Sen. Joseph Dolph

Former Senator for Oregon

Dolph was a senator from Oregon and was a Republican. He served from 1889 to 1895.

He was previously a senator from Oregon as a Republican from 1883 to 1889.

Bioguide

Photo of Sen. Joseph Dolph [R-OR, 1889-1895]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Dec 1883 to Mar 1895, Dolph missed 846 of 2,574 roll call votes, which is 32.9%. This is on par with the median of 34.9% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1895. 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
Dec 1883-Feb 1884	65	13	20.0%	34^th
1884 Mar-May	114	19	16.7%	22^nd
1884 Jun-Jul	78	14	17.9%	22^nd
Dec 1884-Mar 1885	171	26	15.2%	19^th
Dec 1885-Mar 1886	63	25	39.7%	72^nd
1886 Apr-Jul	234	63	26.9%	42^nd
1886 Aug-Aug	12	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1886-Mar 1887	143	31	21.7%	45^th
1885 Mar-Apr	9	3	33.3%	59^th
Dec 1887-Feb 1888	50	9	18.0%	20^th
1888 Mar-May	64	11	17.2%	18^th
1888 Jun-Aug	62	28	45.2%	51^st
1888 Sep-Oct	14	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1888-Mar 1889	199	50	25.1%	31^st
Dec 1889-Feb 1890	31	7	22.6%	21^st
1890 Mar-May	114	54	47.4%	68^th
1890 Jun-Aug	150	51	34.0%	31^st
1890 Sep-Sep	79	22	27.8%	47^th
Dec 1890-Mar 1891	143	58	40.6%	56^th
1889 Mar-Apr	9	8	88.9%	79^th
1892 Jan-Mar	26	4	15.4%	8^th
1892 Apr-Jul	78	36	46.2%	57^th
Dec 1892-Mar 1893	105	68	64.8%	84^th
1893 Aug-Oct	77	32	41.6%	56^th
1894 Jan-Mar	35	4	11.4%	11^th
1894 Apr-Jul	321	104	32.4%	40^th
1894 Aug-Aug	21	8	38.1%	42^nd
Dec 1894-Mar 1895	101	97	96.0%	98^th
1893 Apr-Apr	6	1	16.7%	26^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

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