Johnston was a senator from South Carolina and was a Democrat. He served from 1945 to 1965.
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![Photo of Sen. Olin Johnston [D-SC, 1945-1965]](/static/legislator-photos/406090-200px.jpeg)
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 Jan-Mar | 17 | 1 | 5.9% | 44th |
| 1945 Apr-Jun | 40 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1945 Jul-Sep | 27 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1945 Oct-Dec | 24 | 3 | 12.5% | 56th |
| 1946 Jan-Mar | 13 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1946 Apr-Jun | 75 | 2 | 2.7% | 33rd |
| 1946 Jul-Aug | 48 | 1 | 2.1% | 28th |
| 1947 Jan-Mar | 34 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1947 Apr-Jun | 57 | 6 | 10.5% | 76th |
| 1947 Jul-Jul | 39 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1947 Nov-Dec | 8 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1948 Feb-Mar | 28 | 1 | 3.6% | 45th |
| 1948 Apr-Jun | 74 | 1 | 1.4% | 32nd |
| 1948 Aug-Aug | 8 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1949 Jan-Mar | 38 | 1 | 2.6% | 46th |
| 1949 Apr-Jun | 86 | 7 | 8.1% | 64th |
| 1949 Jul-Sep | 82 | 1 | 1.2% | 18th |
| 1949 Oct-Oct | 20 | 2 | 10.0% | 57th |
| 1950 Jan-Mar | 55 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1950 Apr-Jun | 85 | 18 | 21.2% | 79th |
| 1950 Jul-Sep | 78 | 6 | 7.7% | 79th |
| 1950 Dec-Dec | 10 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1951 Jan-Jan 81st Congress | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1951 Jan-Mar | 20 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1951 Apr-Jun | 70 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1951 Jul-Sep | 94 | 5 | 5.3% | 52nd |
| 1951 Oct-Oct | 16 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1952 Jan-Mar | 12 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1952 Apr-Jun | 95 | 6 | 6.3% | 58th |
| 1952 Jul-Jul | 6 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1953 Jan-Mar | 9 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1953 Apr-Jun | 43 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1953 Jul-Jul | 38 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1954 Jan-Mar | 32 | 1 | 3.1% | 50th |
| 1954 Apr-Jun | 50 | 1 | 2.0% | 13th |
| 1954 Jul-Sep | 91 | 3 | 3.3% | 51st |
| 1954 Dec-Dec | 8 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1955 Jan-Mar | 26 | 1 | 3.8% | 36th |
| 1955 Apr-Jun | 38 | 1 | 2.6% | 18th |
| 1955 Jul-Aug | 23 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1956 Jan-Mar | 47 | 2 | 4.3% | 53rd |
| 1956 Apr-Jun | 50 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1956 Jul-Jul | 33 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1957 Jan-Mar | 16 | 2 | 12.5% | 77th |
| 1957 Apr-Jun | 45 | 1 | 2.2% | 19th |
| 1957 Jul-Aug | 46 | 3 | 6.5% | 63rd |
| 1958 Feb-Mar | 38 | 1 | 2.6% | 33rd |
| 1958 Apr-Jun | 86 | 6 | 7.0% | 60th |
| 1958 Jul-Aug | 76 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1959 Jan-Apr | 57 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1959 May-Aug | 128 | 2 | 1.6% | 14th |
| 1959 Sep-Sep | 30 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1960 Jan-Apr | 79 | 6 | 7.6% | 35th |
| 1960 May-Aug | 123 | 9 | 7.3% | 53rd |
| 1960 Sep-Sep | 5 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1961 Jan-Apr | 31 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1961 May-Aug | 137 | 6 | 4.4% | 42nd |
| 1961 Sep-Sep | 36 | 5 | 13.9% | 52nd |
| 1962 Jan-Mar | 22 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1962 Apr-Jun | 62 | 30 | 48.4% | 99th |
| 1962 Jul-Sep | 122 | 8 | 6.6% | 35th |
| 1962 Oct-Oct | 18 | 1 | 5.6% | 40th |
| 1963 Jan-Mar | 8 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1963 Apr-Jun | 73 | 3 | 4.1% | 20th |
| 1963 Jul-Sep | 61 | 4 | 6.6% | 24th |
| 1963 Oct-Dec | 87 | 14 | 16.1% | 67th |
| 1964 Jan-Mar | 60 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1964 Apr-Jun | 138 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1964 Jul-Sep | 106 | 4 | 3.8% | 29th |
| 1964 Oct-Oct | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1965 Jan-Mar | 32 | 29 | 90.6% | 99th |
| 1965 Apr-Jun | 16 | 16 | 100.0% | 99th |
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
Olin Johnston is pronounced:
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