Truman Newberry, former Senator for Michigan

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Newberry was a senator from Michigan and was a Republican. He served from 1919 to 1922.

Misconduct

Newberry faced an allegation of election fraud. On Mar. 20, 1920, the Senate convicted him of bribery. On May. 2, 1921, the Supreme Court overturned the Senate conviction. On Jan. 12, 1922, the Senate affirmed his election 46-41. On Nov. 18, 1922, he resigned.

Mar. 20, 1920	Senate convicted him of bribery.
May. 2, 1921	Supreme Court overturned the Senate conviction.
Jan. 12, 1922	Senate affirmed his election 46-41.
Nov. 18, 1922	Resigned.

Newberry faced an allegation of corrupt election spending. On Mar. 20, 1920, he was found guilty of campaign finance violations. On May. 2, 1921, the Supreme Court struck down the conviction. On Sep. 29, 1921, the Committee on Privileges and Elections exonerated Newberry in the majority report. On Jan. 12, 1922, the Senate condemned Newberry for excessive expenditures, but did not unseat him.

Mar. 20, 1920	Found guilty of campaign finance violations.
May. 2, 1921	Supreme Court struck down conviction.
Sep. 29, 1921	Committee on Privileges and Elections exonerated Newberry in the majority report.
Jan. 12, 1922	Senate condemned Newberry for excessive expenditures, but did not unseat him

Photo of Sen. Truman Newberry [R-MI, 1919-1922]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From May 1919 to Sep 1922, Newberry missed 473 of 1,070 roll call votes, which is 44.2%. This is much worse than the median of 28.8% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Sep 1922. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1919 May-Jul	31	4	12.9%	18^th
1919 Aug-Oct	31	9	29.0%	67^th
1919 Nov-Nov	80	9	11.2%	59^th
Dec 1919-Feb 1920	56	49	87.5%	91^st
1920 Mar-May	103	103	100.0%	97^th
1920 Jun-Jun	19	19	100.0%	87^th
Dec 1920-Mar 1921	87	87	100.0%	99^th
1921 Apr-Jun	66	32	48.5%	93^rd
1921 Jul-Sep	40	27	67.5%	81^st
1921 Oct-Nov	90	12	13.3%	31^st
Dec 1921-Feb 1922	39	23	59.0%	87^th
1922 Mar-May	197	37	18.8%	25^th
1922 Jun-Aug	215	52	24.2%	33^rd
1922 Sep-Sep	15	9	60.0%	65^th
1921 Mar-Mar	1	1	100.0%	68^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

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Sen. Truman Newberry

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