Sen. Thomas Bayard Sr.

Former Senator for Delaware

Bayard was a senator from Delaware and was a Democrat. He served from 1881 to 1885.

He was previously a senator from Delaware as a Democrat from 1875 to 1881; and a senator from Delaware as a Democrat from 1869 to 1875.

Bioguide

Photo of Sen. Thomas Bayard Sr. [D-DE, 1881-1885]

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Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Mar 1869 to Mar 1885, Bayard missed 1,435 of 4,967 roll call votes, which is 28.9%. This is on par with the median of 32.0% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1885. 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
1869 Mar-Apr	59	5	8.5%	0^th
Dec 1869-Feb 1870	81	8	9.9%	17^th
1870 Mar-May	168	76	45.2%	67^th
1870 Jun-Jul	215	51	23.7%	17^th
Dec 1870-Mar 1871	194	41	21.1%	33^rd
1869 Apr-Apr	25	25	100.0%	83^rd
1871 Mar-Apr	61	8	13.1%	25^th
Dec 1871-Feb 1872	79	42	53.2%	88^th
1872 Mar-May	339	135	39.8%	56^th
1872 Jun-Jun	93	48	51.6%	78^th
Dec 1872-Mar 1873	195	63	32.3%	67^th
1871 May-May	36	10	27.8%	38^th
Dec 1873-Feb 1874	57	18	31.6%	64^th
1874 Mar-May	116	47	40.5%	64^th
1874 Jun-Jun	82	9	11.0%	0^th
Dec 1874-Mar 1875	149	27	18.1%	0^th
1873 Mar-Mar	16	5	31.2%	45^th
Dec 1875-Mar 1876	89	14	15.7%	33^rd
1876 Apr-Jul	186	100	53.8%	83^rd
1876 Aug-Aug	51	29	56.9%	83^rd
Dec 1876-Mar 1877	84	39	46.4%	83^rd
1875 Mar-Mar	24	1	4.2%	6^th
1877 Oct-Dec	71	2	2.8%	10^th
Dec 1877-Feb 1878	69	8	11.6%	10^th
1878 Mar-May	110	28	25.5%	41^st
1878 Jun-Jun	83	14	16.9%	21^st
Dec 1878-Mar 1879	236	77	32.6%	79^th
1877 Mar-Mar	15	2	13.3%	23^rd
1879 Mar-Jul	191	47	24.6%	43^rd
Dec 1879-Feb 1880	49	21	42.9%	73^rd
1880 Mar-May	127	27	21.3%	33^rd
1880 Jun-Jun	39	26	66.7%	76^th
Dec 1880-Mar 1881	164	55	33.5%	62^nd
Dec 1881-Mar 1882	96	7	7.3%	8^th
1882 Apr-Jul	212	63	29.7%	43^rd
1882 Aug-Aug	38	5	13.2%	28^th
Dec 1882-Mar 1883	401	134	33.4%	51^st
1881 Mar-Mar	178	31	17.4%	32^nd
1881 Oct-Oct	61	9	14.8%	28^th
Dec 1883-Feb 1884	65	11	16.9%	18^th
1884 Mar-May	114	13	11.4%	8^th
1884 Jun-Jul	78	13	16.7%	21^st
Dec 1884-Mar 1885	171	41	24.0%	32^nd

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

Sen. Thomas Bayard Sr.

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Voting Record

Missed Votes

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