Sen. John Works

Former Senator for California

Works was a senator from California and was a Republican. He served from 1911 to 1917.

Bioguide

Photo of Sen. John Works [R-CA, 1911-1917]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From May 1911 to Mar 1917, Works missed 520 of 1,374 roll call votes, which is 37.8%. This is on par with the median of 32.0% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1917. 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
1911 May-Aug	94	20	21.3%	39^th
Dec 1911-Mar 1912	35	1	2.9%	5^th
1912 Apr-Jul	105	21	20.0%	39^th
1912 Aug-Aug	51	9	17.6%	35^th
Dec 1912-Mar 1913	111	26	23.4%	48^th
1913 Apr-Jul	38	8	21.1%	41^st
1913 Aug-Nov	109	67	61.5%	87^th
1913 Dec-Dec	1	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1913-Feb 1914	59	12	20.3%	40^th
1914 Mar-May	58	21	36.2%	51^st
1914 Jun-Aug	121	81	66.9%	79^th
1914 Sep-Oct	64	64	100.0%	91^st
Dec 1914-Mar 1915	117	29	24.8%	36^th
1913 Mar-Mar	5	4	80.0%	73^rd
Dec 1915-Feb 1916	40	10	25.0%	48^th
1916 Mar-May	106	32	30.2%	45^th
1916 Jun-Aug	88	34	38.6%	61^st
1916 Sep-Sep	13	13	100.0%	82^nd
Dec 1916-Mar 1917	159	68	42.8%	68^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