Sen. Nehemiah Knight

Former Senator for Rhode Island

Knight was a senator from Rhode Island and was a Whig. He served from 1835 to 1841.

He was previously a senator from Rhode Island as a Whig from 1829 to 1835; a senator from Rhode Island as an Adams from 1823 to 1829; and a senator from Rhode Island as a Republican from 1821 to 1823.

Bioguide

Photo of Sen. Nehemiah Knight [W-RI, 1835-1841]

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Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1821 to Mar 1841, Knight missed 696 of 2,879 roll call votes, which is 24.2%. This is on par with the median of 22.0% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1841. 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 1820-Mar 1821	41	9	22.0%	67^th
1822 Jan-May	62	9	14.5%	50^th
Dec 1822-Mar 1823	29	8	27.6%	75^th
Dec 1823-May 1824	130	11	8.5%	25^th
Dec 1824-Mar 1825	48	15	31.2%	75^th
Dec 1825-May 1826	124	42	33.9%	80^th
Dec 1826-Mar 1827	103	10	9.7%	40^th
Dec 1827-May 1828	175	27	15.4%	40^th
Dec 1828-Mar 1829	63	9	14.3%	40^th
Dec 1829-May 1830	178	17	9.6%	71^st
Dec 1830-Mar 1831	83	12	14.5%	25^th
1829 Mar-Mar	16	10	62.5%	80^th
Dec 1831-Feb 1832	13	2	15.4%	57^th
1832 Mar-May	81	15	18.5%	73^rd
1832 Jun-Jul	191	18	9.4%	55^th
Dec 1832-Mar 1833	137	35	25.5%	50^th
Dec 1833-Feb 1834	14	0	0.0%	0^th
1834 Mar-May	67	17	25.4%	65^th
1834 Jun-Jun	69	13	18.8%	65^th
1835 Jan-Mar	79	14	17.7%	70^th
Dec 1835-Feb 1836	21	1	4.8%	24^th
1836 Mar-May	142	62	43.7%	89^th
1836 Jun-Jul	86	30	34.9%	86^th
Dec 1836-Mar 1837	190	50	26.3%	68^th
1837 Sep-Oct	36	6	16.7%	57^th
Dec 1837-Feb 1838	63	20	31.7%	70^th
1838 Mar-May	92	43	46.7%	89^th
1838 Jun-Jul	78	34	43.6%	80^th
Dec 1838-Mar 1839	134	30	22.4%	51^st
1840 Jan-Feb	36	15	41.7%	86^th
1840 Mar-May	79	34	43.0%	74^th
1840 Jun-Jul	148	57	38.5%	78^th
Dec 1840-Mar 1841	71	21	29.6%	76^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

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Voting Record

Missed Votes

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