Sen. Howard Smith

Former Senator for New Jersey

Smith was a senator from New Jersey and was a Republican. He served from 1944 to 1958.

Bioguide

Photo of Sen. Howard Smith [R-NJ, 1944-1958]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Dec 1944 to Aug 1958, Smith missed 294 of 2,063 roll call votes, which is 14.3%. This is much worse than the median of 6.6% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Aug 1958. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absences, major life events, and running for higher office.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1944 Nov-Dec	11	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Jan-Mar	17	2	11.8%	86^th
1945 Apr-Jun	40	1	2.5%	36^th
1945 Jul-Sep	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Oct-Dec	24	2	8.3%	54^th
1946 Jan-Mar	13	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Apr-Jun	75	4	5.3%	71^st
1946 Jul-Aug	48	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Jan-Mar	31	4	12.9%	85^th
1947 Apr-Jun	57	1	1.8%	20^th
1947 Jul-Jul	39	1	2.6%	39^th
1947 Nov-Dec	8	1	12.5%	67^th
1948 Feb-Mar	28	3	10.7%	81^st
1948 Apr-Jun	74	5	6.8%	69^th
1948 Aug-Aug	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jan-Mar	38	14	36.8%	98^th
1949 Apr-Jun	86	46	53.5%	98^th
1949 Jul-Sep	82	44	53.7%	98^th
1949 Oct-Oct	20	14	70.0%	96^th
1950 Jan-Mar	55	1	1.8%	19^th
1950 Apr-Jun	85	13	15.3%	70^th
1950 Jul-Sep	78	10	12.8%	87^th
1950 Dec-Dec	10	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Jan 81st Congress	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Mar	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Apr-Jun	70	1	1.4%	25^th
1951 Jul-Sep	94	28	29.8%	97^th
1951 Oct-Oct	16	7	43.8%	95^th
1952 Jan-Mar	12	2	16.7%	87^th
1952 Apr-Jun	95	7	7.4%	57^th
1952 Jul-Jul	6	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jan-Mar	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Apr-Jun	43	5	11.6%	78^th
1953 Jul-Jul	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Jan-Mar	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Apr-Jun	50	2	4.0%	29^th
1954 Jul-Sep	91	12	13.2%	83^rd
1954 Dec-Dec	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Jan-Mar	26	1	3.8%	31^st
1955 Apr-Jun	38	7	18.4%	83^rd
1955 Jul-Aug	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jan-Mar	47	3	6.4%	68^th
1956 Apr-Jun	50	1	2.0%	24^th
1956 Jul-Jul	33	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jan-Mar	16	1	6.2%	52^nd
1957 Apr-Jun	45	11	24.4%	91^st
1957 Jul-Aug	46	4	8.7%	67^th
1958 Feb-Mar	38	6	15.8%	82^nd
1958 Apr-Jun	86	5	5.8%	37^th
1958 Jul-Aug	76	25	32.9%	93^rd

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

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