Charles Farwell, former Senator for Illinois

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Charles Farwell </h1> <p> Former Senator for Illinois </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> Farwell was a senator from <a href="/congress/members/IL">Illinois</a> and was a Republican. He served from 1887 to 1891. </p> <p>He was previously the representative for <a href="/congress/members/IL">Illinois</a>’s 3<sup>rd</sup> congressional district as a Republican from Dec 5, 1881 to Mar 3, 1883; the representative for <a href="/congress/members/IL">Illinois</a>’s 3<sup>rd</sup> congressional district as a Republican from Dec 6, 1875 to Mar 3, 1877; the representative for <a href="/congress/members/IL">Illinois</a>’s 3<sup>rd</sup> congressional district as a Republican from Dec 1, 1873 to Mar 3, 1875; and the representative for <a href="/congress/members/IL">Illinois</a>’s 1<sup>st</sup> congressional district as a Republican from 1871 to Mar 3, 1873.</p> </div> <div id="seealso-links" style="margin-bottom: 30px;"> <span> <a href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000037" 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 class="photo" style="margin-bottom: 10px"> <img src="/static/legislator-photos/403998-200px.jpeg" alt="Photo of Sen. 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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="42nd Congress, 1, House, Q1"> 1871 Mar-Apr (House)</td> <td style="text-align: center">87</td> <td style="text-align: center">23</td> <td style="text-align: center">26.4%</td> <td style="text-align: center">69<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="42nd Congress, 2, House, Q1"> Dec 1871-Feb 1872 (House)</td> <td style="text-align: center">89</td> <td style="text-align: center">27</td> <td style="text-align: center">30.3%</td> <td style="text-align: center">81<sup>st</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="42nd Congress, 2, House, Q2"> 1872 Mar-May (House)</td> <td style="text-align: center">156</td> <td style="text-align: center">89</td> <td style="text-align: center">57.1%</td> <td style="text-align: center">94<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="42nd Congress, 2, House, Q3"> 1872 Jun-Jun (House)</td> <td style="text-align: center">35</td> <td style="text-align: center">26</td> <td style="text-align: center">74.3%</td> <td style="text-align: center">81<sup>st</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="42nd Congress, 3, House, Q1"> Dec 1872-Mar 1873 (House)</td> <td style="text-align: center">150</td> <td style="text-align: center">75</td> <td style="text-align: center">50.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">94<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="43rd Congress, 1, House, Q1"> Dec 1873-Feb 1874 (House)</td> <td style="text-align: center">78</td> <td style="text-align: center">29</td> <td style="text-align: center">37.2%</td> <td style="text-align: center">86<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="43rd Congress, 1, House, Q2"> 1874 Mar-May (House)</td> <td style="text-align: center">101</td> <td style="text-align: center">31</td> <td style="text-align: center">30.7%</td> <td style="text-align: center">68<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="43rd Congress, 1, House, Q3"> 1874 Jun-Jun (House)</td> <td style="text-align: center">60</td> <td style="text-align: center">48</td> <td style="text-align: center">80.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">95<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="43rd Congress, 2, House, Q1"> Dec 1874-Mar 1875 (House)</td> <td style="text-align: center">235</td> <td style="text-align: center">130</td> <td style="text-align: center">55.3%</td> <td style="text-align: center">86<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="44th Congress, 1, House, Q1"> Dec 1875-Mar 1876 (House)</td> <td style="text-align: center">59</td> <td style="text-align: center">21</td> <td style="text-align: center">35.6%</td> <td style="text-align: center">83<sup>rd</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="44th Congress, 1, House, Q2"> 1876 Apr-Jul (House)</td> <td style="text-align: center">23</td> <td style="text-align: center">16</td> <td style="text-align: center">69.6%</td> <td style="text-align: center">97<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="47th Congress, 1, House, Q1"> Dec 1881-Mar 1882 (House)</td> <td style="text-align: center">75</td> <td style="text-align: center">41</td> <td style="text-align: center">54.7%</td> <td style="text-align: center">94<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="47th Congress, 1, House, Q2"> 1882 Apr-Jul (House)</td> <td style="text-align: center">167</td> <td style="text-align: center">85</td> <td style="text-align: center">50.9%</td> <td style="text-align: center">66<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="47th Congress, 1, House, Q3"> 1882 Aug-Aug (House)</td> <td style="text-align: center">7</td> <td style="text-align: center">7</td> <td style="text-align: center">100.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">80<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="47th Congress, 2, House, Q1"> Dec 1882-Mar 1883 (House)</td> <td style="text-align: center">100</td> <td style="text-align: center">46</td> <td style="text-align: center">46.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">92<sup>nd</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="49th Congress, 1, Senate, Q2"> 1886 Apr-Jul (Senate)</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</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="49th Congress, 2, Senate, Q1"> Dec 1886-Mar 1887 (Senate)</td> <td style="text-align: center">113</td> <td style="text-align: center">14</td> <td style="text-align: center">12.4%</td> <td style="text-align: center">7<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="50th Congress, 1, Senate, Q1"> Dec 1887-Feb 1888 (Senate)</td> <td style="text-align: center">50</td> <td style="text-align: center">19</td> <td style="text-align: center">38.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">54<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="50th Congress, 1, Senate, Q2"> 1888 Mar-May (Senate)</td> <td style="text-align: center">64</td> <td style="text-align: center">26</td> <td style="text-align: center">40.6%</td> <td style="text-align: center">52<sup>nd</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="50th Congress, 1, Senate, Q3"> 1888 Jun-Aug (Senate)</td> <td style="text-align: center">62</td> <td style="text-align: center">36</td> <td style="text-align: center">58.1%</td> <td style="text-align: center">65<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="50th Congress, 1, Senate, Q4"> 1888 Sep-Oct (Senate)</td> <td style="text-align: center">14</td> <td style="text-align: center">10</td> <td style="text-align: center">71.4%</td> <td style="text-align: center">65<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="50th Congress, 2, Senate, Q1"> Dec 1888-Mar 1889 (Senate)</td> <td style="text-align: center">199</td> <td style="text-align: center">137</td> <td style="text-align: center">68.8%</td> <td style="text-align: center">87<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="51st Congress, 1, Senate, Q1"> Dec 1889-Feb 1890 (Senate)</td> <td style="text-align: center">31</td> <td style="text-align: center">22</td> <td style="text-align: center">71.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">86<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="51st Congress, 1, Senate, Q2"> 1890 Mar-May (Senate)</td> <td style="text-align: center">114</td> <td style="text-align: center">80</td> <td style="text-align: center">70.2%</td> <td style="text-align: center">88<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="51st Congress, 1, Senate, Q3"> 1890 Jun-Aug (Senate)</td> <td style="text-align: center">150</td> <td style="text-align: center">117</td> <td style="text-align: center">78.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">84<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="51st Congress, 1, Senate, Q4"> 1890 Sep-Sep (Senate)</td> <td style="text-align: center">79</td> <td style="text-align: center">79</td> <td style="text-align: center">100.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">92<sup>nd</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="51st Congress, 2, Senate, Q1"> Dec 1890-Mar 1891 (Senate)</td> <td style="text-align: center">143</td> <td style="text-align: center">66</td> <td style="text-align: center">46.2%</td> <td style="text-align: center">61<sup>st</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="51st Congress, A, Senate, Q1"> 1889 Mar-Apr (Senate)</td> <td style="text-align: center">9</td> <td style="text-align: center">5</td> <td style="text-align: center">55.6%</td> <td style="text-align: center">57<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> <li><a href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=f000037">Biographical Directory of the United States Congress</a> for the photo</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>Charles Farwell 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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