Sen. Otis Glenn

Former Senator for Illinois

Glenn was a senator from Illinois and was a Republican. He served from 1928 to 1933.

Bioguide

Photo of Sen. Otis Glenn [R-IL, 1928-1933]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Dec 1928 to Mar 1933, Glenn missed 332 of 781 roll call votes, which is 42.5%. This is much worse than the median of 22.5% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1933. 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 1928-Mar 1929	65	8	12.3%	37^th
1929 May-Jun	36	3	8.3%	29^th
1929 Sep-Sep	8	2	25.0%	59^th
1929 Oct-Nov	55	10	18.2%	59^th
Dec 1929-Feb 1930	100	32	32.0%	80^th
1930 Mar-May	142	65	45.8%	88^th
1930 Jun-Jul	23	6	26.1%	57^th
Dec 1930-Mar 1931	63	17	27.0%	68^th
1930 Jul-Jul	9	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1931-Feb 1932	63	39	61.9%	87^th
1932 Mar-May	90	56	62.2%	94^th
1932 Jun-Jul	64	48	75.0%	95^th
Dec 1932-Mar 1933	63	46	73.0%	97^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

Primary Sources