Thomas “Tom” Connally, former Senator for Texas

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From May 1929 to Jul 1952, Connally missed 292 of 3,246 roll call votes, which is 9.0%. This is on par with the median of 7.8% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Jul 1952. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1929 May-Jun	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1929 Sep-Sep	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1929 Oct-Nov	55	2	3.6%	20^th
Dec 1929-Feb 1930	100	18	18.0%	60^th
1930 Mar-May	142	22	15.5%	60^th
1930 Jun-Jul	23	4	17.4%	40^th
Dec 1930-Mar 1931	63	5	7.9%	40^th
1930 Jul-Jul	9	9	100.0%	60^th
Dec 1931-Feb 1932	63	3	4.8%	0^th
1932 Mar-May	90	6	6.7%	17^th
1932 Jun-Jul	64	9	14.1%	50^th
Dec 1932-Mar 1933	63	15	23.8%	86^th
1933 Mar-Jun	97	6	6.2%	22^nd
1934 Jan-Jun	130	10	7.7%	30^th
1933 Mar-Mar	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1935 Jan-Mar	37	0	0.0%	0^th
1935 Apr-Jun	49	1	2.0%	0^th
1935 Jul-Aug	46	3	6.5%	17^th
1936 Jan-Jun	61	10	16.4%	58^th
1937 Jan-Mar	19	11	57.9%	94^th
1937 Apr-Jun	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1937 Jul-Aug	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1937 Nov-Dec	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1938 Jan-Jun	81	6	7.4%	21^st
1939 Jan-Mar	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Apr-Jun	36	5	13.9%	45^th
1939 Jul-Aug	41	10	24.4%	77^th
1939 Oct-Nov	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Jan-Mar	44	3	6.8%	14^th
1940 Apr-Jun	64	5	7.8%	23^rd
1940 Jul-Sep	38	5	13.2%	50^th
1940 Oct-Nov	5	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Jan-Mar	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Apr-Jun	31	2	6.5%	7^th
1941 Jul-Sep	23	2	8.7%	29^th
1941 Oct-Dec	21	1	4.8%	39^th
1942 Jan-Mar	23	3	13.0%	52^nd
1942 Apr-Jun	28	3	10.7%	34^th
1942 Jul-Sep	19	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Oct-Dec	24	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Jan-Mar	20	5	25.0%	64^th
1943 Apr-Jun	52	8	15.4%	55^th
1943 Jul-Sep	20	1	5.0%	30^th
1943 Oct-Dec	30	17	56.7%	91^st
1944 Jan-Mar	51	6	11.8%	38^th
1944 Apr-Jun	23	6	26.1%	67^th
1944 Aug-Sep	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Nov-Dec	17	1	5.9%	33^rd
1945 Jan-Mar	17	2	11.8%	83^rd
1945 Apr-Jun	40	2	5.0%	45^th
1945 Jul-Sep	27	1	3.7%	53^rd
1945 Oct-Dec	24	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Jan-Mar	13	3	23.1%	87^th
1946 Apr-Jun	75	16	21.3%	91^st
1946 Jul-Aug	48	5	10.4%	79^th
1947 Jan-Mar	31	1	3.2%	65^th
1947 Apr-Jun	57	1	1.8%	19^th
1947 Jul-Jul	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Nov-Dec	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Feb-Mar	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Apr-Jun	74	2	2.7%	41^st
1948 Aug-Aug	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jan-Mar	38	1	2.6%	38^th
1949 Apr-Jun	86	6	7.0%	59^th
1949 Jul-Sep	82	4	4.9%	51^st
1949 Oct-Oct	20	1	5.0%	40^th
1950 Jan-Mar	55	10	18.2%	87^th
1950 Apr-Jun	85	6	7.1%	52^nd
1950 Jul-Sep	78	1	1.3%	22^nd
1950 Dec-Dec	10	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Mar	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Apr-Jun	70	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jul-Sep	94	2	2.1%	23^rd
1951 Oct-Oct	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Apr-Jun	95	5	5.3%	47^th
1952 Jul-Jul	6	0	0.0%	0^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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