Rep. Richard Lee

Former Representative from Virginia’s 17^th District, None

Lee, a None, was the representative for Virginia's 17^th congressional district from 1793 to 1795.

He was previously the representative for Virginia's 4^th congressional district (1791-1793); and the representative for Virginia's 4^th congressional district (1789-1791).

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Voting Record

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From May 1789 to Mar 1795, Lee missed 47 of 280 roll call votes, which is 16.8%. This is on par with the median of 13.0% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1795. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1789 May-May	2	0	0.0%	0^th
1789 Jun-Aug	11	0	0.0%	0^th
1789 Sep-Sep	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1790 Feb-Mar	2	0	0.0%	0^th
1790 Apr-Jun	25	5	20.0%	80^th
1790 Jul-Aug	24	2	8.3%	63^rd
Dec 1790-Mar 1791	23	1	4.3%	23^rd
1791 Nov-Dec	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1792 Jan-Mar	34	9	26.5%	80^th
1792 Apr-May	20	3	15.0%	67^th
Nov 1792-Mar 1793	41	5	12.2%	46^th
1794 Jan-Feb	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1794 Mar-May	41	11	26.8%	75^th
1794 Jun-Jun	6	6	100.0%	84^th
Nov 1794-Mar 1795	15	5	33.3%	78^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

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