Rep. Joseph Howell

Former Representative from Utah’s 1^st District, Republican

Howell, a Republican, was the representative for Utah's 1^st congressional district from 1915 to 1917.

He was previously the representative for Utah (1913-1915); the representative for Utah's 1^st congressional district (1907-1913); the representative for Utah's 1^st congressional district (1905-1907); and the representative for Utah's 1^st congressional district (1903-1905).

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From Nov 1903 to Mar 1917, Howell missed 364 of 1,434 roll call votes, which is 25.4%. This is on par with the median of 24.9% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1917. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1903 Nov-Nov	6	1	16.7%	31^st
Dec 1903-Apr 1904	49	17	34.7%	69^th
Dec 1904-Mar 1905	32	12	37.5%	82^nd
Dec 1905-Feb 1906	25	4	16.0%	35^th
1906 Mar-May	57	7	12.3%	14^th
1906 Jun-Jun	20	7	35.0%	64^th
Dec 1906-Mar 1907	34	10	29.4%	73^rd
Dec 1907-May 1908	270	48	17.8%	31^st
Dec 1908-Mar 1909	42	8	19.0%	43^rd
1909 Mar-Aug	36	9	25.0%	86^th
Dec 1909-Feb 1910	18	3	16.7%	42^nd
1910 Mar-May	60	11	18.3%	45^th
1910 Jun-Jun	18	2	11.1%	44^th
Dec 1910-Mar 1911	68	12	17.6%	46^th
1911 Apr-Aug	49	17	34.7%	72^nd
Dec 1911-Mar 1912	58	15	25.9%	52^nd
1912 Apr-Jul	57	22	38.6%	66^th
1912 Aug-Aug	30	6	20.0%	38^th
Dec 1912-Mar 1913	67	14	20.9%	43^rd
1913 Apr-Jul	22	12	54.5%	62^nd
1913 Aug-Nov	43	29	67.4%	66^th
Dec 1913-Feb 1914	24	7	29.2%	66^th
1914 Mar-May	34	14	41.2%	79^th
1914 Jun-Aug	62	7	11.3%	14^th
1914 Sep-Oct	29	16	55.2%	74^th
Dec 1914-Mar 1915	67	12	17.9%	48^th
Dec 1915-Feb 1916	16	1	6.3%	15^th
1916 Mar-May	53	1	1.9%	8^th
1916 Jun-Aug	23	13	56.5%	85^th
1916 Sep-Sep	3	3	100.0%	73^rd
Dec 1916-Mar 1917	62	24	38.7%	84^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

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