William Kopp, former Representative for Iowa's 1st Congressional District

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William Kopp </h1> <p> Former Representative for Iowa’s 1<sup>st</sup> District </p> </div> <div class="action-row clearfix"> </div> <div class="row group"> <div id="track_panel_base" class="col-sm-8 col-md-6"> <div style="margin: .5em 0 1em 0"> <p> Kopp was the representative for <a href="/congress/members/IA">Iowa</a>’s 1<sup>st</sup> congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1931 to 1933. </p> <p>He was previously the representative for <a href="/congress/members/IA">Iowa</a>’s 1<sup>st</sup> congressional district as a Republican from Dec 5, 1927 to Mar 3, 1931; the representative for <a href="/congress/members/IA">Iowa</a>’s 1<sup>st</sup> congressional district as a Republican from Dec 7, 1925 to Mar 4, 1927; the representative for <a href="/congress/members/IA">Iowa</a>’s 1<sup>st</sup> congressional district as a Republican from Dec 3, 1923 to Mar 3, 1925; and the representative for <a href="/congress/members/IA">Iowa</a>’s 1<sup>st</sup> congressional district as a Republican from 1921 to Mar 3, 1923.</p> </div> <div id="seealso-links" style="margin-bottom: 30px;"> <span> <a href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000314" target="_blank"><i class="fa-solid fa-user" style="margin-right: 7px"></i>Bioguide</a> </span> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> </div> <div class="aside col-sm-4 col-md-3"> <div id="event_subscribe_inline_container"> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-3 hidden-xs hidden-sm"> <div class="ads" data-zone="sidebar"> <div class="explainer">(<a href="/advertising">About Ads</a> | <a href="/accounts/membership">Hide These Ads</a>)</div> </div>  </div> </div>       <style> #contact_modal .list-group-item input[type=radio] { float: left; text-align: right; width: 7%; } #contact_modal h4 { margin-top: -3px; } #contact_modal .list-group-item > div { float: left; width: 93%; } #contact_modal .list-group-item label { font-weight: normal; } #contact_modal .list-group-item .contact_expando { display: none; padding-top: .75em; } .list-group-item.active .list-group-item, .list-group-item.active .list-group-item .list-group-item-text { text-shadow: none; color: #444; /* .list-group-item.active inverts color */ } .list-group-item.active .list-group-item.active, .list-group-item.active .list-group-item.active .list-group-item-text { color: #FFE; /* now override our override to kind of put it back */ } #contact_modal .contact_expando a { color: #FFE; } #contact_modal .list-group-item.active { background-color: #9D2146; } </style> <div id="contact_modal" class="modal fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="contact_modalTitle" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="modal-dialog" role="document"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> <h2 class="modal-title" id="contact_modalTitle">Contact Rep. 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Choose from the options above to find the right way to contact Kopp.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="member-details"> <div class="ads footer leaderboard" data-zone="footer"> <div class="explainer">(<a href="/advertising">About Ads</a> | <a href="/accounts/membership">Hide These Ads</a>)</div> </div> <section id="voting-record"> <h2><span>Voting Record</span></h2> <h3>Missed Votes</h3> <p>From Apr 1921 to Mar 1933, Kopp missed 85 of 953 roll call votes, which is 8.9%. This is better than the median of 16.4% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1933. The chart below reports missed votes over time.</p> <p><i> We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office. </i></p> <div id="voting_record_chart"> </div> <p style="text-align: center; margin-top: .5em; font-size: 90%;"><a href="#" onclick="$('#missedvotestable').slideDown(); $(this).hide(); return false;">Show the numbers...</a></p> <table id="missedvotestable" style="display: none"> <tr> <th>Time Period</th> <th>Votes Eligible</th> <th>Missed Votes</th> <th>Percent</th> <th>Percentile</th> </tr> <tr><td title="67th Congress, 1, House, Q1"> 1921 Apr-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">58</td> <td style="text-align: center">3</td> <td style="text-align: center">5.2%</td> <td style="text-align: center">19<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="67th Congress, 1, House, Q2"> 1921 Jul-Aug </td> <td style="text-align: center">48</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">2.1%</td> <td style="text-align: center">7<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="67th Congress, 1, House, Q3"> 1921 Oct-Nov </td> <td style="text-align: center">29</td> <td style="text-align: center">3</td> <td style="text-align: center">10.3%</td> <td style="text-align: center">30<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="67th Congress, 2, House, Q1"> Dec 1921-Feb 1922 </td> <td style="text-align: center">48</td> <td style="text-align: center">6</td> <td style="text-align: center">12.5%</td> <td style="text-align: center">23<sup>rd</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="67th Congress, 2, House, Q2"> 1922 Mar-May </td> <td style="text-align: center">47</td> <td style="text-align: center">8</td> <td style="text-align: center">17.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">39<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="67th Congress, 2, House, Q3"> 1922 Jun-Aug </td> <td style="text-align: center">54</td> <td style="text-align: center">8</td> <td style="text-align: center">14.8%</td> <td style="text-align: center">21<sup>st</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="67th Congress, 2, House, Q4"> 1922 Sep-Sep </td> <td style="text-align: center">13</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">7.7%</td> <td style="text-align: center">16<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="67th Congress, 3, House, Q1"> 1922 Nov-Nov </td> <td style="text-align: center">5</td> <td style="text-align: center">0</td> <td style="text-align: center">0.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">0<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="67th Congress, 4, House, Q1"> Dec 1922-Mar 1923 </td> <td style="text-align: center">60</td> <td style="text-align: center">6</td> <td style="text-align: center">10.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">21<sup>st</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="68th Congress, 1, House, Q1"> Dec 1923-Feb 1924 </td> <td style="text-align: center">30</td> <td style="text-align: center">9</td> <td style="text-align: center">30.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">49<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="68th Congress, 1, House, Q2"> 1924 Mar-May </td> <td style="text-align: center">85</td> <td style="text-align: center">4</td> <td style="text-align: center">4.7%</td> <td style="text-align: center">24<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="68th Congress, 1, House, Q3"> 1924 Jun-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">10</td> <td style="text-align: center">0</td> <td style="text-align: center">0.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">0<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="68th Congress, 2, House, Q1"> Dec 1924-Mar 1925 </td> <td style="text-align: center">54</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">1.9%</td> <td style="text-align: center">25<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="69th Congress, 1, House, Q1"> Dec 1925-Feb 1926 </td> <td style="text-align: center">22</td> <td style="text-align: center">2</td> <td style="text-align: center">9.1%</td> <td style="text-align: center">49<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="69th Congress, 1, House, Q2"> 1926 Mar-May </td> <td style="text-align: center">37</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">2.7%</td> <td style="text-align: center">25<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="69th Congress, 1, House, Q3"> 1926 Jun-Jul </td> <td style="text-align: center">22</td> <td style="text-align: center">2</td> <td style="text-align: center">9.1%</td> <td style="text-align: center">51<sup>st</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="69th Congress, 2, House, Q1"> Dec 1926-Mar 1927 </td> <td style="text-align: center">33</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">3.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">39<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="70th Congress, 1, House, Q1"> Dec 1927-May 1928 </td> <td style="text-align: center">54</td> <td style="text-align: center">4</td> <td style="text-align: center">7.4%</td> <td style="text-align: center">24<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="70th Congress, 2, House, Q1"> Dec 1928-Mar 1929 </td> <td style="text-align: center">18</td> <td style="text-align: center">4</td> <td style="text-align: center">22.2%</td> <td style="text-align: center">54<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="71st Congress, 1, House, Q1"> 1929 Apr-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">14</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">7.1%</td> <td style="text-align: center">14<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="71st Congress, 2, House, Q1"> Dec 1929-Feb 1930 </td> <td style="text-align: center">9</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">11.1%</td> <td style="text-align: center">25<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="71st Congress, 2, House, Q2"> 1930 Mar-May </td> <td style="text-align: center">26</td> <td style="text-align: center">4</td> <td style="text-align: center">15.4%</td> <td style="text-align: center">38<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="71st Congress, 2, House, Q3"> 1930 Jun-Jul </td> <td style="text-align: center">21</td> <td style="text-align: center">0</td> <td style="text-align: center">0.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">0<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="71st Congress, 3, House, Q1"> Dec 1930-Mar 1931 </td> <td style="text-align: center">33</td> <td style="text-align: center">3</td> <td style="text-align: center">9.1%</td> <td style="text-align: center">36<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="72nd Congress, 1, House, Q1"> Dec 1931-Feb 1932 </td> <td style="text-align: center">17</td> <td style="text-align: center">4</td> <td style="text-align: center">23.5%</td> <td style="text-align: center">69<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="72nd Congress, 1, House, Q2"> 1932 Mar-May </td> <td style="text-align: center">39</td> <td style="text-align: center">0</td> <td style="text-align: center">0.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">0<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="72nd Congress, 1, House, Q3"> 1932 Jun-Jul </td> <td style="text-align: center">30</td> <td style="text-align: center">4</td> <td style="text-align: center">13.3%</td> <td style="text-align: center">39<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="72nd Congress, 2, House, Q1"> Dec 1932-Mar 1933 </td> <td style="text-align: center">37</td> <td style="text-align: center">4</td> <td style="text-align: center">10.8%</td> <td style="text-align: center">36<sup>th</sup></td></tr> </table>  </section> <section> <h2><span>Primary Sources</span></h2> <p>The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:</p> <ul style="list-style: none; padding: 0;"> <li><a href="https://github.com/unitedstates/congress-legislators">unitedstates/congress-legislators</a>, a community project gathering congressional information</li> <li><a href="http://voteview.com/dwnl.htm">United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990</a> by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole. </li> <li>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</li> </ul> </section> </div> <div id="pronunciation_modal" class="modal fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="pronunciationModalTitle" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="modal-dialog" role="document"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> <h2 class="modal-title" id="pronunciationModalTitle">Pronunciation Guide</h2> <button type="button" class="btn-close btn-close-white" data-bs-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"></button> </div> <div class="modal-body"> <center> <p>William Kopp is pronounced:</p> <p style="font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold; font-family: monospace;"></p> <p>The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:</p> <p>Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.</p> </center> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <footer id="footer"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <nav class="col-6 col-md-2"> <ul> <li><a href="/">Home</a></li> <li><a href="/about">About GovTrack</a></li> <li><a href="/about-our-data">About the Data</a></li> <li><a href="/contact">Contact Us</a></li> <li><a href="/legal">Privacy & Legal</a></li> </ul> </nav> <nav class="col-6 col-md-2"> <ul> <li><a href="/posts/news"><i class="fas fa-list fa-fw"></i>Site News</a></li> <li><a rel="me" href="https://mastodon.social/@GovTrack"><i class="fab fa-mastodon fa-fw"></i>Mastodon</a></li> <li><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/govtrack.us"><i class="fab fa-bluesky fa-fw"></i>Bluesky</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/govtrack"><i class="fas fa-dollar-sign fa-fw"></i><span>Patreon</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/govtrack"><i class="fab fa-github fa-fw"></i><span>GitHub</span></a></li> </ul> </nav> <section class="col-12 col-md-8"> <p>GovTrack helps everyone learn about and track the activities of the United States Congress. 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