Sen. Stephen Young
Former Senator for Ohio
Young was a senator from Ohio and was a Democrat. He served from 1959 to 1970.
He was previously the representative for Ohio’s at-large district as a Democrat from 1949 to 1950; the representative for Ohio’s at-large district as a Democrat from 1941 to 1942; and the representative for Ohio’s at-large district as a Democrat from 1933 to 1936.
![Photo of Sen. Stephen Young [D-OH, 1959-1970]](/static/legislator-photos/411985-200px.jpeg)
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Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 1959 to Dec 1970, Young missed 381 of 3,143 roll call votes, which is 12.1%. This is better than the median of 14.5% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Dec 1970. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 Mar-Jun (House) | 61 | 6 | 9.8% | 71st |
| 1934 Jan-Jun (House) | 82 | 3 | 3.7% | 14th |
| 1935 Jan-Mar (House) | 32 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1935 Apr-Jun (House) | 40 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1935 Jul-Aug (House) | 60 | 1 | 1.7% | 20th |
| 1936 Jan-Jun (House) | 80 | 16 | 20.0% | 80th |
| 1941 Jan-Mar (House) | 17 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1941 Apr-Jun (House) | 31 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1941 Jul-Aug (House) | 16 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1941 Oct-Dec (House) | 15 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1942 Jan-Mar (House) | 26 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1942 Apr-Jun (House) | 30 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1942 Jul-Sep (House) | 11 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1942 Oct-Nov (House) | 5 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1949 Jan-Mar (House) | 35 | 1 | 2.9% | 73rd |
| 1949 Apr-Jun (House) | 27 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1949 Jul-Sep (House) | 43 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1949 Oct-Oct (House) | 16 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1950 Jan-Mar (House) | 54 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1950 Apr-Jun (House) | 30 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1950 Jul-Sep (House) | 59 | 2 | 3.4% | 68th |
| 1950 Dec-Dec (House) | 7 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1951 Jan-Jan 81st Congress (House) | 4 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1959 Jan-Apr (Senate) | 57 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1959 May-Aug (Senate) | 128 | 8 | 6.2% | 50th |
| 1959 Sep-Sep (Senate) | 30 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1960 Jan-Apr (Senate) | 79 | 4 | 5.1% | 26th |
| 1960 May-Aug (Senate) | 123 | 12 | 9.8% | 65th |
| 1960 Sep-Sep (Senate) | 5 | 5 | 100.0% | 93rd |
| 1961 Jan-Apr (Senate) | 31 | 1 | 3.2% | 41st |
| 1961 May-Aug (Senate) | 137 | 6 | 4.4% | 42nd |
| 1961 Sep-Sep (Senate) | 36 | 2 | 5.6% | 28th |
| 1962 Jan-Mar (Senate) | 22 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1962 Apr-Jun (Senate) | 62 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1962 Jul-Sep (Senate) | 122 | 7 | 5.7% | 31st |
| 1962 Oct-Oct (Senate) | 18 | 1 | 5.6% | 45th |
| 1963 Jan-Mar (Senate) | 8 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1963 Apr-Jun (Senate) | 73 | 6 | 8.2% | 46th |
| 1963 Jul-Sep (Senate) | 61 | 1 | 1.6% | 6th |
| 1963 Oct-Dec (Senate) | 87 | 1 | 1.1% | 4th |
| 1964 Jan-Mar (Senate) | 60 | 3 | 5.0% | 39th |
| 1964 Apr-Jun (Senate) | 138 | 22 | 15.9% | 91st |
| 1964 Jul-Sep (Senate) | 106 | 17 | 16.0% | 79th |
| 1964 Oct-Oct (Senate) | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1965 Jan-Mar (Senate) | 32 | 2 | 6.2% | 23rd |
| 1965 Apr-Jun (Senate) | 106 | 8 | 7.5% | 24th |
| 1965 Jul-Sep (Senate) | 106 | 12 | 11.3% | 56th |
| 1965 Oct-Oct (Senate) | 15 | 5 | 33.3% | 65th |
| 1966 Jan-Mar (Senate) | 28 | 2 | 7.1% | 29th |
| 1966 Apr-Jun (Senate) | 56 | 2 | 3.6% | 8th |
| 1966 Jul-Sep (Senate) | 119 | 3 | 2.5% | 10th |
| 1966 Oct-Oct (Senate) | 35 | 1 | 2.9% | 4th |
| 1967 Jan-Mar (Senate) | 53 | 3 | 5.7% | 12th |
| 1967 Apr-Jun (Senate) | 70 | 7 | 10.0% | 37th |
| 1967 Jul-Sep (Senate) | 81 | 8 | 9.9% | 35th |
| 1967 Oct-Dec (Senate) | 111 | 30 | 27.0% | 70th |
| 1968 Jan-Mar (Senate) | 69 | 17 | 24.6% | 82nd |
| 1968 Apr-Jun (Senate) | 96 | 10 | 10.4% | 20th |
| 1968 Jul-Sep (Senate) | 89 | 18 | 20.2% | 59th |
| 1968 Oct-Oct (Senate) | 27 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1969 Jan-Mar (Senate) | 17 | 1 | 5.9% | 37th |
| 1969 Apr-Jun (Senate) | 26 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1969 Jul-Sep (Senate) | 44 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1969 Oct-Dec (Senate) | 158 | 27 | 17.1% | 61st |
| 1970 Jan-Mar (Senate) | 100 | 12 | 12.0% | 43rd |
| 1970 Apr-Jun (Senate) | 92 | 28 | 30.4% | 86th |
| 1970 Jul-Sep (Senate) | 123 | 48 | 39.0% | 79th |
| 1970 Oct-Dec (Senate) | 106 | 41 | 38.7% | 72nd |
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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