Rep. William Whittington [D-MS3, 1931-1950], former Representative for Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District

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He served from 1931 to 1950. </p> <p>He was previously the representative for <a href="/congress/members/MS">Mississippi</a>’s 3<sup>rd</sup> congressional district as a Democrat from Dec 5, 1927 to Mar 3, 1931; and the representative for <a href="/congress/members/MS">Mississippi</a>’s 3<sup>rd</sup> congressional district as a Democrat from Dec 7, 1925 to Mar 4, 1927.</p> </div> <div id="seealso-links" style="margin-bottom: 30px;"> <span> <a href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000430" 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/411589-200px.jpeg" alt="Photo of Rep. 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Choose from the options above to find the right way to contact Whittington.</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 Dec 1925 to Jan 1951, Whittington missed 26 of 2,128 roll call votes, which is 1.2%. This is better than the median of 3.3% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Jan 1951. 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 absences, major life events, and running for higher office. </i></p> <style> .missedvotestable th { padding: 0 .5em; } </style> <div id="voting_record_chart_411589"> </div> <p style="text-align: center; margin-top: .5em; font-size: 90%;"><a href="#" onclick="$('#missedvotestable_411589').slideDown(); $(this).hide(); return false;">Show the numbers...</a></p> <table id="missedvotestable_411589" style="display: none" class="missedvotestable"> <tr> <th>Time Period</th> <th>Votes Eligible</th> <th>Missed Votes</th> <th>Percent</th> <th>Percentile</th> </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">0</td> <td style="text-align: center">0.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">0<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">0</td> <td style="text-align: center">0.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">0<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">0</td> <td style="text-align: center">0.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">0<sup>th</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">0</td> <td style="text-align: center">0.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">0<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">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">1.9%</td> <td style="text-align: center">6<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">2</td> <td style="text-align: center">11.1%</td> <td style="text-align: center">26<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">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, 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">32<sup>nd</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">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, 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">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, Q1"> Dec 1931-Feb 1932 </td> <td style="text-align: center">17</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">5.9%</td> <td style="text-align: center">19<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">3</td> <td style="text-align: center">10.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">31<sup>st</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">0</td> <td style="text-align: center">0.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">0<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="73rd Congress, 1, House, Q1"> 1933 Mar-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">61</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">1.6%</td> <td style="text-align: center">18<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="73rd Congress, 2, House, Q1"> 1934 Jan-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">82</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">1.2%</td> <td style="text-align: center">6<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="74th Congress, 1, House, Q1"> 1935 Jan-Mar </td> <td style="text-align: center">32</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="74th Congress, 1, House, Q2"> 1935 Apr-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">40</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="74th Congress, 1, House, Q3"> 1935 Jul-Aug </td> <td style="text-align: center">60</td> <td style="text-align: center">2</td> <td style="text-align: center">3.3%</td> <td style="text-align: center">38<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="74th Congress, 2, House, Q1"> 1936 Jan-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">80</td> <td style="text-align: center">2</td> <td style="text-align: center">2.5%</td> <td style="text-align: center">9<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="75th Congress, 1, House, Q1"> 1937 Jan-Mar </td> <td style="text-align: center">19</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="75th Congress, 1, House, Q2"> 1937 Apr-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">41</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">2.4%</td> <td style="text-align: center">8<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="75th Congress, 1, House, Q3"> 1937 Jul-Aug </td> <td style="text-align: center">28</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="75th Congress, 2, House, Q1"> 1937 Dec-Dec </td> <td style="text-align: center">9</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="75th Congress, 3, House, Q1"> 1938 Jan-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">61</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="76th Congress, 1, House, Q1"> 1939 Jan-Mar </td> <td style="text-align: center">30</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="76th Congress, 1, House, Q2"> 1939 Apr-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">42</td> <td style="text-align: center">3</td> <td style="text-align: center">7.1%</td> <td style="text-align: center">76<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="76th Congress, 1, House, Q3"> 1939 Jul-Aug </td> <td style="text-align: center">16</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="76th Congress, 2, House, Q1"> 1939 Oct-Nov </td> <td style="text-align: center">6</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="76th Congress, 3, House, Q1"> 1940 Jan-Mar </td> <td style="text-align: center">32</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">3.1%</td> <td style="text-align: center">40<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="76th Congress, 3, House, Q2"> 1940 Apr-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">63</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="76th Congress, 3, House, Q3"> 1940 Jul-Sep </td> <td style="text-align: center">28</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">3.6%</td> <td style="text-align: center">39<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="76th Congress, 3, House, Q4"> 1940 Oct-Dec </td> <td style="text-align: center">10</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">10.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">28<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="77th Congress, 1941, House, Q1"> 1941 Jan-Mar </td> <td style="text-align: center">17</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="77th Congress, 1941, House, Q2"> 1941 Apr-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">31</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="77th Congress, 1941, House, Q3"> 1941 Jul-Aug </td> <td style="text-align: center">16</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="77th Congress, 1941, House, Q4"> 1941 Oct-Dec </td> <td style="text-align: center">15</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="77th Congress, 1942, House, Q1"> 1942 Jan-Mar </td> <td style="text-align: center">26</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="77th Congress, 1942, House, Q2"> 1942 Apr-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">30</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="77th Congress, 1942, House, Q3"> 1942 Jul-Sep </td> <td style="text-align: center">11</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="77th Congress, 1942, House, Q4"> 1942 Oct-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="78th Congress, 1943, House, Q1"> 1943 Jan-Mar </td> <td style="text-align: center">17</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="78th Congress, 1943, House, Q2"> 1943 Apr-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">49</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">2.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">26<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="78th Congress, 1943, House, Q3"> 1943 Jul-Sep </td> <td style="text-align: center">13</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="78th Congress, 1943, House, Q4"> 1943 Oct-Dec </td> <td style="text-align: center">12</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="78th Congress, 1944, House, Q1"> 1944 Jan-Mar </td> <td style="text-align: center">23</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="78th Congress, 1944, House, Q2"> 1944 Apr-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">32</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">3.1%</td> <td style="text-align: center">34<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="78th Congress, 1944, House, Q3"> 1944 Sep-Sep </td> <td style="text-align: center">3</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="78th Congress, 1944, House, Q4"> 1944 Nov-Dec </td> <td style="text-align: center">7</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="79th Congress, 1945, House, Q1"> 1945 Jan-Mar </td> <td style="text-align: center">27</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="79th Congress, 1945, House, Q2"> 1945 Apr-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">40</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="79th Congress, 1945, House, Q3"> 1945 Jul-Sep </td> <td style="text-align: center">12</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="79th Congress, 1945, House, Q4"> 1945 Oct-Dec </td> <td style="text-align: center">22</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="79th Congress, 1946, House, Q1"> 1946 Jan-Mar </td> <td style="text-align: center">34</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="79th Congress, 1946, House, Q2"> 1946 Apr-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">53</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">1.9%</td> <td style="text-align: center">48<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="79th Congress, 1946, House, Q3"> 1946 Jul-Aug </td> <td style="text-align: center">43</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="80th Congress, 1947, House, Q1"> 1947 Jan-Mar </td> <td style="text-align: center">24</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="80th Congress, 1947, House, Q2"> 1947 Apr-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">32</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="80th Congress, 1947, House, Q3"> 1947 Jul-Jul </td> <td style="text-align: center">22</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="80th Congress, 1947, House, Q4"> 1947 Nov-Dec </td> <td style="text-align: center">6</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="80th Congress, 1948, House, Q1"> 1948 Jan-Mar </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="80th Congress, 1948, House, Q2"> 1948 Apr-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">54</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="80th Congress, 1948, House, Q3"> 1948 Aug-Aug </td> <td style="text-align: center">4</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="81st Congress, 1949, House, Q1"> 1949 Jan-Mar </td> <td style="text-align: center">35</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">2.9%</td> <td style="text-align: center">69<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="81st Congress, 1949, House, Q2"> 1949 Apr-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">27</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="81st Congress, 1949, House, Q3"> 1949 Jul-Sep </td> <td style="text-align: center">43</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="81st Congress, 1949, House, Q4"> 1949 Oct-Oct </td> <td style="text-align: center">16</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="81st Congress, 1950, House, Q1"> 1950 Jan-Mar </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">39<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="81st Congress, 1950, House, Q2"> 1950 Apr-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">30</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="81st Congress, 1950, House, Q3"> 1950 Jul-Sep </td> <td style="text-align: center">59</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="81st Congress, 1950, House, Q4"> 1950 Dec-Dec </td> <td style="text-align: center">7</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="81st Congress, 1950, House, Q5"> 1951 Jan-Jan 81st Congress </td> <td style="text-align: center">4</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> </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=w000430">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>Rep. 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