Sen. Philetus Sawyer

Former Senator from Wisconsin, Republican

Sawyer, a Republican, was a senator from Wisconsin from 1887 to 1893.

He was previously a senator from Wisconsin (1881-1887); the representative for Wisconsin's 6^th congressional district (1873-1875); and the representative for Wisconsin's 5^th congressional district (1865-1873).

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Voting Record

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From Mar 1881 to Mar 1893, Sawyer missed 573 of 2,999 roll call votes, which is 19.1%. This is better than the median of 35.9% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1893. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
Dec 1881-Mar 1882	96	9	9.4%	14^th
1882 Apr-Jul	212	35	16.5%	28^th
1882 Aug-Aug	38	15	39.5%	71^st
Dec 1882-Mar 1883	401	146	36.4%	68^th
1881 Mar-Mar	178	40	22.5%	36^th
1881 Oct-Oct	61	2	3.3%	0^th
Dec 1883-Feb 1884	65	17	26.2%	49^th
1884 Mar-May	114	16	14.0%	17^th
1884 Jun-Jul	78	14	17.9%	23^rd
Dec 1884-Mar 1885	171	25	14.6%	17^th
Dec 1885-Mar 1886	63	10	15.9%	28^th
1886 Apr-Jul	234	53	22.6%	30^th
1886 Aug-Aug	12	2	16.7%	26^th
Dec 1886-Mar 1887	143	32	22.4%	47^th
1885 Mar-Apr	9	2	22.2%	29^th
Dec 1887-Feb 1888	50	6	12.0%	11^th
1888 Mar-May	64	15	23.4%	29^th
1888 Jun-Aug	62	7	11.3%	7^th
1888 Sep-Oct	14	3	21.4%	25^th
Dec 1888-Mar 1889	199	54	27.1%	31^st
Dec 1889-Feb 1890	31	1	3.2%	0^th
1890 Mar-May	114	17	14.9%	6^th
1890 Jun-Aug	150	11	7.3%	3^rd
1890 Sep-Sep	79	7	8.9%	12^th
Dec 1890-Mar 1891	143	8	5.6%	0^th
1889 Mar-Apr	9	2	22.2%	29^th
1892 Jan-Mar	26	1	3.8%	2^nd
1892 Apr-Jul	78	5	6.4%	1^st
Dec 1892-Mar 1893	105	18	17.1%	6^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
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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