Sen. William Lindsay

Former Senator for Kentucky

Lindsay was a senator from Kentucky and was a Democrat. He served from 1895 to 1901.

He was previously a senator from Kentucky as a Democrat from 1893 to 1895.

Bioguide

Photo of Sen. William Lindsay [D-KY, 1895-1901]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1893 to Mar 1901, Lindsay missed 366 of 1,350 roll call votes, which is 27.1%. This is better than 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 1892-Mar 1893	50	11	22.0%	22^nd
1893 Aug-Oct	77	8	10.4%	12^th
1894 Jan-Mar	35	11	31.4%	65^th
1894 Apr-Jul	321	61	19.0%	21^st
1894 Aug-Aug	21	3	14.3%	12^th
Dec 1894-Mar 1895	101	37	36.6%	62^nd
1893 Apr-Apr	6	5	83.3%	55^th
Dec 1895-Feb 1896	28	1	3.6%	2^nd
1896 Mar-May	66	19	28.8%	42^nd
1896 Jun-Jun	24	1	4.2%	6^th
Dec 1896-Mar 1897	71	15	21.1%	21^st
1897 Mar-Jul	200	93	46.5%	68^th
Dec 1897-Feb 1898	26	7	26.9%	56^th
1898 Mar-May	51	9	17.6%	19^th
1898 Jun-Jul	53	13	24.5%	45^th
Dec 1898-Mar 1899	51	9	17.6%	22^nd
Dec 1899-Feb 1900	20	4	20.0%	38^th
1900 Mar-May	57	31	54.4%	69^th
1900 Jun-Jun	12	4	33.3%	56^th
Dec 1900-Mar 1901	80	24	30.0%	53^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

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Voting Record

Missed Votes

Primary Sources