Toby Morris, former Representative for Oklahoma's 6th Congressional District

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Morris was the representative for Oklahoma’s 6^th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1957 to 1960.

He was previously the representative for Oklahoma’s 6^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1947 to 1952.

Photo of Rep. Toby Morris [D-OK6, 1957-1960]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1947 to Aug 1960, Morris missed 21 of 992 roll call votes, which is 2.1%. This is on par with the median of 2.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Aug 1960. 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
1947 Jan-Mar	24	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Apr-Jun	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Jul-Jul	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Nov-Dec	6	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Apr-Jun	54	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Aug-Aug	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jan-Mar	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Apr-Jun	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jul-Sep	43	1	2.3%	45^th
1949 Oct-Oct	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jan-Mar	54	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Apr-Jun	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jul-Sep	59	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Dec-Dec	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Jan 81st Congress	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Apr-Jun	40	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jul-Sep	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Oct-Oct	18	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Jan-Mar	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Apr-Jun	40	1	2.5%	40^th
1952 Jul-Jul	10	1	10.0%	88^th
1957 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Apr-Jun	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jul-Aug	52	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Apr-Jun	32	6	18.8%	97^th
1958 Jul-Aug	40	6	15.0%	89^th
1959 Jan-Apr	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 May-Aug	54	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 Sep-Sep	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1960 Feb-Apr	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1960 May-Aug	70	6	8.6%	86^th

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

Rep. Toby Morris

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Missed Votes

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