Rep. Thomas Ritchey

Former Representative for Ohio’s 11^th District

Ritchey was the representative for Ohio’s 11^th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1853 to 1855.

He was previously the representative for Ohio’s 13^th congressional district as a Democrat from Dec 6, 1847 to Mar 3, 1849.

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Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Dec 1847 to Mar 1855, Ritchey missed 316 of 1,085 roll call votes, which is 29.1%. This is on par with the median of 31.0% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1855. 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 1847-Mar 1848	101	10	9.9%	19^th
1848 Apr-Jul	151	45	29.8%	54^th
1848 Aug-Aug	71	21	29.6%	56^th
Dec 1848-Mar 1849	155	24	15.5%	43^rd
Dec 1853-Mar 1854	114	18	15.8%	29^th
1854 Apr-Jul	305	110	36.1%	56^th
1854 Aug-Aug	33	32	97.0%	89^th
Dec 1854-Mar 1855	155	56	36.1%	74^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

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Voting Record

Missed Votes

Primary Sources