Schenck was the representative for Ohio’s 3rd congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1865 to 1871.
He was previously the representative for Ohio’s 3rd congressional district as a Republican from 1863 to 1865; the representative for Ohio’s 3rd congressional district as a Whig from 1849 to 1851; the representative for Ohio’s 3rd congressional district as a Whig from 1847 to 1849; the representative for Ohio’s 3rd congressional district as a Whig from 1845 to 1847; and the representative for Ohio’s 3rd congressional district as a Whig from 1843 to 1845.
![Photo of Rep. Robert Schenck [R-OH3, 1865-1871]](/data/photos/409626-200px.jpeg)
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Dec 1843 to Dec 1870, Schenck missed 1,365 of 4,715 roll call votes, which is 29.0%. This is on par with the median of 25.2% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 1870. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
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
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