Olin Johnston, former Senator for South Carolina

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Johnston was a senator from South Carolina and was a Democrat. He served from 1945 to 1965.

Photo of Sen. Olin Johnston [D-SC, 1945-1965]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1945 to Apr 1965, Johnston missed 220 of 3,487 roll call votes, which is 6.3%. This is better than the median of 11.1% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Apr 1965. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1945 Jan-Mar	17	1	5.9%	44^th
1945 Apr-Jun	40	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Jul-Sep	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Oct-Dec	24	3	12.5%	56^th
1946 Jan-Mar	13	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Apr-Jun	75	2	2.7%	33^rd
1946 Jul-Aug	48	1	2.1%	28^th
1947 Jan-Mar	34	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Apr-Jun	57	6	10.5%	76^th
1947 Jul-Jul	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Nov-Dec	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Feb-Mar	28	1	3.6%	45^th
1948 Apr-Jun	74	1	1.4%	32^nd
1948 Aug-Aug	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jan-Mar	38	1	2.6%	46^th
1949 Apr-Jun	86	7	8.1%	64^th
1949 Jul-Sep	82	1	1.2%	18^th
1949 Oct-Oct	20	2	10.0%	57^th
1950 Jan-Mar	55	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Apr-Jun	85	18	21.2%	79^th
1950 Jul-Sep	78	6	7.7%	79^th
1950 Dec-Dec	10	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Mar	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Apr-Jun	70	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jul-Sep	94	5	5.3%	52^nd
1951 Oct-Oct	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Apr-Jun	95	6	6.3%	58^th
1952 Jul-Jul	6	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jan-Mar	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Apr-Jun	43	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jul-Jul	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Jan-Mar	32	1	3.1%	50^th
1954 Apr-Jun	50	1	2.0%	13^th
1954 Jul-Sep	91	3	3.3%	51^st
1954 Dec-Dec	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Jan-Mar	26	1	3.8%	36^th
1955 Apr-Jun	38	1	2.6%	18^th
1955 Jul-Aug	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jan-Mar	47	2	4.3%	53^rd
1956 Apr-Jun	50	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jul-Jul	33	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jan-Mar	16	2	12.5%	77^th
1957 Apr-Jun	45	1	2.2%	19^th
1957 Jul-Aug	46	3	6.5%	63^rd
1958 Feb-Mar	38	1	2.6%	33^rd
1958 Apr-Jun	86	6	7.0%	60^th
1958 Jul-Aug	76	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 Jan-Apr	57	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 May-Aug	128	2	1.6%	14^th
1959 Sep-Sep	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1960 Jan-Apr	79	6	7.6%	35^th
1960 May-Aug	123	9	7.3%	53^rd
1960 Sep-Sep	5	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 Jan-Apr	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 May-Aug	137	6	4.4%	42^nd
1961 Sep-Sep	36	5	13.9%	52^nd
1962 Jan-Mar	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Apr-Jun	62	30	48.4%	99^th
1962 Jul-Sep	122	8	6.6%	35^th
1962 Oct-Oct	18	1	5.6%	40^th
1963 Jan-Mar	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Apr-Jun	73	3	4.1%	20^th
1963 Jul-Sep	61	4	6.6%	24^th
1963 Oct-Dec	87	14	16.1%	67^th
1964 Jan-Mar	60	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Apr-Jun	138	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jul-Sep	106	4	3.8%	29^th
1964 Oct-Oct	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	32	29	90.6%	99^th
1965 Apr-Jun	16	16	100.0%	99^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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