William Cary, former Representative for Wisconsin's 4th Congressional District

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Cary was the representative for Wisconsin’s 4^th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1915 to 1919.

He was previously the representative for Wisconsin’s 4^th congressional district as a Republican from 1907 to 1915.

Photo of Rep. William Cary [R-WI4, 1915-1919]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Dec 1907 to Mar 1919, Cary missed 563 of 1,475 roll call votes, which is 38.2%. This is worse than the median of 25.3% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1919. 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 1907-May 1908	270	93	34.4%	62^nd
Dec 1908-Mar 1909	42	31	73.8%	97^th
1909 Mar-Aug	36	9	25.0%	85^th
Dec 1909-Feb 1910	18	5	27.8%	59^th
1910 Mar-May	60	7	11.7%	28^th
1910 Jun-Jun	18	2	11.1%	44^th
Dec 1910-Mar 1911	68	11	16.2%	39^th
1911 Apr-Aug	49	40	81.6%	97^th
Dec 1911-Mar 1912	58	48	82.8%	96^th
1912 Apr-Jul	57	20	35.1%	58^th
1912 Aug-Aug	30	30	100.0%	87^th
Dec 1912-Mar 1913	67	14	20.9%	42^nd
1913 Apr-Jul	22	15	68.2%	75^th
1913 Aug-Nov	43	16	37.2%	18^th
Dec 1913-Feb 1914	24	13	54.2%	88^th
1914 Mar-May	34	10	29.4%	62^nd
1914 Jun-Aug	62	32	51.6%	64^th
1914 Sep-Oct	29	16	55.2%	76^th
Dec 1914-Mar 1915	67	47	70.1%	94^th
Dec 1915-Feb 1916	16	1	6.2%	17^th
1916 Mar-May	53	10	18.9%	55^th
1916 Jun-Aug	23	8	34.8%	64^th
1916 Sep-Sep	3	3	100.0%	75^th
Dec 1916-Mar 1917	62	15	24.2%	74^th
1917 Apr-Jun	42	5	11.9%	36^th
1917 Jul-Sep	10	6	60.0%	80^th
1917 Oct-Oct	4	4	100.0%	73^rd
Dec 1917-Feb 1918	33	11	33.3%	77^th
1918 Mar-May	65	4	6.2%	12^th
1918 Jun-Aug	33	7	21.2%	29^th
1918 Sep-Oct	14	11	78.6%	81^st
Dec 1918-Mar 1919	63	19	30.2%	63^rd

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

Rep. William Cary

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