Bell was the representative for Georgia’s 9th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1927 to 1931.
He was previously the representative for Georgia’s 9th congressional district as a Democrat from 1925 to 1927; the representative for Georgia’s 9th congressional district as a Democrat from 1923 to 1925; the representative for Georgia’s 9th congressional district as a Democrat from 1915 to 1923; the representative for Georgia’s 9th congressional district as a Democrat from 1907 to 1915; and the representative for Georgia’s 9th congressional district as a Democrat from 1905 to 1907.
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Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Dec 1905 to Mar 1931, Bell missed 692 of 2,778 roll call votes, which is 24.9%. This is worse than the median of 17.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1931. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1905-Feb 1906 | 25 | 9 | 36.0% | 68th |
| 1906 Mar-May | 57 | 16 | 28.1% | 43rd |
| 1906 Jun-Jun | 20 | 8 | 40.0% | 71st |
| Dec 1906-Mar 1907 | 34 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| Dec 1907-May 1908 | 270 | 29 | 10.7% | 19th |
| Dec 1908-Mar 1909 | 42 | 5 | 11.9% | 22nd |
| 1909 Mar-Aug | 36 | 4 | 11.1% | 37th |
| Dec 1909-Feb 1910 | 18 | 5 | 27.8% | 56th |
| 1910 Mar-May | 60 | 26 | 43.3% | 81st |
| 1910 Jun-Jun | 18 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| Dec 1910-Mar 1911 | 68 | 6 | 8.8% | 26th |
| 1911 Apr-Aug | 49 | 4 | 8.2% | 30th |
| Dec 1911-Mar 1912 | 58 | 12 | 20.7% | 54th |
| 1912 Apr-Jul | 57 | 15 | 26.3% | 49th |
| 1912 Aug-Aug | 30 | 30 | 100.0% | 85th |
| Dec 1912-Mar 1913 | 67 | 7 | 10.4% | 28th |
| 1913 Apr-Jul | 22 | 4 | 18.2% | 24th |
| 1913 Aug-Nov | 43 | 12 | 27.9% | 12th |
| Dec 1913-Feb 1914 | 24 | 6 | 25.0% | 68th |
| 1914 Mar-May | 34 | 13 | 38.2% | 80th |
| 1914 Jun-Aug | 62 | 52 | 83.9% | 86th |
| 1914 Sep-Oct | 29 | 1 | 3.4% | 15th |
| Dec 1914-Mar 1915 | 67 | 22 | 32.8% | 77th |
| Dec 1915-Feb 1916 | 16 | 1 | 6.2% | 19th |
| 1916 Mar-May | 53 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1916 Jun-Aug | 23 | 7 | 30.4% | 63rd |
| 1916 Sep-Sep | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | 77th |
| Dec 1916-Mar 1917 | 62 | 7 | 11.3% | 46th |
| 1917 Apr-Jun | 43 | 6 | 14.0% | 44th |
| 1917 Jul-Sep | 10 | 4 | 40.0% | 73rd |
| 1917 Oct-Oct | 4 | 2 | 50.0% | 68th |
| Dec 1917-Feb 1918 | 34 | 1 | 2.9% | 9th |
| 1918 Mar-May | 65 | 11 | 16.9% | 40th |
| 1918 Jun-Aug | 33 | 11 | 33.3% | 64th |
| 1918 Sep-Oct | 14 | 10 | 71.4% | 85th |
| Dec 1918-Mar 1919 | 63 | 9 | 14.3% | 46th |
| 1919 May-Jul | 62 | 7 | 11.3% | 30th |
| 1919 Aug-Oct | 52 | 28 | 53.8% | 80th |
| 1919 Nov-Nov | 16 | 16 | 100.0% | 94th |
| Dec 1919-Feb 1920 | 39 | 23 | 59.0% | 91st |
| 1920 Mar-May | 70 | 29 | 41.4% | 80th |
| 1920 Jun-Jun | 8 | 1 | 12.5% | 50th |
| Dec 1920-Mar 1921 | 92 | 36 | 39.1% | 90th |
| 1921 Apr-Jun | 58 | 8 | 13.8% | 43rd |
| 1921 Jul-Aug | 48 | 8 | 16.7% | 45th |
| 1921 Oct-Nov | 29 | 9 | 31.0% | 62nd |
| Dec 1921-Feb 1922 | 48 | 9 | 18.8% | 35th |
| 1922 Mar-May | 47 | 12 | 25.5% | 52nd |
| 1922 Jun-Aug | 54 | 25 | 46.3% | 64th |
| 1922 Sep-Sep | 13 | 11 | 84.6% | 80th |
| 1922 Nov-Nov | 5 | 2 | 40.0% | 84th |
| Dec 1922-Mar 1923 | 60 | 8 | 13.3% | 29th |
| Dec 1923-Feb 1924 | 30 | 10 | 33.3% | 84th |
| 1924 Mar-May | 85 | 26 | 30.6% | 89th |
| 1924 Jun-Jun | 10 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| Dec 1924-Mar 1925 | 54 | 1 | 1.9% | 22nd |
| Dec 1925-Feb 1926 | 19 | 3 | 15.8% | 79th |
| 1926 Mar-May | 37 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1926 Jun-Jul | 22 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| Dec 1926-Mar 1927 | 33 | 2 | 6.1% | 54th |
| Dec 1927-May 1928 | 54 | 5 | 9.3% | 29th |
| Dec 1928-Mar 1929 | 18 | 7 | 38.9% | 80th |
| 1929 Apr-Jun | 13 | 6 | 46.2% | 91st |
| Dec 1929-Feb 1930 | 9 | 1 | 11.1% | 24th |
| 1930 Mar-May | 26 | 9 | 34.6% | 73rd |
| 1930 Jun-Jul | 21 | 2 | 9.5% | 27th |
| Dec 1930-Mar 1931 | 33 | 30 | 90.9% | 98th |
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
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