Sen. Leonard Jordan

Former Senator for Idaho

Jordan was a senator from Idaho and was a Republican. He served from 1962 to 1972.

Bioguide

Photo of Sen. Leonard Jordan [R-ID, 1962-1972]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Aug 1962 to Oct 1972, Jordan missed 335 of 3,369 roll call votes, which is 9.9%. This is better than the median of 14.6% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Oct 1972. 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
1962 Jul-Sep	103	13	12.6%	59^th
1962 Oct-Oct	18	1	5.6%	44^th
1963 Jan-Mar	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Apr-Jun	73	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jul-Sep	61	1	1.6%	5^th
1963 Oct-Dec	87	12	13.8%	65^th
1964 Jan-Mar	60	1	1.7%	13^th
1964 Apr-Jun	138	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jul-Sep	106	12	11.3%	66^th
1964 Oct-Oct	1	1	100.0%	72^nd
1965 Jan-Mar	32	11	34.4%	83^rd
1965 Apr-Jun	106	6	5.7%	16^th
1965 Jul-Sep	106	6	5.7%	25^th
1965 Oct-Oct	15	1	6.7%	20^th
1966 Jan-Mar	28	1	3.6%	20^th
1966 Apr-Jun	56	11	19.6%	56^th
1966 Jul-Sep	119	37	31.1%	88^th
1966 Oct-Oct	35	18	51.4%	71^st
1967 Jan-Mar	53	4	7.5%	19^th
1967 Apr-Jun	70	14	20.0%	77^th
1967 Jul-Sep	81	2	2.5%	11^th
1967 Oct-Dec	111	15	13.5%	33^rd
1968 Jan-Mar	69	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	96	13	13.5%	27^th
1968 Jul-Sep	89	1	1.1%	1^st
1968 Oct-Oct	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Jan-Mar	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Apr-Jun	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Jul-Sep	44	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Oct-Dec	158	9	5.7%	14^th
1970 Jan-Mar	100	15	15.0%	55^th
1970 Apr-Jun	92	14	15.2%	65^th
1970 Jul-Sep	123	13	10.6%	18^th
1970 Oct-Dec	106	3	2.8%	4^th
1971 Feb-Mar	25	0	0.0%	0^th
1971 Apr-Jun	89	4	4.5%	5^th
1971 Jul-Sep	109	22	20.2%	67^th
1971 Oct-Dec	202	38	18.8%	71^st
1972 Jan-Mar	119	7	5.9%	21^st
1972 Apr-Jun	130	19	14.6%	44^th
1972 Jul-Sep	206	4	1.9%	10^th
1972 Oct-Oct	75	6	8.0%	36^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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Missed Votes

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