La Follette was a senator from Wisconsin and was a Republican. He served from 1923 to 1925.
He was previously a senator from Wisconsin as a Republican from 1906 to 1923; the representative for Wisconsin’s 3rd congressional district as a Republican from 1889 to 1891; the representative for Wisconsin’s 3rd congressional district as a Republican from 1887 to 1889; and the representative for Wisconsin’s 3rd congressional district as a Republican from 1885 to 1887.
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Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 1906 to Mar 1925, La Follette missed 1,294 of 3,608 roll call votes, which is 35.9%. This is worse than the median of 22.9% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1925. 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.
| Time Period | Votes Eligible | Missed Votes | Percent | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1885-Mar 1886 (House) | 39 | 8 | 20.5% | 0th |
| 1886 Apr-Jul (House) | 158 | 22 | 13.9% | 0th |
| 1886 Aug-Aug (House) | 6 | 1 | 16.7% | 0th |
| Dec 1886-Mar 1887 (House) | 103 | 22 | 21.4% | 0th |
| Dec 1887-Feb 1888 (House) | 39 | 6 | 15.4% | 0th |
| 1888 Mar-May (House) | 105 | 55 | 52.4% | 0th |
| 1888 Jun-Aug (House) | 47 | 14 | 29.8% | 0th |
| 1888 Sep-Oct (House) | 16 | 4 | 25.0% | 0th |
| Dec 1888-Mar 1889 (House) | 113 | 19 | 16.8% | 0th |
| Dec 1889-Feb 1890 (House) | 80 | 12 | 15.0% | 33rd |
| 1890 Mar-May (House) | 109 | 28 | 25.7% | 33rd |
| 1890 Jun-Aug (House) | 172 | 20 | 11.6% | 33rd |
| 1890 Sep-Sep (House) | 53 | 5 | 9.4% | 33rd |
| Dec 1890-Mar 1891 (House) | 173 | 44 | 25.4% | 67th |
| 1906 Jan-Feb (Senate) | 8 | 1 | 12.5% | 40th |
| 1906 Mar-May (Senate) | 49 | 5 | 10.2% | 0th |
| 1906 Jun-Jun (Senate) | 31 | 1 | 3.2% | 0th |
| 1907 Jan-Mar (Senate) | 38 | 13 | 34.2% | 67th |
| 1908 Mar-May (Senate) | 49 | 28 | 57.1% | 75th |
| 1909 Jan-Mar (Senate) | 35 | 3 | 8.6% | 0th |
| 1909 Apr-Aug (Senate) | 130 | 5 | 3.8% | 17th |
| 1910 Jan-Feb (Senate) | 7 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1910 Mar-May (Senate) | 36 | 7 | 19.4% | 58th |
| 1910 Jun-Jun (Senate) | 41 | 12 | 29.3% | 50th |
| Dec 1910-Mar 1911 (Senate) | 52 | 9 | 17.3% | 46th |
| 1911 May-Aug (Senate) | 94 | 7 | 7.4% | 7th |
| Dec 1911-Mar 1912 (Senate) | 35 | 18 | 51.4% | 80th |
| 1912 Apr-Jul (Senate) | 105 | 82 | 78.1% | 94th |
| 1912 Aug-Aug (Senate) | 51 | 8 | 15.7% | 44th |
| Dec 1912-Mar 1913 (Senate) | 111 | 23 | 20.7% | 50th |
| 1913 Apr-Jul (Senate) | 38 | 4 | 10.5% | 19th |
| 1913 Aug-Nov (Senate) | 109 | 19 | 17.4% | 52nd |
| 1913 Dec-Dec (Senate) | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| Dec 1913-Feb 1914 (Senate) | 59 | 26 | 44.1% | 90th |
| 1914 Mar-May (Senate) | 58 | 14 | 24.1% | 38th |
| 1914 Jun-Aug (Senate) | 121 | 100 | 82.6% | 86th |
| 1914 Sep-Oct (Senate) | 64 | 64 | 100.0% | 95th |
| Dec 1914-Mar 1915 (Senate) | 117 | 25 | 21.4% | 48th |
| 1913 Mar-Mar (Senate) | 5 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| Dec 1915-Feb 1916 (Senate) | 40 | 12 | 30.0% | 87th |
| 1916 Mar-May (Senate) | 106 | 27 | 25.5% | 57th |
| 1916 Jun-Aug (Senate) | 88 | 22 | 25.0% | 57th |
| 1916 Sep-Sep (Senate) | 13 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| Dec 1916-Mar 1917 (Senate) | 159 | 58 | 36.5% | 84th |
| 1917 Apr-Jun (Senate) | 63 | 7 | 11.1% | 26th |
| 1917 Jul-Sep (Senate) | 103 | 2 | 1.9% | 6th |
| 1917 Oct-Oct (Senate) | 11 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| Dec 1917-Feb 1918 (Senate) | 34 | 23 | 67.6% | 94th |
| 1918 Mar-May (Senate) | 54 | 54 | 100.0% | 94th |
| 1918 Jun-Aug (Senate) | 42 | 42 | 100.0% | 94th |
| 1918 Sep-Nov (Senate) | 20 | 13 | 65.0% | 84th |
| Dec 1918-Mar 1919 (Senate) | 55 | 6 | 10.9% | 19th |
| 1917 Mar-Mar (Senate) | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1919 May-Jul (Senate) | 31 | 3 | 9.7% | 18th |
| 1919 Aug-Oct (Senate) | 31 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1919 Nov-Nov (Senate) | 80 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| Dec 1919-Feb 1920 (Senate) | 56 | 42 | 75.0% | 91st |
| 1920 Mar-May (Senate) | 103 | 63 | 61.2% | 96th |
| 1920 Jun-Jun (Senate) | 19 | 19 | 100.0% | 87th |
| Dec 1920-Mar 1921 (Senate) | 87 | 7 | 8.0% | 10th |
| 1921 Apr-Jun (Senate) | 66 | 2 | 3.0% | 2nd |
| 1921 Jul-Sep (Senate) | 40 | 3 | 7.5% | 5th |
| 1921 Oct-Nov (Senate) | 90 | 3 | 3.3% | 10th |
| Dec 1921-Feb 1922 (Senate) | 40 | 13 | 32.5% | 66th |
| 1922 Mar-May (Senate) | 199 | 62 | 31.2% | 48th |
| 1922 Jun-Aug (Senate) | 215 | 142 | 66.0% | 84th |
| 1922 Sep-Sep (Senate) | 15 | 8 | 53.3% | 57th |
| 1922 Nov-Nov (Senate) | 13 | 3 | 23.1% | 48th |
| Dec 1922-Mar 1923 (Senate) | 72 | 16 | 22.2% | 36th |
| 1921 Mar-Mar (Senate) | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| Dec 1923-Feb 1924 (Senate) | 25 | 6 | 24.0% | 44th |
| 1924 Mar-May (Senate) | 86 | 85 | 98.8% | 98th |
| 1924 Jun-Jun (Senate) | 18 | 1 | 5.6% | 32nd |
| Dec 1924-Mar 1925 (Senate) | 77 | 66 | 85.7% | 99th |
| 1925 Mar-Mar (Senate) | 11 | 10 | 90.9% | 94th |
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
Pronunciation Guide
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