Bates was the representative for Massachusetts’s 6th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1949 to 1970.
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Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Mar 1949 to Jun 1969, Bates missed 87 of 2,360 roll call votes, which is 3.7%. This is better than the median of 8.5% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Jun 1969. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 Jan-Mar | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1949 Oct-Oct | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1950 Jan-Mar | 27 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1950 Apr-Jun | 30 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1950 Jul-Sep | 59 | 3 | 5.1% | 78th |
| 1950 Dec-Dec | 7 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1951 Jan-Jan 81st Congress | 4 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1951 Jan-Mar | 12 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1951 Apr-Jun | 40 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1951 Jul-Sep | 39 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1951 Oct-Oct | 18 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1952 Jan-Mar | 22 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1952 Apr-Jun | 40 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1952 Jul-Jul | 10 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1953 Jan-Mar | 13 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1953 Apr-Jun | 28 | 1 | 3.6% | 50th |
| 1953 Jul-Aug | 30 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1954 Jan-Mar | 14 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1954 Apr-Jun | 24 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1954 Jul-Aug | 38 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1955 Jan-Mar | 21 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1955 Apr-Jun | 36 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1955 Jul-Aug | 19 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1956 Jan-Mar | 12 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1956 Apr-Jun | 30 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1956 Jul-Jul | 31 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1957 Jan-Mar | 12 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1957 Apr-Jun | 36 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1957 Jul-Aug | 52 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1958 Jan-Mar | 21 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1958 Apr-Jun | 32 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1958 Jul-Aug | 40 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1959 Jan-Apr | 16 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1959 May-Aug | 54 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1959 Sep-Sep | 17 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1960 Feb-Apr | 23 | 1 | 4.3% | 73rd |
| 1960 May-Aug | 70 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1961 Jan-Apr | 22 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1961 May-Aug | 65 | 1 | 1.5% | 45th |
| 1961 Sep-Sep | 29 | 1 | 3.4% | 53rd |
| 1962 Jan-Mar | 21 | 2 | 9.5% | 87th |
| 1962 Apr-Jun | 32 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1962 Jul-Sep | 49 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1962 Oct-Oct | 22 | 2 | 9.1% | 80th |
| 1963 Jan-Mar | 9 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1963 Apr-Jun | 31 | 1 | 3.2% | 57th |
| 1963 Jul-Sep | 28 | 2 | 7.1% | 85th |
| 1963 Oct-Dec | 50 | 2 | 4.0% | 40th |
| 1964 Jan-Mar | 26 | 1 | 3.8% | 62nd |
| 1964 Apr-Jun | 34 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1964 Jul-Sep | 49 | 2 | 4.1% | 62nd |
| 1964 Oct-Oct | 4 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1965 Jan-Mar | 28 | 1 | 3.6% | 25th |
| 1965 Apr-Jun | 53 | 6 | 11.3% | 58th |
| 1965 Jul-Sep | 98 | 5 | 5.1% | 34th |
| 1965 Oct-Oct | 22 | 4 | 18.2% | 57th |
| 1966 Jan-Mar | 30 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1966 Apr-Jun | 51 | 2 | 3.9% | 16th |
| 1966 Jul-Sep | 72 | 6 | 8.3% | 29th |
| 1966 Oct-Oct | 40 | 2 | 5.0% | 21st |
| 1967 Jan-Mar | 31 | 1 | 3.2% | 44th |
| 1967 Apr-Jun | 57 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1967 Jul-Sep | 59 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1967 Oct-Dec | 98 | 12 | 12.2% | 95th |
| 1968 Jan-Mar | 38 | 1 | 2.6% | 57th |
| 1968 Apr-Jun | 79 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1968 Jul-Sep | 91 | 1 | 1.1% | 17th |
| 1968 Oct-Oct | 25 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1969 Jan-Mar | 16 | 5 | 31.2% | 94th |
| 1969 Apr-Jun | 22 | 22 | 100.0% | 100th |
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
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