Robert Davidson, former Representative for Florida's 1st Congressional District

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Davidson was the representative for Florida’s 1^st congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1889 to 1891.

He was previously the representative for Florida’s 1^st congressional district as a Democrat from 1887 to 1889; the representative for Florida’s 1^st congressional district as a Democrat from 1885 to 1887; the representative for Florida’s 1^st congressional district as a Democrat from 1883 to 1885; the representative for Florida’s 1^st congressional district as a Democrat from 1881 to 1883; and the representative for Florida’s 1^st congressional district as a Democrat from 1877 to 1881.

Photo of Rep. Robert Davidson [D-FL1, 1889-1891]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Oct 1877 to Mar 1891, Davidson missed 1,072 of 2,712 roll call votes, which is 39.5%. This is on par with the median of 33.9% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1891. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1877 Oct-Dec	37	7	18.9%	53^rd
Dec 1877-Feb 1878	56	14	25.0%	65^th
1878 Mar-May	103	16	15.5%	39^th
1878 Jun-Jun	65	15	23.1%	61^st
Dec 1878-Mar 1879	116	40	34.5%	82^nd
1879 Mar-Jul	137	8	5.8%	20^th
Dec 1879-Feb 1880	35	10	28.6%	61^st
1880 Mar-May	116	29	25.0%	50^th
1880 Jun-Jun	32	32	100.0%	86^th
Dec 1880-Mar 1881	119	34	28.6%	57^th
Dec 1881-Mar 1882	75	36	48.0%	85^th
1882 Apr-Jul	167	123	73.7%	94^th
1882 Aug-Aug	7	7	100.0%	80^th
Dec 1882-Mar 1883	100	46	46.0%	92^nd
Dec 1883-Feb 1884	34	11	32.4%	72^nd
1884 Mar-May	71	30	42.3%	80^th
1884 Jun-Jul	83	69	83.1%	91^st
Dec 1884-Mar 1885	146	24	16.4%	27^th
Dec 1885-Mar 1886	39	3	7.7%	14^th
1886 Apr-Jul	158	67	42.4%	85^th
1886 Aug-Aug	6	6	100.0%	81^st
Dec 1886-Mar 1887	103	8	7.8%	7^th
Dec 1887-Feb 1888	39	11	28.2%	61^st
1888 Mar-May	105	64	61.0%	88^th
1888 Jun-Aug	47	12	25.5%	21^st
1888 Sep-Oct	16	15	93.8%	82^nd
Dec 1888-Mar 1889	113	27	23.9%	36^th
Dec 1889-Feb 1890	80	45	56.2%	86^th
1890 Mar-May	109	36	33.0%	55^th
1890 Jun-Aug	172	81	47.1%	59^th
1890 Sep-Sep	53	43	81.1%	75^th
Dec 1890-Mar 1891	173	103	59.5%	90^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

Rep. Robert Davidson

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