Ashbrook was the representative for Ohio’s 17th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1935 to 1940.
He was previously the representative for Ohio’s 17th congressional district as a Democrat from 1915 to 1921; and the representative for Ohio’s 17th congressional district as a Democrat from 1907 to 1915.
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Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Dec 1907 to Nov 1939, Ashbrook missed 446 of 2,280 roll call votes, which is 19.6%. This is much worse than the median of 7.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Nov 1939. 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 1907-May 1908 | 270 | 64 | 23.7% | 50th |
| Dec 1908-Mar 1909 | 42 | 7 | 16.7% | 33rd |
| 1909 Mar-Aug | 36 | 4 | 11.1% | 25th |
| Dec 1909-Feb 1910 | 18 | 11 | 61.1% | 88th |
| 1910 Mar-May | 60 | 20 | 33.3% | 62nd |
| 1910 Jun-Jun | 18 | 8 | 44.4% | 62nd |
| Dec 1910-Mar 1911 | 68 | 22 | 32.4% | 50th |
| 1911 Apr-Aug | 49 | 5 | 10.2% | 25th |
| Dec 1911-Mar 1912 | 58 | 13 | 22.4% | 54th |
| 1912 Apr-Jul | 57 | 24 | 42.1% | 62nd |
| 1912 Aug-Aug | 30 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| Dec 1912-Mar 1913 | 67 | 13 | 19.4% | 31st |
| 1913 Apr-Jul | 22 | 4 | 18.2% | 28th |
| 1913 Aug-Nov | 43 | 33 | 76.7% | 84th |
| Dec 1913-Feb 1914 | 24 | 5 | 20.8% | 58th |
| 1914 Mar-May | 34 | 8 | 23.5% | 53rd |
| 1914 Jun-Aug | 62 | 25 | 40.3% | 58th |
| 1914 Sep-Oct | 29 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| Dec 1914-Mar 1915 | 67 | 9 | 13.4% | 40th |
| Dec 1915-Feb 1916 | 16 | 2 | 12.5% | 55th |
| 1916 Mar-May | 53 | 4 | 7.5% | 23rd |
| 1916 Jun-Aug | 23 | 4 | 17.4% | 23rd |
| 1916 Sep-Sep | 3 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| Dec 1916-Mar 1917 | 62 | 2 | 3.2% | 14th |
| 1917 Apr-Jun | 43 | 4 | 9.3% | 41st |
| 1917 Jul-Sep | 10 | 1 | 10.0% | 31st |
| 1917 Oct-Oct | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | 75th |
| Dec 1917-Feb 1918 | 34 | 3 | 8.8% | 38th |
| 1918 Mar-May | 65 | 4 | 6.2% | 18th |
| 1918 Jun-Aug | 33 | 6 | 18.2% | 29th |
| 1918 Sep-Oct | 14 | 2 | 14.3% | 21st |
| Dec 1918-Mar 1919 | 63 | 22 | 34.9% | 82nd |
| 1919 May-Jul | 62 | 34 | 54.8% | 88th |
| 1919 Aug-Oct | 52 | 12 | 23.1% | 49th |
| 1919 Nov-Nov | 16 | 16 | 100.0% | 97th |
| Dec 1919-Feb 1920 | 39 | 2 | 5.1% | 15th |
| 1920 Mar-May | 70 | 1 | 1.4% | 0th |
| 1920 Jun-Jun | 8 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| Dec 1920-Mar 1921 | 92 | 21 | 22.8% | 71st |
| 1935 Jan-Mar | 32 | 2 | 6.2% | 72nd |
| 1935 Apr-Jun | 40 | 2 | 5.0% | 44th |
| 1935 Jul-Aug | 60 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1936 Jan-Jun | 80 | 2 | 2.5% | 6th |
| 1937 Jan-Mar | 19 | 1 | 5.3% | 19th |
| 1937 Apr-Jun | 41 | 12 | 29.3% | 78th |
| 1937 Jul-Aug | 28 | 2 | 7.1% | 21st |
| 1937 Dec-Dec | 9 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1938 Jan-Jun | 61 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1939 Jan-Mar | 30 | 2 | 6.7% | 58th |
| 1939 Apr-Jun | 42 | 3 | 7.1% | 73rd |
| 1939 Jul-Aug | 16 | 1 | 6.2% | 65th |
| 1939 Oct-Nov | 6 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
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
Pronunciation Guide
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