Rep. Wilburn Cartwright

Former Representative for Oklahoma’s 3^rd District

Cartwright was the representative for Oklahoma’s 3^rd congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1931 to 1942.

He was previously the representative for Oklahoma’s 3^rd congressional district as a Democrat from 1927 to 1931.

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Photo of Rep. Wilburn Cartwright [D-OK3, 1931-1942]

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Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Dec 1927 to Nov 1942, Cartwright missed 105 of 1,186 roll call votes, which is 8.9%. This is on par with the median of 6.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Nov 1942. 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
Dec 1927-May 1928	54	4	7.4%	24^th
Dec 1928-Mar 1929	18	3	16.7%	42^nd
1929 Apr-Jun	14	1	7.1%	12^th
Dec 1929-Feb 1930	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1930 Mar-May	26	8	30.8%	71^st
1930 Jun-Jul	21	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1930-Mar 1931	33	2	6.1%	20^th
Dec 1931-Feb 1932	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1932 Mar-May	39	3	7.7%	43^rd
1932 Jun-Jul	30	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1932-Mar 1933	37	14	37.8%	95^th
1933 Mar-Jun	58	8	13.8%	86^th
1934 Jan-Jun	82	3	3.7%	14^th
1935 Jan-Mar	32	1	3.1%	40^th
1935 Apr-Jun	40	3	7.5%	64^th
1935 Jul-Aug	60	12	20.0%	85^th
1936 Jan-Jun	80	8	10.0%	25^th
1937 Jan-Mar	19	0	0.0%	0^th
1937 Apr-Jun	41	3	7.3%	23^rd
1937 Jul-Aug	28	5	17.9%	47^th
1937 Dec-Dec	9	1	11.1%	75^th
1938 Jan-Jun	61	5	8.2%	75^th
1939 Jan-Mar	30	1	3.3%	32^nd
1939 Apr-Jun	42	3	7.1%	74^th
1939 Jul-Aug	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Oct-Nov	6	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Jan-Mar	32	1	3.1%	33^rd
1940 Apr-Jun	63	4	6.3%	70^th
1940 Jul-Sep	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Oct-Dec	10	2	20.0%	54^th
1941 Jan-Mar	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Apr-Jun	31	2	6.5%	53^rd
1941 Jul-Aug	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Oct-Dec	15	3	20.0%	92^nd
1942 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Apr-Jun	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Jul-Sep	11	5	45.5%	89^th
1942 Oct-Nov	5	0	0.0%	0^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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Voting Record

Missed Votes

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