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Rep. James Guyon

Former Representative for New York’s 1st District

Guyon was the representative for New York’s 1st congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1819 to 1821.

Legislators who enslaved Black people

Guyon was among more than 1,800 legislators who enslaved Black people. The Washington Post compiled the first database of slaveholding members of Congress by examining thousands of pages of census records and historical documents. Guyon was one of them.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1820 to Mar 1821, Guyon missed 44 of 144 roll call votes, which is 30.6%. This is much worse than the median of 14.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1821. 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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Primary Sources

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