Sen. John Bricker

Former Senator for Ohio

Bricker was a senator from Ohio and was a Republican. He served from 1947 to 1958.

Bioguide

Photo of Sen. John Bricker [R-OH, 1947-1958]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1947 to Aug 1958, Bricker missed 154 of 1,808 roll call votes, which is 8.5%. This is on par with the median of 6.6% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Aug 1958. 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
1947 Jan-Mar	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Apr-Jun	57	2	3.5%	39^th
1947 Jul-Jul	39	3	7.7%	80^th
1947 Nov-Dec	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Feb-Mar	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Apr-Jun	74	1	1.4%	24^th
1948 Aug-Aug	8	1	12.5%	88^th
1949 Jan-Mar	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Apr-Jun	86	10	11.6%	72^nd
1949 Jul-Sep	82	12	14.6%	85^th
1949 Oct-Oct	20	4	20.0%	80^th
1950 Jan-Mar	55	4	7.3%	43^rd
1950 Apr-Jun	85	4	4.7%	26^th
1950 Jul-Sep	78	3	3.8%	48^th
1950 Dec-Dec	10	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Jan 81st Congress	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Mar	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Apr-Jun	70	3	4.3%	56^th
1951 Jul-Sep	94	6	6.4%	48^th
1951 Oct-Oct	16	3	18.8%	79^th
1952 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Apr-Jun	95	21	22.1%	93^rd
1952 Jul-Jul	6	1	16.7%	80^th
1953 Jan-Mar	9	2	22.2%	78^th
1953 Apr-Jun	43	4	9.3%	63^rd
1953 Jul-Jul	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Jan-Mar	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Apr-Jun	50	5	10.0%	70^th
1954 Jul-Sep	91	2	2.2%	31^st
1954 Dec-Dec	8	5	62.5%	95^th
1955 Jan-Mar	26	7	26.9%	92^nd
1955 Apr-Jun	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Jul-Aug	23	1	4.3%	53^rd
1956 Jan-Mar	47	1	2.1%	38^th
1956 Apr-Jun	50	1	2.0%	24^th
1956 Jul-Jul	33	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jan-Mar	16	2	12.5%	71^st
1957 Apr-Jun	45	1	2.2%	14^th
1957 Jul-Aug	46	3	6.5%	52^nd
1958 Feb-Mar	38	2	5.3%	49^th
1958 Apr-Jun	86	23	26.7%	93^rd
1958 Jul-Aug	76	17	22.4%	88^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

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Voting Record

Missed Votes

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