Sen. Joseph West

Former Senator for Louisiana

West was a senator from Louisiana and was a Republican. He served from 1871 to 1877.

Bioguide

Photo of Sen. Joseph West [R-LA, 1871-1877]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Mar 1871 to Mar 1877, West missed 522 of 1,657 roll call votes, which is 31.5%. This is on par with the median of 31.2% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1877. 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
1871 Mar-Apr	61	17	27.9%	77^th
Dec 1871-Feb 1872	79	16	20.3%	44^th
1872 Mar-May	339	130	38.3%	54^th
1872 Jun-Jun	93	30	32.3%	43^rd
Dec 1872-Mar 1873	195	64	32.8%	66^th
1871 May-May	36	20	55.6%	84^th
Dec 1873-Feb 1874	57	14	24.6%	56^th
1874 Mar-May	116	31	26.7%	38^th
1874 Jun-Jun	82	33	40.2%	69^th
Dec 1874-Mar 1875	149	29	19.5%	21^st
1873 Mar-Mar	16	3	18.8%	33^rd
Dec 1875-Mar 1876	89	27	30.3%	55^th
1876 Apr-Jul	186	81	43.5%	58^th
1876 Aug-Aug	51	6	11.8%	18^th
Dec 1876-Mar 1877	84	20	23.8%	36^th
1875 Mar-Mar	24	1	4.2%	8^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