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Rep. William Whiteley

Former Representative from Delaware’s At-Large District, Democrat

Whiteley, a Democrat, was the representative for Delaware's at-large district from 1859 to 1861.

He was previously the representative for Delaware's at-large district (1857-1859).

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Voting Record

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From Dec 1857 to Mar 1861, Whiteley missed 376 of 981 roll call votes, which is 38.3%. This is much worse than the median of 24.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1861. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
Dec 1857-Feb 1858	104	21	20.2%	61^st
1858 Mar-May	180	69	38.3%	86^th
1858 Jun-Jun	68	23	33.8%	63^rd
Dec 1858-Mar 1859	196	59	30.1%	76^th
Dec 1859-Feb 1860	69	26	37.7%	85^th
1860 Mar-May	126	76	60.3%	89^th
1860 Jun-Jun	97	54	55.7%	82^nd
Dec 1860-Mar 1861	141	48	34.0%	69^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
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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