Lee Overman, former Senator for North Carolina

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Overman was a senator from North Carolina and was a Democrat. He served from 1927 to 1930.

He was previously a senator from North Carolina as a Democrat from 1915 to 1927; and a senator from North Carolina as a Democrat from 1903 to 1915.

Photo of Sen. Lee Overman [D-NC, 1927-1930]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Dec 1903 to Feb 1931, Overman missed 1,037 of 4,523 roll call votes, which is 22.9%. This is on par with the median of 22.9% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Feb 1931. 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
Dec 1903-Apr 1904	36	10	27.8%	0^th
Dec 1904-Mar 1905	56	4	7.1%	0^th
1906 Jan-Feb	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1906 Mar-May	49	6	12.2%	0^th
1906 Jun-Jun	31	7	22.6%	25^th
1907 Jan-Mar	38	7	18.4%	0^th
1908 Mar-May	49	19	38.8%	60^th
1909 Jan-Mar	35	4	11.4%	20^th
1909 Apr-Aug	130	16	12.3%	33^rd
1910 Jan-Feb	7	1	14.3%	0^th
1910 Mar-May	36	6	16.7%	44^th
1910 Jun-Jun	41	14	34.1%	67^th
Dec 1910-Mar 1911	52	11	21.2%	50^th
1911 May-Aug	94	17	18.1%	30^th
Dec 1911-Mar 1912	35	4	11.4%	30^th
1912 Apr-Jul	105	9	8.6%	18^th
1912 Aug-Aug	51	7	13.7%	36^th
Dec 1912-Mar 1913	111	55	49.5%	77^th
1913 Apr-Jul	38	8	21.1%	59^th
1913 Aug-Nov	109	17	15.6%	59^th
1913 Dec-Dec	1	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1913-Feb 1914	59	8	13.6%	41^st
1914 Mar-May	58	10	17.2%	29^th
1914 Jun-Aug	121	12	9.9%	18^th
1914 Sep-Oct	64	15	23.4%	53^rd
Dec 1914-Mar 1915	117	17	14.5%	41^st
1913 Mar-Mar	5	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1915-Feb 1916	40	7	17.5%	62^nd
1916 Mar-May	106	22	20.8%	50^th
1916 Jun-Aug	88	13	14.8%	25^th
1916 Sep-Sep	13	8	61.5%	75^th
Dec 1916-Mar 1917	159	21	13.2%	29^th
1917 Apr-Jun	63	14	22.2%	71^st
1917 Jul-Sep	103	13	12.6%	54^th
1917 Oct-Oct	11	1	9.1%	33^rd
Dec 1917-Feb 1918	34	8	23.5%	71^st
1918 Mar-May	54	18	33.3%	56^th
1918 Jun-Aug	42	8	19.0%	44^th
1918 Sep-Nov	20	9	45.0%	68^th
Dec 1918-Mar 1919	55	13	23.6%	36^th
1917 Mar-Mar	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1919 May-Jul	31	5	16.1%	44^th
1919 Aug-Oct	31	2	6.5%	12^th
1919 Nov-Nov	80	5	6.2%	62^nd
Dec 1919-Feb 1920	56	25	44.6%	64^th
1920 Mar-May	103	33	32.0%	79^th
1920 Jun-Jun	19	11	57.9%	79^th
Dec 1920-Mar 1921	87	22	25.3%	62^nd
1921 Apr-Jun	66	9	13.6%	41^st
1921 Jul-Sep	40	25	62.5%	79^th
1921 Oct-Nov	90	15	16.7%	38^th
Dec 1921-Feb 1922	40	5	12.5%	28^th
1922 Mar-May	199	52	26.1%	48^th
1922 Jun-Aug	215	37	17.2%	30^th
1922 Sep-Sep	15	15	100.0%	80^th
1922 Nov-Nov	13	3	23.1%	59^th
Dec 1922-Mar 1923	72	25	34.7%	65^th
1921 Mar-Mar	1	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1923-Feb 1924	54	32	59.3%	49^th
1924 Mar-May	86	15	17.4%	58^th
1924 Jun-Jun	18	1	5.6%	38^th
Dec 1924-Mar 1925	77	11	14.3%	46^th
1926 Jan-Feb	59	7	11.9%	46^th
1926 Mar-May	51	7	13.7%	41^st
1926 Jun-Jul	38	23	60.5%	90^th
Dec 1926-Mar 1927	77	15	19.5%	56^th
1925 Mar-Mar	11	1	9.1%	52^nd
Dec 1927-May 1928	125	38	30.4%	77^th
Dec 1928-Mar 1929	66	25	37.9%	80^th
1929 May-Jun	36	3	8.3%	32^nd
1929 Sep-Sep	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1929 Oct-Nov	55	13	23.6%	66^th
Dec 1929-Feb 1930	99	35	35.4%	83^rd
1930 Mar-May	142	69	48.6%	89^th
1930 Jun-Jul	23	10	43.5%	61^st
Dec 1930-Mar 1931	6	4	66.7%	94^th
1930 Jul-Jul	9	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. Lee Overman

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