Michael Kerr, former Representative for Indiana's 3rd Congressional District

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Kerr was the representative for Indiana’s 3^rd congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1875 to 1877.

He was previously the representative for Indiana’s 2^nd congressional district as a Democrat from 1865 to 1873.

Photo of Rep. Michael Kerr [D-IN3, 1875-1877]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Dec 1865 to Feb 1876, Kerr missed 564 of 2,483 roll call votes, which is 22.7%. This is on par with the median of 26.2% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Feb 1876. 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 1865-Feb 1866	105	12	11.4%	50^th
1866 Mar-May	142	68	47.9%	88^th
1866 Jun-Jul	142	23	16.2%	38^th
Dec 1866-Mar 1867	224	59	26.3%	44^th
1867 Mar-Mar	61	4	6.6%	12^th
1867 Jul-Jul	35	17	48.6%	79^th
1867 Nov-Nov	5	1	20.0%	47^th
Dec 1867-Feb 1868	142	16	11.3%	14^th
1868 Mar-May	126	24	19.0%	19^th
1868 Jun-Jul	150	65	43.3%	71^st
1868 Sep-Sep	1	1	100.0%	43^rd
Dec 1868-Mar 1869	197	39	19.8%	43^rd
1869 Mar-Apr	83	17	20.5%	40^th
Dec 1869-Feb 1870	71	5	7.0%	18^th
1870 Mar-May	152	44	28.9%	71^st
1870 Jun-Jul	170	52	30.6%	63^rd
Dec 1870-Mar 1871	158	43	27.2%	59^th
1871 Mar-Apr	87	5	5.7%	17^th
Dec 1871-Feb 1872	89	8	9.0%	23^rd
1872 Mar-May	156	37	23.7%	36^th
1872 Jun-Jun	35	8	22.9%	53^rd
Dec 1872-Mar 1873	150	15	10.0%	13^th
Dec 1875-Mar 1876	2	1	50.0%	92^nd

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. Michael Kerr

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Missed Votes

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