Lucius Rivers, former Representative for South Carolina's 1st Congressional District

Rivers was the representative for South Carolina’s 1^st congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1941 to 1970.

Photo of Rep. Lucius Rivers [D-SC1, 1941-1970]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1941 to Dec 1970, Rivers missed 434 of 3,604 roll call votes, which is 12.0%. This is worse than the median of 8.5% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 1970. 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
1941 Jan-Mar	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Apr-Jun	31	1	3.2%	35^th
1941 Jul-Aug	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Jan-Mar	26	1	3.8%	74^th
1942 Apr-Jun	30	3	10.0%	89^th
1942 Jul-Sep	11	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Oct-Nov	5	1	20.0%	67^th
1943 Jan-Mar	17	2	11.8%	71^st
1943 Apr-Jun	49	8	16.3%	80^th
1943 Jul-Sep	13	3	23.1%	80^th
1943 Oct-Dec	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Jan-Mar	23	4	17.4%	81^st
1944 Apr-Jun	32	4	12.5%	76^th
1944 Sep-Sep	3	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Nov-Dec	7	1	14.3%	19^th
1945 Jan-Mar	27	1	3.7%	80^th
1945 Apr-Jun	40	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Jul-Sep	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Oct-Dec	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Jan-Mar	34	2	5.9%	83^rd
1946 Apr-Jun	53	1	1.9%	50^th
1946 Jul-Aug	43	2	4.7%	78^th
1947 Jan-Mar	24	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Apr-Jun	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Jul-Jul	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Nov-Dec	6	1	16.7%	86^th
1948 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Apr-Jun	54	10	18.5%	95^th
1948 Aug-Aug	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jan-Mar	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Apr-Jun	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jul-Sep	43	6	14.0%	88^th
1949 Oct-Oct	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jan-Mar	54	2	3.7%	61^st
1950 Apr-Jun	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jul-Sep	59	1	1.7%	53^rd
1950 Dec-Dec	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Jan	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Apr-Jun	40	9	22.5%	94^th
1951 Jul-Sep	39	4	10.3%	85^th
1951 Oct-Oct	18	1	5.6%	64^th
1952 Jan-Mar	22	1	4.5%	60^th
1952 Apr-Jun	40	1	2.5%	43^rd
1952 Jul-Jul	10	1	10.0%	87^th
1953 Jan-Mar	13	3	23.1%	96^th
1953 Apr-Jun	28	2	7.1%	75^th
1953 Jul-Aug	30	4	13.3%	96^th
1954 Jan-Mar	14	1	7.1%	84^th
1954 Apr-Jun	24	1	4.2%	55^th
1954 Jul-Aug	38	1	2.6%	61^st
1955 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Apr-Jun	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Jul-Aug	19	5	26.3%	99^th
1956 Jan-Mar	12	1	8.3%	87^th
1956 Apr-Jun	30	2	6.7%	80^th
1956 Jul-Jul	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Apr-Jun	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jul-Aug	52	1	1.9%	44^th
1958 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Apr-Jun	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jul-Aug	40	6	15.0%	93^rd
1959 Jan-Apr	16	1	6.2%	82^nd
1959 May-Aug	54	2	3.7%	65^th
1959 Sep-Sep	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1960 Feb-Apr	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1960 May-Aug	70	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 Jan-Apr	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 May-Aug	65	2	3.1%	58^th
1961 Sep-Sep	29	2	6.9%	72^nd
1962 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Apr-Jun	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Jul-Sep	49	1	2.0%	55^th
1962 Oct-Oct	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jan-Mar	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Apr-Jun	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jul-Sep	28	2	7.1%	85^th
1963 Oct-Dec	50	6	12.0%	90^th
1964 Jan-Mar	26	1	3.8%	62^nd
1964 Apr-Jun	34	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jul-Sep	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Oct-Oct	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	28	6	21.4%	85^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	9	17.0%	73^rd
1965 Jul-Sep	98	23	23.5%	88^th
1965 Oct-Oct	22	21	95.5%	99^th
1966 Jan-Mar	30	9	30.0%	90^th
1966 Apr-Jun	51	14	27.5%	84^th
1966 Jul-Sep	72	23	31.9%	84^th
1966 Oct-Oct	40	13	32.5%	63^rd
1967 Jan-Mar	31	1	3.2%	44^th
1967 Apr-Jun	57	3	5.3%	82^nd
1967 Jul-Sep	59	1	1.7%	38^th
1967 Oct-Dec	98	5	5.1%	80^th
1968 Jan-Mar	38	3	7.9%	89^th
1968 Apr-Jun	79	10	12.7%	96^th
1968 Jul-Sep	91	15	16.5%	93^rd
1968 Oct-Oct	25	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	2	12.5%	70^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	14	50.0%	97^th
1969 Jul-Sep	45	5	11.1%	55^th
1969 Oct-Dec	88	30	34.1%	89^th
1970 Jan-Mar	35	8	22.9%	74^th
1970 Apr-Jun	74	38	51.4%	96^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	14	18.4%	63^rd
1970 Oct-Dec	73	52	71.2%	95^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 Rivers

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Missed Votes

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