Sen. John Thornton

Former Senator for Louisiana

Thornton was a senator from Louisiana and was a Democrat. He served from 1910 to 1915.

Bioguide

Photo of Sen. John Thornton [D-LA, 1910-1915]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jul 1909 to Mar 1915, Thornton missed 226 of 1,021 roll call votes, which is 22.1%. This is better than the median of 30.9% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1915. 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.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1909 Apr-Aug	1	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1910-Mar 1911	52	4	7.7%	17^th
1911 May-Aug	94	29	30.9%	65^th
Dec 1911-Mar 1912	35	2	5.7%	10^th
1912 Apr-Jul	105	17	16.2%	34^th
1912 Aug-Aug	51	8	15.7%	32^nd
Dec 1912-Mar 1913	111	22	19.8%	36^th
1913 Apr-Jul	38	1	2.6%	5^th
1913 Aug-Nov	109	22	20.2%	40^th
1913 Dec-Dec	1	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1913-Feb 1914	59	53	89.8%	97^th
1914 Mar-May	58	19	32.8%	43^rd
1914 Jun-Aug	121	12	9.9%	8^th
1914 Sep-Oct	64	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1914-Mar 1915	117	37	31.6%	50^th
1913 Mar-Mar	5	0	0.0%	0^th

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

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Voting Record

Missed Votes

Primary Sources