Aldrich was a senator from Rhode Island and was a Republican. He served from 1905 to 1911.
He was previously a senator from Rhode Island as a Republican from 1899 to 1905; a senator from Rhode Island as a Republican from 1893 to 1899; a senator from Rhode Island as a Republican from 1887 to 1893; a senator from Rhode Island as a Republican from 1881 to 1887; and the representative for Rhode Island’s 1st congressional district as a Republican from 1879 to 1881.
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![Photo of Sen. Nelson Aldrich [R-RI, 1905-1911]](/static/legislator-photos/400742-200px.jpeg)
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Oct 1881 to Mar 1911, Aldrich missed 2,121 of 4,807 roll call votes, which is 44.1%. This is worse than the median of 26.1% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1911. 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.
| Time Period | Votes Eligible | Missed Votes | Percent | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1879 Mar-Jul (House) | 137 | 77 | 56.2% | 78th |
| Dec 1879-Feb 1880 (House) | 35 | 11 | 31.4% | 56th |
| 1880 Mar-May (House) | 116 | 35 | 30.2% | 33rd |
| 1880 Jun-Jun (House) | 32 | 23 | 71.9% | 78th |
| Dec 1880-Mar 1881 (House) | 119 | 36 | 30.3% | 67th |
| Dec 1881-Mar 1882 (Senate) | 96 | 24 | 25.0% | 0th |
| 1882 Apr-Jul (Senate) | 212 | 85 | 40.1% | 33rd |
| 1882 Aug-Aug (Senate) | 37 | 3 | 8.1% | 0th |
| Dec 1882-Mar 1883 (Senate) | 401 | 117 | 29.2% | 33rd |
| 1881 Oct-Oct (Senate) | 55 | 50 | 90.9% | 67th |
| Dec 1883-Feb 1884 (Senate) | 65 | 27 | 41.5% | 25th |
| 1884 Mar-May (Senate) | 114 | 50 | 43.9% | 50th |
| 1884 Jun-Jul (Senate) | 78 | 38 | 48.7% | 25th |
| Dec 1884-Mar 1885 (Senate) | 171 | 77 | 45.0% | 50th |
| Dec 1885-Mar 1886 (Senate) | 63 | 32 | 50.8% | 50th |
| 1886 Apr-Jul (Senate) | 234 | 151 | 64.5% | 75th |
| 1886 Aug-Aug (Senate) | 12 | 11 | 91.7% | 50th |
| Dec 1886-Mar 1887 (Senate) | 143 | 61 | 42.7% | 50th |
| 1885 Mar-Apr (Senate) | 9 | 8 | 88.9% | 75th |
| Dec 1887-Feb 1888 (Senate) | 50 | 27 | 54.0% | 80th |
| 1888 Mar-May (Senate) | 64 | 39 | 60.9% | 60th |
| 1888 Jun-Aug (Senate) | 62 | 35 | 56.5% | 40th |
| 1888 Sep-Oct (Senate) | 14 | 6 | 42.9% | 20th |
| Dec 1888-Mar 1889 (Senate) | 199 | 62 | 31.2% | 40th |
| Dec 1889-Feb 1890 (Senate) | 31 | 7 | 22.6% | 0th |
| 1890 Mar-May (Senate) | 114 | 53 | 46.5% | 40th |
| 1890 Jun-Aug (Senate) | 150 | 32 | 21.3% | 33rd |
| 1890 Sep-Sep (Senate) | 79 | 14 | 17.7% | 40th |
| Dec 1890-Mar 1891 (Senate) | 143 | 71 | 49.7% | 83rd |
| 1889 Mar-Apr (Senate) | 9 | 9 | 100.0% | 80th |
| 1892 Jan-Mar (Senate) | 26 | 26 | 100.0% | 86th |
| 1892 Apr-Jul (Senate) | 78 | 52 | 66.7% | 71st |
| Dec 1892-Mar 1893 (Senate) | 105 | 97 | 92.4% | 86th |
| 1893 Aug-Oct (Senate) | 77 | 30 | 39.0% | 62nd |
| 1894 Jan-Mar (Senate) | 35 | 17 | 48.6% | 78th |
| 1894 Apr-Jul (Senate) | 321 | 69 | 21.5% | 11th |
| 1894 Aug-Aug (Senate) | 21 | 5 | 23.8% | 11th |
| Dec 1894-Mar 1895 (Senate) | 101 | 25 | 24.8% | 18th |
| 1893 Apr-Apr (Senate) | 6 | 6 | 100.0% | 43rd |
| Dec 1895-Feb 1896 (Senate) | 36 | 25 | 69.4% | 94th |
| 1896 Mar-May (Senate) | 66 | 44 | 66.7% | 83rd |
| 1896 Jun-Jun (Senate) | 24 | 7 | 29.2% | 33rd |
| Dec 1896-Mar 1897 (Senate) | 71 | 33 | 46.5% | 67th |
| 1897 Mar-Jul (Senate) | 200 | 155 | 77.5% | 90th |
| Dec 1897-Feb 1898 (Senate) | 26 | 12 | 46.2% | 73rd |
| 1898 Mar-May (Senate) | 51 | 18 | 35.3% | 55th |
| 1898 Jun-Jul (Senate) | 53 | 25 | 47.2% | 86th |
| Dec 1898-Mar 1899 (Senate) | 51 | 41 | 80.4% | 91st |
| Dec 1899-Feb 1900 (Senate) | 20 | 2 | 10.0% | 10th |
| 1900 Mar-May (Senate) | 57 | 46 | 80.7% | 93rd |
| 1900 Jun-Jun (Senate) | 12 | 3 | 25.0% | 41st |
| Dec 1900-Mar 1901 (Senate) | 80 | 13 | 16.2% | 19th |
| Dec 1901-Feb 1902 (Senate) | 26 | 6 | 23.1% | 46th |
| 1902 Mar-May (Senate) | 49 | 12 | 24.5% | 57th |
| 1902 Jun-Jun (Senate) | 23 | 9 | 39.1% | 76th |
| 1903 Jan-Mar (Senate) | 18 | 2 | 11.1% | 5th |
| 1901 Mar-Mar (Senate) | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| Dec 1903-Apr 1904 (Senate) | 36 | 18 | 50.0% | 61st |
| Dec 1904-Mar 1905 (Senate) | 56 | 47 | 83.9% | 98th |
| 1906 Jan-Feb (Senate) | 8 | 4 | 50.0% | 72nd |
| 1906 Mar-May (Senate) | 49 | 16 | 32.7% | 79th |
| 1906 Jun-Jun (Senate) | 31 | 12 | 38.7% | 49th |
| 1907 Jan-Mar (Senate) | 38 | 16 | 42.1% | 72nd |
| 1908 Mar-May (Senate) | 49 | 14 | 28.6% | 39th |
| 1909 Jan-Mar (Senate) | 35 | 18 | 51.4% | 85th |
| 1909 Apr-Aug (Senate) | 130 | 4 | 3.1% | 10th |
| 1910 Jan-Feb (Senate) | 7 | 7 | 100.0% | 92nd |
| 1910 Mar-May (Senate) | 36 | 14 | 38.9% | 66th |
| 1910 Jun-Jun (Senate) | 41 | 30 | 73.2% | 80th |
| Dec 1910-Mar 1911 (Senate) | 52 | 52 | 100.0% | 96th |
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
Pronunciation Guide
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