Rep. Linn Boyd

Former Representative from Kentucky’s 1^st District, Democrat

Boyd, a Democrat, was the representative for Kentucky's 1^st congressional district from 1853 to 1855.

He was previously the representative for Kentucky's 1^st congressional district (1851-1853); the representative for Kentucky's 1^st congressional district (1849-1851); the representative for Kentucky's 1^st congressional district (1847-1849); the representative for Kentucky's 1^st congressional district (1845-1847); the representative for Kentucky's 1^st congressional district (1843-1845); the representative for Kentucky's 1^st congressional district (1839-1843); and the representative for Kentucky's 1^st congressional district (1835-1837; Jackson).

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Missed Votes

From Dec 1835 to Mar 1855, Boyd missed 1,971 of 5,535 roll call votes, which is 35.6%. This is worse than the median of 31.0% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1855. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
Dec 1835-Feb 1836	57	4	7.0%	25^th
1836 Mar-May	150	34	22.7%	0^th
1836 Jun-Jul	116	25	21.6%	25^th
Dec 1836-Mar 1837	136	19	14.0%	0^th
Dec 1839-Feb 1840	170	25	14.7%	27^th
1840 Mar-May	250	75	30.0%	36^th
1840 Jun-Jul	208	40	19.2%	18^th
Dec 1840-Mar 1841	123	38	30.9%	50^th
1841 May-Sep	264	36	13.6%	13^th
Dec 1841-Mar 1842	204	48	23.5%	47^th
1842 Apr-Jul	218	41	18.8%	27^th
1842 Aug-Aug	116	32	27.6%	47^th
Dec 1842-Mar 1843	172	69	40.1%	56^th
Dec 1843-Feb 1844	140	15	10.7%	25^th
1844 Mar-May	207	39	18.8%	40^th
1844 Jun-Jun	80	15	18.8%	40^th
Dec 1844-Mar 1845	170	20	11.8%	25^th
Dec 1845-Mar 1846	149	35	23.5%	45^th
1846 Apr-Jul	263	53	20.2%	41^st
1846 Aug-Aug	51	5	9.8%	18^th
Dec 1846-Mar 1847	179	34	19.0%	23^rd
Dec 1847-Mar 1848	101	23	22.8%	52^nd
1848 Apr-Jul	151	23	15.2%	25^th
1848 Aug-Aug	71	21	29.6%	56^th
Dec 1848-Mar 1849	155	31	20.0%	54^th
Dec 1849-Feb 1850	108	19	17.6%	51^st
1850 Mar-May	68	13	19.1%	45^th
1850 Jun-Aug	146	16	11.0%	31^st
1850 Sep-Sep	117	51	43.6%	79^th
Dec 1850-Mar 1851	133	18	13.5%	26^th
Dec 1851-Mar 1852	96	96	100.0%	99^th
1852 Apr-Jul	180	179	99.4%	99^th
1852 Aug-Aug	65	64	98.5%	93^rd
Dec 1852-Mar 1853	114	113	99.1%	98^th
Dec 1853-Mar 1854	114	111	97.4%	97^th
1854 Apr-Jul	305	305	100.0%	100^th
1854 Aug-Aug	33	33	100.0%	90^th
Dec 1854-Mar 1855	155	153	98.7%	98^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

Congress-Legislators, a community project collecting election 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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Rep. Linn Boyd

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Missed Votes

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