Rep. Michael Burke

Former Representative from Wisconsin’s 2^nd District, Democrat

Burke, a Democrat, was the representative for Wisconsin's 2^nd congressional district from 1915 to 1917.

He was previously the representative for Wisconsin's 2^nd congressional district (1913-1915); and the representative for Wisconsin's 6^th congressional district (1911-1913).

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Voting Record

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From Apr 1911 to Mar 1917, Burke missed 129 of 699 roll call votes, which is 18.5%. This is better than the median of 24.9% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1917. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1911 Apr-Aug	49	1	2.0%	5^th
Dec 1911-Mar 1912	58	17	29.3%	59^th
1912 Apr-Jul	57	4	7.0%	8^th
1912 Aug-Aug	30	1	3.3%	9^th
Dec 1912-Mar 1913	67	9	13.4%	25^th
1913 Apr-Jul	22	3	13.6%	14^th
1913 Aug-Nov	43	30	69.8%	72^nd
Dec 1913-Feb 1914	24	4	16.7%	40^th
1914 Mar-May	34	2	5.9%	10^th
1914 Jun-Aug	62	2	3.2%	4^th
1914 Sep-Oct	29	21	72.4%	87^th
Dec 1914-Mar 1915	67	6	9.0%	22^nd
Dec 1915-Feb 1916	16	1	6.3%	15^th
1916 Mar-May	53	6	11.3%	34^th
1916 Jun-Aug	23	6	26.1%	45^th
1916 Sep-Sep	3	3	100.0%	73^rd
Dec 1916-Mar 1917	62	13	21.0%	61^st

Primary Sources

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

Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
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

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