Rep. Samuel Vinton

Former Representative from Ohio’s 12^th District, Whig

Vinton, a Whig, was the representative for Ohio's 12^th congressional district from 1849 to 1851.

He was previously the representative for Ohio's 12^th congressional district (1847-1849); the representative for Ohio's 12^th congressional district (1845-1847); the representative for Ohio's 12^th congressional district (1843-1845); the representative for Ohio's 6^th congressional district (1835-1837); the representative for Ohio's 6^th congressional district (1833-1835); the representative for Ohio's 7^th congressional district (1831-1833); the representative for Ohio's 7^th congressional district (1829-1831); the representative for Ohio's 7^th congressional district (1827-1829; Adams); the representative for Ohio's 7^th congressional district (1825-1827; Adams); and the representative for Ohio's 7^th congressional district (1823-1825).

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From Dec 1823 to Mar 1851, Vinton missed 658 of 4,248 roll call votes, which is 15.5%. This is better than the median of 21.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1851. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
Dec 1823-May 1824	79	2	2.5%	0^th
Dec 1824-Mar 1825	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1826 Jan-May	58	10	17.2%	0^th
1827 Jan-Mar	53	3	5.7%	0^th
Dec 1827-May 1828	160	7	4.4%	0^th
Dec 1828-Mar 1829	73	6	8.2%	25^th
Dec 1829-May 1830	185	10	5.4%	0^th
Dec 1830-Mar 1831	88	4	4.5%	17^th
Dec 1831-Feb 1832	53	13	24.5%	71^st
1832 Mar-May	98	24	24.5%	86^th
1832 Jun-Jul	168	26	15.5%	29^th
Dec 1832-Mar 1833	143	25	17.5%	0^th
Dec 1833-Feb 1834	35	6	17.1%	50^th
1834 Mar-May	92	20	21.7%	43^rd
1834 Jun-Jun	95	10	10.5%	13^th
Dec 1834-Mar 1835	105	14	13.3%	0^th
Dec 1835-Feb 1836	57	5	8.8%	40^th
1836 Mar-May	150	27	18.0%	40^th
1836 Jun-Jul	116	22	19.0%	30^th
Dec 1836-Mar 1837	136	40	29.4%	67^th
Dec 1843-Feb 1844	140	28	20.0%	51^st
1844 Mar-May	207	16	7.7%	5^th
1844 Jun-Jun	80	9	11.3%	19^th
Dec 1844-Mar 1845	170	33	19.4%	43^rd
Dec 1845-Mar 1846	149	24	16.1%	30^th
1846 Apr-Jul	263	58	22.1%	38^th
1846 Aug-Aug	51	6	11.8%	21^st
Dec 1846-Mar 1847	179	37	20.7%	31^st
Dec 1847-Mar 1848	101	13	12.9%	22^nd
1848 Apr-Jul	151	9	6.0%	5^th
1848 Aug-Aug	71	21	29.6%	62^nd
Dec 1848-Mar 1849	155	15	9.7%	17^th
Dec 1849-Feb 1850	108	30	27.8%	76^th
1850 Mar-May	68	2	2.9%	4^th
1850 Jun-Aug	146	65	44.5%	88^th
1850 Sep-Sep	117	8	6.8%	17^th
Dec 1850-Mar 1851	133	10	7.5%	9^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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