Joseph Martin Jr., former Representative for Massachusetts's 10th Congressional District

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From Dec 1925 to Oct 1966, Martin missed 362 of 3,605 roll call votes, which is 10.0%. This is worse than the median of 7.4% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1966. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
Dec 1925-Feb 1926	22	1	4.5%	25^th
1926 Mar-May	37	2	5.4%	50^th
1926 Jun-Jul	22	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1926-Mar 1927	33	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1927-May 1928	54	4	7.4%	0^th
Dec 1928-Mar 1929	18	1	5.6%	0^th
1929 Apr-Jun	14	1	7.1%	0^th
Dec 1929-Feb 1930	9	1	11.1%	40^th
1930 Mar-May	26	3	11.5%	40^th
1930 Jun-Jul	21	1	4.8%	60^th
Dec 1930-Mar 1931	33	4	12.1%	60^th
Dec 1931-Feb 1932	17	1	5.9%	17^th
1932 Mar-May	39	4	10.3%	50^th
1932 Jun-Jul	30	1	3.3%	0^th
Dec 1932-Mar 1933	37	2	5.4%	17^th
1933 Mar-Jun	61	2	3.3%	67^th
1934 Jan-Jun	82	2	2.4%	8^th
1935 Jan-Mar	32	2	6.3%	78^th
1935 Apr-Jun	40	3	7.5%	67^th
1935 Jul-Aug	60	0	0.0%	0^th
1936 Jan-Jun	80	17	21.3%	89^th
1937 Jan-Mar	19	1	5.3%	17^th
1937 Apr-Jun	41	1	2.4%	4^th
1937 Jul-Aug	28	5	17.9%	48^th
1937 Dec-Dec	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1938 Jan-Jun	61	4	6.6%	70^th
1939 Jan-Mar	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Apr-Jun	42	3	7.1%	78^th
1939 Jul-Aug	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Oct-Nov	6	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Jan-Mar	32	1	3.1%	33^rd
1940 Apr-Jun	63	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Jul-Sep	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Oct-Dec	10	3	30.0%	69^th
1941 Jan-Mar	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Apr-Jun	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Jul-Aug	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Jan-Mar	26	1	3.8%	71^st
1942 Apr-Jun	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Jul-Sep	11	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Oct-Nov	5	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Jan-Mar	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Apr-Jun	49	1	2.0%	24^th
1943 Jul-Sep	13	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Oct-Dec	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Jan-Mar	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Apr-Jun	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Sep-Sep	3	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Nov-Dec	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Jan-Mar	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Apr-Jun	40	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Jul-Sep	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Oct-Dec	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Jan-Mar	34	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Apr-Jun	53	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Jul-Aug	43	2	4.7%	79^th
1947 Jan-Mar	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jan-Mar	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Apr-Jun	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jul-Sep	43	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Oct-Oct	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jan-Mar	54	2	3.7%	58^th
1950 Apr-Jun	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jul-Sep	59	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Dec-Dec	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Jan	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Apr-Jun	40	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jul-Sep	39	2	5.1%	75^th
1951 Oct-Oct	18	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Jan-Mar	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Apr-Jun	40	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Jul-Jul	10	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jan-Mar	13	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Apr-Jun	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jul-Aug	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Apr-Jun	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Jul-Aug	19	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Apr-Jun	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jul-Jul	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Apr-Jun	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jul-Aug	52	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Apr-Jun	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jul-Aug	40	2	5.0%	75^th
1959 Jan-Apr	16	3	18.8%	96^th
1959 May-Aug	54	3	5.6%	77^th
1959 Sep-Sep	17	3	17.6%	93^rd
1960 Feb-Apr	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1960 May-Aug	70	3	4.3%	81^st
1961 Jan-Apr	22	2	9.1%	95^th
1961 May-Aug	65	3	4.6%	72^nd
1961 Sep-Sep	29	2	6.9%	72^nd
1962 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Apr-Jun	32	2	6.3%	91^st
1962 Jul-Sep	49	6	12.2%	96^th
1962 Oct-Oct	22	3	13.6%	91^st
1963 Jan-Mar	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Apr-Jun	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jul-Sep	28	2	7.1%	84^th
1963 Oct-Dec	50	8	16.0%	97^th
1964 Jan-Mar	26	2	7.7%	83^rd
1964 Apr-Jun	34	1	2.9%	56^th
1964 Jul-Sep	49	7	14.3%	95^th
1964 Oct-Oct	4	2	50.0%	96^th
1965 Jan-Mar	28	15	53.6%	99^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	21	39.6%	97^th
1965 Jul-Sep	98	45	45.9%	97^th
1965 Oct-Oct	22	13	59.1%	94^th
1966 Jan-Mar	30	11	36.7%	91^st
1966 Apr-Jun	51	31	60.8%	98^th
1966 Jul-Sep	72	54	75.0%	97^th
1966 Oct-Oct	40	40	100.0%	96^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
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo

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