Orris Ferry, former Senator for Connecticut

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Ferry was a senator from Connecticut and was a Republican. He served from 1873 to 1875.

He was previously a senator from Connecticut as a Republican from 1867 to 1873; and the representative for Connecticut’s 4^th congressional district as a Republican from 1859 to 1861.

Photo of Sen. Orris Ferry [R-CT, 1873-1875]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Mar 1867 to Mar 1875, Ferry missed 1,538 of 2,704 roll call votes, which is 56.9%. This is much worse than the median of 31.2% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1875. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1867 Mar-Apr	98	34	34.7%	69^th
1867 Jul-Jul	35	32	91.4%	75^th
1867 Nov-Nov	4	4	100.0%	75^th
Dec 1867-Feb 1868	55	12	21.8%	54^th
1868 Mar-May	180	25	13.9%	54^th
1868 Jun-Jul	187	61	32.6%	38^th
1868 Sep-Sep	1	1	100.0%	69^th
Dec 1868-Mar 1869	156	30	19.2%	19^th
1869 Mar-Apr	59	30	50.8%	94^th
Dec 1869-Feb 1870	81	21	25.9%	68^th
1870 Mar-May	168	64	38.1%	68^th
1870 Jun-Jul	215	169	78.6%	95^th
Dec 1870-Mar 1871	194	191	98.5%	90^th
1869 Apr-Apr	25	25	100.0%	88^th
1871 Mar-Apr	61	59	96.7%	97^th
Dec 1871-Feb 1872	79	48	60.8%	88^th
1872 Mar-May	339	183	54.0%	91^st
1872 Jun-Jun	93	87	93.5%	94^th
Dec 1872-Mar 1873	195	94	48.2%	89^th
1871 May-May	36	25	69.4%	90^th
Dec 1873-Feb 1874	57	23	40.4%	83^rd
1874 Mar-May	116	97	83.6%	98^th
1874 Jun-Jun	82	82	100.0%	98^th
Dec 1874-Mar 1875	149	120	80.5%	98^th
1873 Mar-Mar	16	1	6.2%	8^th
1875 Mar-Mar	23	20	87.0%	95^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

Orris Ferry is pronounced:

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Sen. Orris Ferry

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Missed Votes

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