Porter McCumber, former Senator for North Dakota

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McCumber was a senator from North Dakota and was a Republican. He served from 1905 to 1923.

He was previously a senator from North Dakota as a Republican from 1899 to 1905.

Photo of Sen. Porter McCumber [R-ND, 1905-1923]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Dec 1899 to Mar 1923, McCumber missed 1,223 of 3,769 roll call votes, which is 32.4%. This is on par with the median of 28.8% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1923. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
Dec 1899-Feb 1900	20	6	30.0%	43^rd
1900 Mar-May	57	25	43.9%	38^th
1900 Jun-Jun	12	7	58.3%	71^st
Dec 1900-Mar 1901	80	23	28.7%	38^th
Dec 1901-Feb 1902	26	9	34.6%	44^th
1902 Mar-May	49	16	32.7%	56^th
1902 Jun-Jun	23	1	4.3%	11^th
1903 Jan-Mar	18	8	44.4%	40^th
1901 Mar-Mar	1	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1903-Apr 1904	36	11	30.6%	27^th
Dec 1904-Mar 1905	56	7	12.5%	25^th
1906 Jan-Feb	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1906 Mar-May	49	1	2.0%	0^th
1906 Jun-Jun	31	6	19.4%	23^rd
1907 Jan-Mar	38	7	18.4%	29^th
1908 Mar-May	49	30	61.2%	82^nd
1909 Jan-Mar	35	13	37.1%	61^st
1909 Apr-Aug	130	41	31.5%	86^th
1910 Jan-Feb	7	2	28.6%	38^th
1910 Mar-May	36	25	69.4%	86^th
1910 Jun-Jun	41	41	100.0%	86^th
Dec 1910-Mar 1911	52	6	11.5%	30^th
1911 May-Aug	94	55	58.5%	97^th
Dec 1911-Mar 1912	35	6	17.1%	52^nd
1912 Apr-Jul	105	34	32.4%	67^th
1912 Aug-Aug	51	25	49.0%	85^th
Dec 1912-Mar 1913	111	24	21.6%	51^st
1913 Apr-Jul	38	29	76.3%	95^th
1913 Aug-Nov	109	62	56.9%	88^th
1913 Dec-Dec	1	1	100.0%	66^th
Dec 1913-Feb 1914	59	5	8.5%	12^th
1914 Mar-May	58	7	12.1%	15^th
1914 Jun-Aug	121	35	28.9%	34^th
1914 Sep-Oct	64	14	21.9%	29^th
Dec 1914-Mar 1915	117	45	38.5%	71^st
1913 Mar-Mar	5	5	100.0%	73^rd
Dec 1915-Feb 1916	40	10	25.0%	60^th
1916 Mar-May	106	63	59.4%	84^th
1916 Jun-Aug	88	58	65.9%	93^rd
1916 Sep-Sep	13	2	15.4%	49^th
Dec 1916-Mar 1917	159	43	27.0%	56^th
1917 Apr-Jun	63	12	19.0%	63^rd
1917 Jul-Sep	103	33	32.0%	84^th
1917 Oct-Oct	11	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1917-Feb 1918	34	6	17.6%	48^th
1918 Mar-May	54	21	38.9%	59^th
1918 Jun-Aug	42	8	19.0%	31^st
1918 Sep-Nov	20	5	25.0%	37^th
Dec 1918-Mar 1919	55	26	47.3%	71^st
1917 Mar-Mar	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1919 May-Jul	31	12	38.7%	79^th
1919 Aug-Oct	31	16	51.6%	91^st
1919 Nov-Nov	80	3	3.8%	35^th
Dec 1919-Feb 1920	56	43	76.8%	89^th
1920 Mar-May	103	83	80.6%	95^th
1920 Jun-Jun	19	3	15.8%	35^th
Dec 1920-Mar 1921	87	26	29.9%	60^th
1921 Apr-Jun	66	9	13.6%	32^nd
1921 Jul-Sep	40	15	37.5%	49^th
1921 Oct-Nov	90	13	14.4%	32^nd
Dec 1921-Feb 1922	40	12	30.0%	57^th
1922 Mar-May	199	30	15.1%	16^th
1922 Jun-Aug	215	14	6.5%	9^th
1922 Sep-Sep	15	1	6.7%	8^th
1922 Nov-Nov	13	2	15.4%	36^th
Dec 1922-Mar 1923	72	22	30.6%	46^th
1921 Mar-Mar	1	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

Sen. Porter McCumber

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