Sen. Harry New

Former Senator for Indiana

New was a senator from Indiana and was a Republican. He served from 1917 to 1923.

Bioguide

Photo of Sen. Harry New [R-IN, 1917-1923]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Mar 1917 to Mar 1923, New missed 247 of 1,541 roll call votes, which is 16.0%. This is better than the median of 28.8% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1923. 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
1917 Apr-Jun	63	5	7.9%	18^th
1917 Jul-Sep	103	0	0.0%	0^th
1917 Oct-Oct	11	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1917-Feb 1918	34	0	0.0%	0^th
1918 Mar-May	54	3	5.6%	2^nd
1918 Jun-Aug	42	6	14.3%	22^nd
1918 Sep-Nov	20	3	15.0%	22^nd
Dec 1918-Mar 1919	55	7	12.7%	17^th
1917 Mar-Mar	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1919 May-Jul	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1919 Aug-Oct	31	2	6.5%	13^th
1919 Nov-Nov	80	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1919-Feb 1920	56	7	12.5%	11^th
1920 Mar-May	103	3	2.9%	5^th
1920 Jun-Jun	19	1	5.3%	13^th
Dec 1920-Mar 1921	87	3	3.4%	4^th
1921 Apr-Jun	66	16	24.2%	60^th
1921 Jul-Sep	40	5	12.5%	11^th
1921 Oct-Nov	90	5	5.6%	11^th
Dec 1921-Feb 1922	40	22	55.0%	85^th
1922 Mar-May	199	84	42.2%	64^th
1922 Jun-Aug	215	63	29.3%	42^nd
1922 Sep-Sep	15	2	13.3%	22^nd
1922 Nov-Nov	13	1	7.7%	18^th
Dec 1922-Mar 1923	72	9	12.5%	15^th
1921 Mar-Mar	1	0	0.0%	0^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