Scott Ferris, former Representative for Oklahoma's 6th Congressional District

Ferris was the representative for Oklahoma’s 6^th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1915 to 1921.

He was previously the representative for Oklahoma’s 5^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1907 to 1915.

Photo of Rep. Scott Ferris [D-OK6, 1915-1921]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Dec 1907 to Mar 1921, Ferris missed 453 of 1,816 roll call votes, which is 24.9%. This is on par with the median of 25.3% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1921. 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 1907-May 1908	270	17	6.3%	8^th
Dec 1908-Mar 1909	42	2	4.8%	8^th
1909 Mar-Aug	36	5	13.9%	40^th
Dec 1909-Feb 1910	18	1	5.6%	18^th
1910 Mar-May	60	7	11.7%	27^th
1910 Jun-Jun	18	4	22.2%	58^th
Dec 1910-Mar 1911	68	6	8.8%	17^th
1911 Apr-Aug	49	6	12.2%	35^th
Dec 1911-Mar 1912	58	3	5.2%	8^th
1912 Apr-Jul	57	20	35.1%	61^st
1912 Aug-Aug	30	10	33.3%	52^nd
Dec 1912-Mar 1913	67	28	41.8%	74^th
1913 Apr-Jul	22	10	45.5%	54^th
1913 Aug-Nov	43	28	65.1%	59^th
Dec 1913-Feb 1914	24	4	16.7%	41^st
1914 Mar-May	34	2	5.9%	9^th
1914 Jun-Aug	62	3	4.8%	5^th
1914 Sep-Oct	29	14	48.3%	63^rd
Dec 1914-Mar 1915	67	10	14.9%	37^th
Dec 1915-Feb 1916	16	2	12.5%	42^nd
1916 Mar-May	53	2	3.8%	15^th
1916 Jun-Aug	23	6	26.1%	48^th
1916 Sep-Sep	3	3	100.0%	75^th
Dec 1916-Mar 1917	62	19	30.6%	84^th
1917 Apr-Jun	43	0	0.0%	0^th
1917 Jul-Sep	10	0	0.0%	0^th
1917 Oct-Oct	4	1	25.0%	40^th
Dec 1917-Feb 1918	34	7	20.6%	60^th
1918 Mar-May	65	7	10.8%	25^th
1918 Jun-Aug	33	14	42.4%	67^th
1918 Sep-Oct	14	7	50.0%	63^rd
Dec 1918-Mar 1919	63	15	23.8%	57^th
1919 May-Jul	62	23	37.1%	70^th
1919 Aug-Oct	52	18	34.6%	50^th
1919 Nov-Nov	16	16	100.0%	94^th
Dec 1919-Feb 1920	39	36	92.3%	97^th
1920 Mar-May	70	36	51.4%	82^nd
1920 Jun-Jun	8	8	100.0%	84^th
Dec 1920-Mar 1921	92	53	57.6%	84^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. Scott Ferris

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Missed Votes

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