previously the representative for Kentucky's 5^th congressional district (1849-1851; Whig); the representative for Kentucky's 5^th congressional district (1847-1849; Whig); and the representative for Kentucky's 5^th congressional district (1839-1843; Whig).

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Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Mar 1853 to Mar 1859, Thompson missed 953 of 1,697 roll call votes, which is 56.2%. This is much worse than the median of 25.7% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1859. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
Dec 1853-Mar 1854	51	18	35.3%	65^th
1854 Apr-Jul	230	55	23.9%	40^th
1854 Aug-Aug	64	40	62.5%	88^th
Dec 1854-Mar 1855	178	48	27.0%	47^th
1853 Mar-Apr	23	4	17.4%	21^st
1856 Jan-Mar	32	26	81.3%	96^th
1856 Apr-Jul	133	82	61.7%	85^th
1856 Aug-Aug	124	72	58.1%	85^th
1856 Aug-Aug	16	2	12.5%	26^th
Dec 1856-Mar 1857	144	66	45.8%	86^th
Dec 1857-Feb 1858	57	47	82.5%	96^th
1858 Mar-May	217	179	82.5%	91^st
1858 Jun-Jun	121	85	70.2%	92^nd
Dec 1858-Mar 1859	269	198	73.6%	94^th
1857 Mar-Mar	29	29	100.0%	94^th
1858 Jun-Jun	9	2	22.2%	43^rd

Primary Sources

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

Congress-Legislators, a community project collecting election 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

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Sen. John Thompson

Voting Record

Missed Votes

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