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Albert Herlong </h1> <p> Former Representative for Florida’s 4<sup>th</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> Herlong was the representative for <a href="/congress/members/FL">Florida</a>’s 4<sup>th</sup> congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1967 to 1968. </p> <p>He was previously the representative for <a href="/congress/members/FL">Florida</a>’s 5<sup>th</sup> congressional district as a Democrat from 1949 to 1966.</p> </div> <div id="seealso-links" style="margin-bottom: 30px;"> <span> <a href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000530" 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><!-- /photo container --> <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> <!-- /ads --> </div><!-- /col --> </div> <!-- /row --> <!-- Harris --> <!-- JD Vance --> <!-- Walz --> <!-- Kraken Caucus Labels --> <!-- contact panel --> <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 Herlong.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- /contact panel --> <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 Jan 1949 to Oct 1968, Herlong missed 231 of 2,468 roll call votes, which is 9.4%. This is much worse than the median of 5.2% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1968. 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="81st Congress, 1949, House, Q1"> 1949 Jan-Mar </td> <td style="text-align: center">35</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, 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">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">2.3%</td> <td style="text-align: center">42<sup>nd</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">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, Q2"> 1950 Apr-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">30</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">3.3%</td> <td style="text-align: center">71<sup>st</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> <tr><td title="82nd Congress, 1951, House, Q1"> 1951 Jan-Mar </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="82nd Congress, 1951, House, Q2"> 1951 Apr-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">40</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">2.5%</td> <td style="text-align: center">45<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="82nd Congress, 1951, House, Q3"> 1951 Jul-Sep </td> <td style="text-align: center">39</td> <td style="text-align: center">3</td> <td style="text-align: center">7.7%</td> <td style="text-align: center">85<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="82nd Congress, 1951, House, Q4"> 1951 Oct-Oct </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">94<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="82nd Congress, 1952, House, Q1"> 1952 Jan-Mar </td> <td style="text-align: center">22</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">4.5%</td> <td style="text-align: center">62<sup>nd</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="82nd Congress, 1952, House, Q2"> 1952 Apr-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">40</td> <td style="text-align: center">7</td> <td style="text-align: center">17.5%</td> <td style="text-align: center">96<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="82nd Congress, 1952, House, Q3"> 1952 Jul-Jul </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="83rd Congress, 1953, House, Q1"> 1953 Jan-Mar </td> <td style="text-align: center">13</td> <td style="text-align: center">2</td> <td style="text-align: center">15.4%</td> <td style="text-align: center">90<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="83rd Congress, 1953, House, Q2"> 1953 Apr-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">28</td> <td style="text-align: center">2</td> <td style="text-align: center">7.1%</td> <td style="text-align: center">78<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="83rd Congress, 1953, House, Q3"> 1953 Jul-Aug </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="83rd Congress, 1954, House, Q1"> 1954 Jan-Mar </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">84<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="83rd Congress, 1954, House, Q2"> 1954 Apr-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">24</td> <td style="text-align: center">3</td> <td style="text-align: center">12.5%</td> <td style="text-align: center">90<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="83rd Congress, 1954, House, Q3"> 1954 Jul-Aug </td> <td style="text-align: center">38</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="84th Congress, 1955, House, Q1"> 1955 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="84th Congress, 1955, House, Q2"> 1955 Apr-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">36</td> <td style="text-align: center">3</td> <td style="text-align: center">8.3%</td> <td style="text-align: center">95<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="84th Congress, 1955, House, Q3"> 1955 Jul-Aug </td> <td style="text-align: center">19</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">5.3%</td> <td style="text-align: center">76<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="84th Congress, 1956, House, Q1"> 1956 Jan-Mar </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="84th Congress, 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</td> <td style="text-align: center">52</td> <td style="text-align: center">2</td> <td style="text-align: center">3.8%</td> <td style="text-align: center">66<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="85th Congress, 1958, House, Q1"> 1958 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="85th Congress, 1958, House, Q2"> 1958 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="85th Congress, 1958, House, Q3"> 1958 Jul-Aug </td> <td style="text-align: center">40</td> <td style="text-align: center">2</td> <td style="text-align: center">5.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">76<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="86th Congress, 1959, House, Q1"> 1959 Jan-Apr </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="86th Congress, 1959, House, Q2"> 1959 May-Aug </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">51<sup>st</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="86th Congress, 1959, House, Q3"> 1959 Sep-Sep </td> <td style="text-align: center">17</td> <td style="text-align: center">3</td> <td style="text-align: center">17.6%</td> <td style="text-align: center">94<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="86th Congress, 1960, House, Q1"> 1960 Feb-Apr </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="86th Congress, 1960, House, Q2"> 1960 May-Aug </td> <td style="text-align: center">70</td> <td style="text-align: center">11</td> <td style="text-align: center">15.7%</td> <td style="text-align: center">98<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="87th Congress, 1961, House, Q1"> 1961 Jan-Apr </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="87th Congress, 1961, House, Q2"> 1961 May-Aug </td> <td style="text-align: center">65</td> <td style="text-align: center">5</td> <td style="text-align: center">7.7%</td> <td style="text-align: center">86<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="87th Congress, 1961, House, Q3"> 1961 Sep-Sep </td> <td style="text-align: center">29</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="87th Congress, 1962, House, Q1"> 1962 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="87th Congress, 1962, House, Q2"> 1962 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="87th Congress, 1962, House, Q3"> 1962 Jul-Sep </td> <td style="text-align: center">49</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="87th Congress, 1962, House, Q4"> 1962 Oct-Oct </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">81<sup>st</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="88th Congress, 1963, House, Q1"> 1963 Jan-Mar </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="88th Congress, 1963, House, Q2"> 1963 Apr-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">31</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">3.2%</td> <td style="text-align: center">58<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="88th Congress, 1963, House, Q3"> 1963 Jul-Sep </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="88th Congress, 1963, House, Q4"> 1963 Oct-Dec </td> <td style="text-align: center">50</td> <td style="text-align: center">4</td> <td style="text-align: center">8.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">73<sup>rd</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="88th Congress, 1964, House, Q1"> 1964 Jan-Mar </td> <td style="text-align: center">26</td> <td style="text-align: center">2</td> <td style="text-align: center">7.7%</td> <td style="text-align: center">84<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="88th Congress, 1964, House, Q2"> 1964 Apr-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">34</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">2.9%</td> <td style="text-align: center">56<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="88th Congress, 1964, House, Q3"> 1964 Jul-Sep </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">42<sup>nd</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="88th Congress, 1964, House, Q4"> 1964 Oct-Oct </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="89th Congress, 1965, House, Q1"> 1965 Jan-Mar </td> <td style="text-align: center">28</td> <td style="text-align: center">6</td> <td style="text-align: center">21.4%</td> <td style="text-align: center">86<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="89th Congress, 1965, House, Q2"> 1965 Apr-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">53</td> <td style="text-align: center">8</td> <td style="text-align: center">15.1%</td> <td style="text-align: center">68<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="89th Congress, 1965, House, Q3"> 1965 Jul-Sep </td> <td style="text-align: center">98</td> <td style="text-align: center">12</td> <td style="text-align: center">12.2%</td> <td style="text-align: center">65<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="89th Congress, 1965, House, Q4"> 1965 Oct-Oct </td> <td style="text-align: center">22</td> <td style="text-align: center">3</td> <td style="text-align: center">13.6%</td> <td style="text-align: center">46<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="89th Congress, 1966, House, Q1"> 1966 Jan-Mar </td> <td style="text-align: center">30</td> <td style="text-align: center">8</td> <td style="text-align: center">26.7%</td> <td style="text-align: center">87<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="89th Congress, 1966, House, Q2"> 1966 Apr-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">51</td> <td style="text-align: center">23</td> <td style="text-align: center">45.1%</td> <td style="text-align: center">94<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="89th Congress, 1966, House, Q3"> 1966 Jul-Sep </td> <td style="text-align: center">72</td> <td style="text-align: center">16</td> <td style="text-align: center">22.2%</td> <td style="text-align: center">68<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="89th Congress, 1966, House, Q4"> 1966 Oct-Oct </td> <td style="text-align: center">40</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">2.5%</td> <td style="text-align: center">13<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="90th Congress, 1967, House, Q1"> 1967 Jan-Mar </td> <td style="text-align: center">31</td> <td style="text-align: center">2</td> <td style="text-align: center">6.5%</td> <td style="text-align: center">76<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="90th Congress, 1967, House, Q2"> 1967 Apr-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">57</td> <td style="text-align: center">4</td> <td style="text-align: center">7.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">89<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="90th Congress, 1967, House, Q3"> 1967 Jul-Sep </td> <td style="text-align: center">59</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">1.7%</td> <td style="text-align: center">38<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="90th Congress, 1967, House, Q4"> 1967 Oct-Dec </td> <td style="text-align: center">98</td> <td style="text-align: center">18</td> <td style="text-align: center">18.4%</td> <td style="text-align: center">98<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="90th Congress, 1968, House, Q1"> 1968 Jan-Mar </td> <td style="text-align: center">38</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">2.6%</td> <td style="text-align: center">56<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="90th Congress, 1968, House, Q2"> 1968 Apr-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">79</td> <td style="text-align: center">10</td> <td style="text-align: center">12.7%</td> <td style="text-align: center">95<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="90th Congress, 1968, House, Q3"> 1968 Jul-Sep </td> <td style="text-align: center">91</td> <td style="text-align: center">35</td> <td style="text-align: center">38.5%</td> <td style="text-align: center">100<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="90th Congress, 1968, House, Q4"> 1968 Oct-Oct </td> <td style="text-align: center">25</td> <td style="text-align: center">14</td> <td style="text-align: center">56.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">100<sup>th</sup></td></tr> </table> <!-- <div class="alert alert-info"> See how <a href="/congress/votes/presidential-candidates">presidential campaigns affect voting records</a>. </div> --> </section><!-- /voting-record --> <section> <h2><span>Primary 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