Rep. William Baker

Former Representative from Kansas’s 6^th District, Populist

Baker, a Populist, was the representative for Kansas's 6^th congressional district from 1895 to 1897.

He was previously the representative for Kansas's 6^th congressional district (1893-1895); and the representative for Kansas's 6^th congressional district (1891-1893).

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Voting Record

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From Dec 1891 to Mar 1897, Baker missed 183 of 839 roll call votes, which is 21.8%. This is better than the median of 36.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1897. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
Dec 1891-Mar 1892	58	15	25.9%	28^th
1892 Apr-Jul	161	37	23.0%	16^th
1892 Aug-Aug	4	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1892-Mar 1893	81	10	12.3%	7^th
1893 Aug-Nov	68	22	32.4%	37^th
Dec 1893-Mar 1894	134	33	24.6%	28^th
1894 Apr-Jul	103	12	11.7%	11^th
1894 Aug-Aug	20	3	15.0%	8^th
Dec 1894-Mar 1895	48	8	16.7%	30^th
Dec 1895-Feb 1896	18	2	11.1%	24^th
1896 Mar-May	54	11	20.4%	15^th
1896 Jun-Jun	28	10	35.7%	51^st
Dec 1896-Mar 1897	62	20	32.3%	35^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
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

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