Peter Gerry, former Senator for Rhode Island

Gerry was a senator from Rhode Island and was a Democrat. He served from 1935 to 1946.

He was previously a senator from Rhode Island as a Democrat from 1923 to 1929; a senator from Rhode Island as a Democrat from 1917 to 1923; and the representative for Rhode Island’s 2^nd congressional district as a Democrat from 1913 to 1915.

Photo of Sen. Peter Gerry [D-RI, 1935-1946]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Mar 1917 to Aug 1946, Gerry missed 1,015 of 3,492 roll call votes, which is 29.1%. This is much worse than the median of 13.9% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Aug 1946. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1917 Apr-Jun	63	6	9.5%	25^th
1917 Jul-Sep	103	25	24.3%	75^th
1917 Oct-Oct	11	1	9.1%	25^th
Dec 1917-Feb 1918	34	7	20.6%	50^th
1918 Mar-May	54	24	44.4%	75^th
1918 Jun-Aug	42	18	42.9%	75^th
1918 Sep-Nov	20	10	50.0%	25^th
Dec 1918-Mar 1919	55	25	45.5%	75^th
1917 Mar-Mar	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1919 May-Jul	31	25	80.6%	83^rd
1919 Aug-Oct	31	8	25.8%	67^th
1919 Nov-Nov	80	11	13.8%	67^th
Dec 1919-Feb 1920	56	22	39.3%	71^st
1920 Mar-May	103	17	16.5%	43^rd
1920 Jun-Jun	19	3	15.8%	43^rd
Dec 1920-Mar 1921	87	32	36.8%	57^th
1921 Apr-Jun	66	18	27.3%	71^st
1921 Jul-Sep	40	25	62.5%	86^th
1921 Oct-Nov	90	18	20.0%	43^rd
Dec 1921-Feb 1922	40	28	70.0%	88^th
1922 Mar-May	199	114	57.3%	57^th
1922 Jun-Aug	215	127	59.1%	57^th
1922 Sep-Sep	15	10	66.7%	71^st
1922 Nov-Nov	13	12	92.3%	75^th
Dec 1922-Mar 1923	72	35	48.6%	88^th
1921 Mar-Mar	1	1	100.0%	71^st
Dec 1923-Feb 1924	54	39	72.2%	91^st
1924 Mar-May	86	26	30.2%	64^th
1924 Jun-Jun	18	5	27.8%	82^nd
Dec 1924-Mar 1925	77	37	48.1%	91^st
1926 Jan-Feb	59	13	22.0%	50^th
1926 Mar-May	51	31	60.8%	91^st
1926 Jun-Jul	38	8	21.1%	55^th
Dec 1926-Mar 1927	77	31	40.3%	92^nd
1925 Mar-Mar	11	2	18.2%	60^th
Dec 1927-May 1928	125	23	18.4%	65^th
Dec 1928-Mar 1929	66	26	39.4%	78^th
1935 Jan-Mar	37	0	0.0%	0^th
1935 Apr-Jun	49	8	16.3%	64^th
1935 Jul-Aug	46	8	17.4%	78^th
1936 Jan-Jun	61	12	19.7%	61^st
1937 Jan-Mar	19	0	0.0%	0^th
1937 Apr-Jun	21	1	4.8%	5^th
1937 Jul-Aug	31	3	9.7%	50^th
1937 Nov-Dec	22	5	22.7%	69^th
1938 Jan-Jun	81	10	12.3%	30^th
1939 Jan-Mar	17	5	29.4%	88^th
1939 Apr-Jun	36	6	16.7%	48^th
1939 Jul-Aug	41	1	2.4%	6^th
1939 Oct-Nov	20	1	5.0%	53^rd
1940 Jan-Mar	44	3	6.8%	24^th
1940 Apr-Jun	64	8	12.5%	31^st
1940 Jul-Sep	38	1	2.6%	6^th
1940 Oct-Nov	5	4	80.0%	91^st
1941 Jan-Jan	1	1	100.0%	64^th
1941 Jan-Mar	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Apr-Jun	31	8	25.8%	53^rd
1941 Jul-Sep	23	3	13.0%	39^th
1941 Oct-Dec	21	1	4.8%	29^th
1942 Jan-Mar	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Apr-Jun	28	5	17.9%	34^th
1942 Jul-Sep	19	1	5.3%	9^th
1942 Oct-Dec	24	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Jan-Mar	20	5	25.0%	59^th
1943 Apr-Jun	52	6	11.5%	36^th
1943 Jul-Sep	20	5	25.0%	57^th
1943 Oct-Dec	30	6	20.0%	60^th
1944 Jan-Mar	51	9	17.6%	48^th
1944 Apr-Jun	23	1	4.3%	9^th
1944 Aug-Sep	7	4	57.1%	76^th
1944 Nov-Dec	17	6	35.3%	69^th
1945 Jan-Mar	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Apr-Jun	40	2	5.0%	41^st
1945 Jul-Sep	27	2	7.4%	65^th
1945 Oct-Dec	24	5	20.8%	76^th
1946 Jan-Mar	13	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Apr-Jun	75	4	5.3%	52^nd
1946 Jul-Aug	48	2	4.2%	58^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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Missed Votes

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