Sen. Nathaniel Hill

Former Senator for Colorado

Hill was a senator from Colorado and was a Republican. He served from 1879 to 1885.

Bioguide

Photo of Sen. Nathaniel Hill [R-CO, 1879-1885]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Mar 1879 to Mar 1885, Hill missed 860 of 1,984 roll call votes, which is 43.3%. This is worse than the median of 32.0% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1885. 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.

Show the numbers...

Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1879 Mar-Jul	191	50	26.2%	50^th
Dec 1879-Feb 1880	49	23	46.9%	82^nd
1880 Mar-May	127	68	53.5%	85^th
1880 Jun-Jun	39	28	71.8%	83^rd
Dec 1880-Mar 1881	164	54	32.9%	60^th
Dec 1881-Mar 1882	96	19	19.8%	35^th
1882 Apr-Jul	212	81	38.2%	63^rd
1882 Aug-Aug	38	37	97.4%	89^th
Dec 1882-Mar 1883	401	152	37.9%	58^th
1881 Mar-Mar	178	86	48.3%	73^rd
1881 Oct-Oct	61	49	80.3%	71^st
Dec 1883-Feb 1884	65	27	41.5%	61^st
1884 Mar-May	114	44	38.6%	55^th
1884 Jun-Jul	78	43	55.1%	84^th
Dec 1884-Mar 1885	171	99	57.9%	87^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

Sen. Nathaniel Hill

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Voting Record

Missed Votes

Primary Sources