Lucius Gartrell, former Representative for Georgia's 4th Congressional District

Gartrell was the representative for Georgia’s 4^th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1859 to 1861.

He was previously the representative for Georgia’s 4^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1857 to 1859.

Photo of Rep. Lucius Gartrell [D-GA4, 1859-1861]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Dec 1857 to Jan 1861, Gartrell missed 74 of 890 roll call votes, which is 8.3%. This is better than the median of 24.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Jan 1861. 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
Dec 1857-Feb 1858	104	7	6.7%	7^th
1858 Mar-May	180	11	6.1%	15^th
1858 Jun-Jun	68	15	22.1%	43^rd
Dec 1858-Mar 1859	196	18	9.2%	19^th
Dec 1859-Feb 1860	69	0	0.0%	0^th
1860 Mar-May	126	7	5.6%	8^th
1860 Jun-Jun	97	11	11.3%	11^th
Dec 1860-Mar 1861	50	5	10.0%	20^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

Rep. Lucius Gartrell

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Voting Record

Missed Votes

Primary Sources