Elections and Offices
Sen. John Thompson [A-KY, 1853-1859] leaves office as Senator from Kentucky
Mar 3, 1859Sen. John Thompson
Former Senator from Kentucky
American
Elected Positions
| Dates | Title | State / District |
|---|---|---|
| Senator | Kentucky | |
| Representative | Kentucky's 5th District | |
| Representative | Kentucky's 5th District | |
| Representative | Kentucky's 5th District |
See Also: Bioguide
Voting Record
From Mar 1853 to Mar 1859, Thompson missed 950 of 1,695 roll call votes, which is 56.0%. This is worse than the median of 25.6% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1859. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
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
Recent Legislative Activity
Elections and Offices
Sen. John Thompson [A-KY, 1853-1859] takes office as Senator from Kentucky
Dec 5, 1853