LeBaron Colt, former Senator for Rhode Island

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Colt was a senator from Rhode Island and was a Republican. He served from 1913 to 1924.

Photo of Sen. LeBaron Colt [R-RI, 1913-1924]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Mar 1913 to Feb 1925, Colt missed 1,373 of 2,678 roll call votes, which is 51.3%. This is much worse than the median of 26.0% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Feb 1925. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1913 Apr-Jul	38	21	55.3%	96^th
1913 Aug-Nov	109	45	41.3%	93^rd
1913 Dec-Dec	1	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1913-Feb 1914	59	20	33.9%	68^th
1914 Mar-May	58	47	81.0%	93^rd
1914 Jun-Aug	121	82	67.8%	71^st
1914 Sep-Oct	64	52	81.2%	82^nd
Dec 1914-Mar 1915	117	84	71.8%	96^th
1913 Mar-Mar	5	5	100.0%	75^th
Dec 1915-Feb 1916	40	19	47.5%	90^th
1916 Mar-May	106	69	65.1%	97^th
1916 Jun-Aug	88	74	84.1%	97^th
1916 Sep-Sep	13	1	7.7%	33^rd
Dec 1916-Mar 1917	159	91	57.2%	94^th
1917 Apr-Jun	63	27	42.9%	93^rd
1917 Jul-Sep	103	25	24.3%	76^th
1917 Oct-Oct	11	4	36.4%	61^st
Dec 1917-Feb 1918	34	27	79.4%	93^rd
1918 Mar-May	54	39	72.2%	91^st
1918 Jun-Aug	42	19	45.2%	84^th
1918 Sep-Nov	20	16	80.0%	93^rd
Dec 1918-Mar 1919	55	41	74.5%	93^rd
1917 Mar-Mar	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1919 May-Jul	31	16	51.6%	93^rd
1919 Aug-Oct	31	4	12.9%	34^th
1919 Nov-Nov	80	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1919-Feb 1920	56	16	28.6%	42^nd
1920 Mar-May	103	22	21.4%	49^th
1920 Jun-Jun	19	14	73.7%	82^nd
Dec 1920-Mar 1921	87	26	29.9%	70^th
1921 Apr-Jun	66	27	40.9%	88^th
1921 Jul-Sep	40	34	85.0%	95^th
1921 Oct-Nov	90	77	85.6%	96^th
Dec 1921-Feb 1922	40	11	27.5%	56^th
1922 Mar-May	199	95	47.7%	75^th
1922 Jun-Aug	215	101	47.0%	66^th
1922 Sep-Sep	15	3	20.0%	25^th
1922 Nov-Nov	13	13	100.0%	84^th
Dec 1922-Mar 1923	72	36	50.0%	85^th
1921 Mar-Mar	1	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1923-Feb 1924	54	39	72.2%	91^st
1924 Mar-May	86	27	31.4%	71^st
1924 Jun-Jun	18	4	22.2%	77^th
Dec 1924-Mar 1925	1	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

Sen. LeBaron Colt

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