Rep. Thomas Catchings

Former Representative from Mississippi’s 3^rd District, Democrat

Catchings, a Democrat, was the representative for Mississippi's 3^rd congressional district from 1899 to 1901.

He was previously the representative for Mississippi's 3^rd congressional district (1895-1899); the representative for Mississippi's 3^rd congressional district (1893-1895); the representative for Mississippi's 3^rd congressional district (1891-1893); the representative for Mississippi's 3^rd congressional district (1889-1891); the representative for Mississippi's 3^rd congressional district (1887-1889); and the representative for Mississippi's 3^rd congressional district (1885-1887).

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From Dec 1885 to Mar 1901, Catchings missed 986 of 2,384 roll call votes, which is 41.4%. This is worse than the median of 31.7% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1901. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
Dec 1885-Mar 1886	39	9	23.1%	48^th
1886 Apr-Jul	158	39	24.7%	56^th
1886 Aug-Aug	6	3	50.0%	72^nd
Dec 1886-Mar 1887	103	15	14.6%	20^th
Dec 1887-Feb 1888	39	9	23.1%	47^th
1888 Mar-May	105	68	64.8%	91^st
1888 Jun-Aug	47	24	51.1%	41^st
1888 Sep-Oct	16	7	43.8%	25^th
Dec 1888-Mar 1889	113	37	32.7%	59^th
Dec 1889-Feb 1890	80	58	72.5%	97^th
1890 Mar-May	109	61	56.0%	95^th
1890 Jun-Aug	172	72	41.9%	55^th
1890 Sep-Sep	53	47	88.7%	90^th
Dec 1890-Mar 1891	173	60	34.7%	70^th
Dec 1891-Mar 1892	58	28	48.3%	78^th
1892 Apr-Jul	161	68	42.2%	51^st
1892 Aug-Aug	4	1	25.0%	53^rd
Dec 1892-Mar 1893	81	31	38.3%	61^st
1893 Aug-Nov	68	9	13.2%	21^st
Dec 1893-Mar 1894	134	22	16.4%	24^th
1894 Apr-Jul	103	9	8.7%	9^th
1894 Aug-Aug	20	5	25.0%	13^th
Dec 1894-Mar 1895	48	9	18.8%	41^st
Dec 1895-Feb 1896	18	3	16.7%	47^th
1896 Mar-May	54	28	51.9%	78^th
1896 Jun-Jun	28	8	28.6%	51^st
Dec 1896-Mar 1897	62	33	53.2%	80^th
1897 Mar-Jul	38	26	68.4%	91^st
Dec 1897-Feb 1898	29	21	72.4%	98^th
1898 Mar-May	53	25	47.2%	89^th
1898 Jun-Jul	26	20	76.9%	92^nd
Dec 1898-Mar 1899	37	23	62.2%	92^nd
Dec 1899-Feb 1900	21	15	71.4%	97^th
1900 Mar-May	49	29	59.2%	90^th
1900 Jun-Jun	17	17	100.0%	93^rd
Dec 1900-Mar 1901	62	47	75.8%	96^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
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo

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