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![Photo of Sen. Thomas Staples Martin [D-VA, 1907-1919]](/static/legislator-photos/407220-200px.jpeg)
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Dec 1895 to Nov 1919, Martin missed 1,043 of 3,267 roll call votes, which is 31.9%. This is on par with the median of 25.8% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Nov 1919. 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 1895-Feb 1896 | 36 | 8 | 22.2% | 25th |
| 1896 Mar-May | 66 | 35 | 53.0% | 75th |
| 1896 Jun-Jun | 24 | 24 | 100.0% | 75th |
| Dec 1896-Mar 1897 | 71 | 31 | 43.7% | 50th |
| 1897 Mar-Jul | 200 | 121 | 60.5% | 83rd |
| Dec 1897-Feb 1898 | 26 | 7 | 26.9% | 67th |
| 1898 Mar-May | 51 | 22 | 43.1% | 67th |
| 1898 Jun-Jul | 53 | 32 | 60.4% | 50th |
| Dec 1898-Mar 1899 | 51 | 17 | 33.3% | 50th |
| Dec 1899-Feb 1900 | 20 | 4 | 20.0% | 0th |
| 1900 Mar-May | 57 | 33 | 57.9% | 67th |
| 1900 Jun-Jun | 12 | 4 | 33.3% | 50th |
| Dec 1900-Mar 1901 | 80 | 28 | 35.0% | 67th |
| Dec 1901-Feb 1902 | 26 | 4 | 15.4% | 10th |
| 1902 Mar-May | 49 | 4 | 8.2% | 0th |
| 1902 Jun-Jun | 23 | 3 | 13.0% | 20th |
| 1903 Jan-Mar | 18 | 3 | 16.7% | 0th |
| 1901 Mar-Mar | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| Dec 1903-Apr 1904 | 36 | 14 | 38.9% | 50th |
| Dec 1904-Mar 1905 | 56 | 6 | 10.7% | 23rd |
| 1906 Jan-Feb | 8 | 5 | 62.5% | 86th |
| 1906 Mar-May | 49 | 7 | 14.3% | 64th |
| 1906 Jun-Jun | 31 | 13 | 41.9% | 57th |
| 1907 Jan-Mar | 38 | 37 | 97.4% | 93rd |
| 1908 Mar-May | 49 | 37 | 75.5% | 81st |
| 1909 Jan-Mar | 35 | 9 | 25.7% | 45th |
| 1909 Apr-Aug | 130 | 25 | 19.2% | 52nd |
| 1910 Jan-Feb | 7 | 1 | 14.3% | 8th |
| 1910 Mar-May | 36 | 12 | 33.3% | 56th |
| 1910 Jun-Jun | 41 | 30 | 73.2% | 76th |
| Dec 1910-Mar 1911 | 52 | 8 | 15.4% | 43rd |
| 1911 May-Aug | 94 | 4 | 4.3% | 0th |
| Dec 1911-Mar 1912 | 35 | 13 | 37.1% | 73rd |
| 1912 Apr-Jul | 105 | 52 | 49.5% | 80th |
| 1912 Aug-Aug | 51 | 2 | 3.9% | 5th |
| Dec 1912-Mar 1913 | 111 | 27 | 24.3% | 56th |
| 1913 Apr-Jul | 38 | 3 | 7.9% | 10th |
| 1913 Aug-Nov | 109 | 21 | 19.3% | 42nd |
| 1913 Dec-Dec | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| Dec 1913-Feb 1914 | 59 | 18 | 30.5% | 64th |
| 1914 Mar-May | 58 | 12 | 20.7% | 26th |
| 1914 Jun-Aug | 121 | 25 | 20.7% | 24th |
| 1914 Sep-Oct | 64 | 28 | 43.8% | 48th |
| Dec 1914-Mar 1915 | 117 | 41 | 35.0% | 62nd |
| 1913 Mar-Mar | 5 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| Dec 1915-Feb 1916 | 40 | 8 | 20.0% | 42nd |
| 1916 Mar-May | 106 | 22 | 20.8% | 37th |
| 1916 Jun-Aug | 88 | 19 | 21.6% | 25th |
| 1916 Sep-Sep | 13 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| Dec 1916-Mar 1917 | 159 | 37 | 23.3% | 35th |
| 1917 Apr-Jun | 63 | 11 | 17.5% | 46th |
| 1917 Jul-Sep | 103 | 2 | 1.9% | 4th |
| 1917 Oct-Oct | 11 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| Dec 1917-Feb 1918 | 34 | 7 | 20.6% | 56th |
| 1918 Mar-May | 54 | 7 | 13.0% | 11th |
| 1918 Jun-Aug | 42 | 7 | 16.7% | 26th |
| 1918 Sep-Nov | 20 | 1 | 5.0% | 4th |
| Dec 1918-Mar 1919 | 55 | 19 | 34.5% | 54th |
| 1917 Mar-Mar | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1919 May-Jul | 31 | 26 | 83.9% | 98th |
| 1919 Aug-Oct | 31 | 31 | 100.0% | 99th |
| 1919 Nov-Nov | 16 | 16 | 100.0% | 99th |
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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