Sen. William Chandler

Former Senator for New Hampshire

Chandler was a senator from New Hampshire and was a Republican. He served from 1895 to 1901.

He was previously a senator from New Hampshire as a Republican from 1889 to 1895; and a senator from New Hampshire as a Republican from 1887 to 1889.

Bioguide

Photo of Sen. William Chandler [R-NH, 1895-1901]

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Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Dec 1887 to Mar 1901, Chandler missed 747 of 2,423 roll call votes, which is 30.8%. This is on par with the median of 34.9% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1901. 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 1887-Feb 1888	50	3	6.0%	5^th
1888 Mar-May	64	11	17.2%	23^rd
1888 Jun-Aug	62	9	14.5%	18^th
1888 Sep-Oct	14	11	78.6%	73^rd
Dec 1888-Mar 1889	199	26	13.1%	5^th
Dec 1889-Feb 1890	31	2	6.5%	4^th
1890 Mar-May	114	35	30.7%	40^th
1890 Jun-Aug	150	130	86.7%	89^th
1890 Sep-Sep	79	37	46.8%	73^rd
Dec 1890-Mar 1891	143	58	40.6%	70^th
1892 Jan-Mar	26	5	19.2%	13^th
1892 Apr-Jul	78	25	32.1%	43^rd
Dec 1892-Mar 1893	105	23	21.9%	19^th
1893 Aug-Oct	77	65	84.4%	97^th
1894 Jan-Mar	35	9	25.7%	35^th
1894 Apr-Jul	321	95	29.6%	44^th
1894 Aug-Aug	21	5	23.8%	29^th
Dec 1894-Mar 1895	101	20	19.8%	22^nd
1893 Apr-Apr	6	1	16.7%	18^th
Dec 1895-Feb 1896	36	10	27.8%	46^th
1896 Mar-May	66	18	27.3%	37^th
1896 Jun-Jun	24	4	16.7%	31^st
Dec 1896-Mar 1897	71	10	14.1%	6^th
1897 Mar-Jul	200	39	19.5%	22^nd
Dec 1897-Feb 1898	26	8	30.8%	64^th
1898 Mar-May	51	13	25.5%	34^th
1898 Jun-Jul	53	25	47.2%	82^nd
Dec 1898-Mar 1899	51	7	13.7%	11^th
Dec 1899-Feb 1900	20	2	10.0%	10^th
1900 Mar-May	57	18	31.6%	33^rd
1900 Jun-Jun	12	2	16.7%	23^rd
Dec 1900-Mar 1901	80	21	26.2%	47^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 Chandler

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Voting Record

Missed Votes

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