Sen. Oren Long

Former Senator for Hawaii

Long was a senator from Hawaii and was a Democrat. He served from 1959 to 1962.

Bioguide

Photo of Sen. Oren Long [D-HI, 1959-1962]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Aug 1959 to Oct 1962, Long missed 46 of 672 roll call votes, which is 6.8%. This is on par with the median of 9.0% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Oct 1962. 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
1959 May-Aug	7	1	14.3%	86^th
1959 Sep-Sep	30	4	13.3%	80^th
1960 Jan-Apr	79	4	5.1%	28^th
1960 May-Aug	123	10	8.1%	52^nd
1960 Sep-Sep	5	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 Jan-Apr	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 May-Aug	137	15	10.9%	69^th
1961 Sep-Sep	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Jan-Mar	22	5	22.7%	81^st
1962 Apr-Jun	62	2	3.2%	16^th
1962 Jul-Sep	122	5	4.1%	18^th
1962 Oct-Oct	18	0	0.0%	0^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

Primary Sources