Robert Hitt, former Representative for Illinois's 13th Congressional District

Hitt was the representative for Illinois’s 13^th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1905 to 1907.

He was previously the representative for Illinois’s 13^th congressional district as a Republican from 1903 to 1905; the representative for Illinois’s 9^th congressional district as a Republican from 1901 to 1903; the representative for Illinois’s 9^th congressional district as a Republican from 1899 to 1901; the representative for Illinois’s 9^th congressional district as a Republican from 1895 to 1899; the representative for Illinois’s 6^th congressional district as a Republican from 1893 to 1895; the representative for Illinois’s 6^th congressional district as a Republican from 1891 to 1893; the representative for Illinois’s 6^th congressional district as a Republican from 1889 to 1891; the representative for Illinois’s 6^th congressional district as a Republican from 1887 to 1889; the representative for Illinois’s 6^th congressional district as a Republican from 1885 to 1887; the representative for Illinois’s 6^th congressional district as a Republican from 1883 to 1885; and the representative for Illinois’s 5^th congressional district as a Republican from 1881 to 1883.

Photo of Rep. Robert Hitt [R-IL13, 1905-1907]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Dec 1882 to Jun 1906, Hitt missed 1,096 of 3,190 roll call votes, which is 34.4%. This is on par with the median of 30.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Jun 1906. 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
Dec 1882-Mar 1883	100	20	20.0%	27^th
Dec 1883-Feb 1884	34	6	17.6%	14^th
1884 Mar-May	71	10	14.1%	0^th
1884 Jun-Jul	83	23	27.7%	7^th
Dec 1884-Mar 1885	146	49	33.6%	50^th
Dec 1885-Mar 1886	39	8	20.5%	50^th
1886 Apr-Jul	158	31	19.6%	28^th
1886 Aug-Aug	6	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1886-Mar 1887	103	19	18.4%	28^th
Dec 1887-Feb 1888	39	13	33.3%	50^th
1888 Mar-May	105	22	21.0%	29^th
1888 Jun-Aug	47	18	38.3%	29^th
1888 Sep-Oct	16	4	25.0%	0^th
Dec 1888-Mar 1889	113	29	25.7%	21^st
Dec 1889-Feb 1890	80	11	13.8%	23^rd
1890 Mar-May	109	22	20.2%	33^rd
1890 Jun-Aug	172	16	9.3%	11^th
1890 Sep-Sep	53	2	3.8%	7^th
Dec 1890-Mar 1891	173	75	43.4%	79^th
Dec 1891-Mar 1892	58	26	44.8%	61^st
1892 Apr-Jul	161	73	45.3%	46^th
1892 Aug-Aug	4	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1892-Mar 1893	81	21	25.9%	25^th
1893 Aug-Nov	68	40	58.8%	70^th
Dec 1893-Mar 1894	134	98	73.1%	55^th
1894 Apr-Jul	103	55	53.4%	43^rd
1894 Aug-Aug	20	6	30.0%	19^th
Dec 1894-Mar 1895	48	9	18.8%	41^st
Dec 1895-Feb 1896	18	3	16.7%	46^th
1896 Mar-May	54	23	42.6%	59^th
1896 Jun-Jun	28	28	100.0%	93^rd
Dec 1896-Mar 1897	62	39	62.9%	86^th
1897 Mar-Jul	38	5	13.2%	12^th
Dec 1897-Feb 1898	29	5	17.2%	30^th
1898 Mar-May	53	31	58.5%	96^th
1898 Jun-Jul	26	8	30.8%	47^th
Dec 1898-Mar 1899	37	6	16.2%	19^th
Dec 1899-Feb 1900	21	8	38.1%	69^th
1900 Mar-May	49	17	34.7%	68^th
1900 Jun-Jun	17	3	17.6%	49^th
Dec 1900-Mar 1901	62	21	33.9%	60^th
Dec 1901-Feb 1902	19	6	31.6%	71^st
1902 Mar-May	22	4	18.2%	15^th
1902 Jun-Jul	28	10	35.7%	57^th
Dec 1902-Mar 1903	114	30	26.3%	56^th
1903 Nov-Nov	6	2	33.3%	65^th
Dec 1903-Apr 1904	49	26	53.1%	83^rd
Dec 1904-Mar 1905	32	15	46.9%	84^th
Dec 1905-Feb 1906	25	23	92.0%	98^th
1906 Mar-May	57	57	100.0%	99^th
1906 Jun-Jun	20	20	100.0%	95^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 Hitt

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Missed Votes

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