William Calder, former Senator for New York

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Calder was a senator from New York and was a Republican. He served from 1917 to 1923.

He was previously the representative for New York’s 6^th congressional district as a Republican from 1907 to 1915; and the representative for New York’s 6^th congressional district as a Republican from 1905 to 1907.

Photo of Sen. William Calder [R-NY, 1917-1923]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Mar 1917 to Mar 1923, Calder missed 497 of 1,541 roll call votes, which is 32.3%. This is on par with the median of 28.8% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1923. 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 1905-Feb 1906 (House)	25	9	36.0%	70^th
1906 Mar-May (House)	57	34	59.6%	91^st
1906 Jun-Jun (House)	20	12	60.0%	87^th
Dec 1906-Mar 1907 (House)	34	11	32.4%	73^rd
Dec 1907-May 1908 (House)	270	137	50.7%	85^th
Dec 1908-Mar 1909 (House)	42	23	54.8%	91^st
1909 Mar-Aug (House)	36	7	19.4%	70^th
Dec 1909-Feb 1910 (House)	18	5	27.8%	57^th
1910 Mar-May (House)	60	14	23.3%	54^th
1910 Jun-Jun (House)	18	7	38.9%	68^th
Dec 1910-Mar 1911 (House)	68	14	20.6%	43^rd
1911 Apr-Aug (House)	49	30	61.2%	93^rd
Dec 1911-Mar 1912 (House)	58	26	44.8%	77^th
1912 Apr-Jul (House)	57	30	52.6%	78^th
1912 Aug-Aug (House)	30	21	70.0%	72^nd
Dec 1912-Mar 1913 (House)	67	36	53.7%	88^th
1913 Apr-Jul (House)	22	18	81.8%	91^st
1913 Aug-Nov (House)	43	37	86.0%	90^th
Dec 1913-Feb 1914 (House)	24	11	45.8%	88^th
1914 Mar-May (House)	34	20	58.8%	92^nd
1914 Jun-Aug (House)	62	55	88.7%	92^nd
1914 Sep-Oct (House)	29	26	89.7%	98^th
Dec 1914-Mar 1915 (House)	67	34	50.7%	86^th
1917 Apr-Jun (Senate)	63	11	17.5%	52^nd
1917 Jul-Sep (Senate)	103	18	17.5%	56^th
1917 Oct-Oct (Senate)	11	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1917-Feb 1918 (Senate)	34	18	52.9%	84^th
1918 Mar-May (Senate)	54	30	55.6%	83^rd
1918 Jun-Aug (Senate)	42	23	54.8%	86^th
1918 Sep-Nov (Senate)	20	11	55.0%	69^th
Dec 1918-Mar 1919 (Senate)	55	31	56.4%	83^rd
1917 Mar-Mar (Senate)	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1919 May-Jul (Senate)	31	13	41.9%	85^th
1919 Aug-Oct (Senate)	31	9	29.0%	67^th
1919 Nov-Nov (Senate)	80	15	18.8%	83^rd
Dec 1919-Feb 1920 (Senate)	56	22	39.3%	57^th
1920 Mar-May (Senate)	103	25	24.3%	52^nd
1920 Jun-Jun (Senate)	19	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1920-Mar 1921 (Senate)	87	32	36.8%	70^th
1921 Apr-Jun (Senate)	66	27	40.9%	83^rd
1921 Jul-Sep (Senate)	40	21	52.5%	62^nd
1921 Oct-Nov (Senate)	90	39	43.3%	64^th
Dec 1921-Feb 1922 (Senate)	40	14	35.0%	62^nd
1922 Mar-May (Senate)	199	60	30.2%	45^th
1922 Jun-Aug (Senate)	215	52	24.2%	33^rd
1922 Sep-Sep (Senate)	15	6	40.0%	54^th
1922 Nov-Nov (Senate)	13	6	46.2%	67^th
Dec 1922-Mar 1923 (Senate)	72	14	19.4%	23^rd
1921 Mar-Mar (Senate)	1	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

Sen. William Calder

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Missed Votes

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