Rep. Harris McDowell [D-DE, 1959-1966], former Representative for Delaware

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He served from 1959 to 1966. </p> <p>He was previously the representative for <a href="/congress/members/DE">Delaware</a>’s at-large district as a Democrat from 1955 to 1956.</p> </div> <div id="seealso-links" style="margin-bottom: 30px;"> <span> <a href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000418" 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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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_407418"> </div> <p style="text-align: center; margin-top: .5em; font-size: 90%;"><a href="#" onclick="$('#missedvotestable_407418').slideDown(); $(this).hide(); return false;">Show the numbers...</a></p> <table id="missedvotestable_407418" 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="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">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, 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">75<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">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">8.3%</td> <td style="text-align: center">88<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="84th Congress, 1956, House, Q2"> 1956 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">55<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="84th Congress, 1956, House, Q3"> 1956 Jul-Jul </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">90<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">50<sup>th</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">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, 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">2</td> <td style="text-align: center">2.9%</td> <td style="text-align: center">72<sup>nd</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">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">1.5%</td> <td style="text-align: center">42<sup>nd</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">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">4.8%</td> <td style="text-align: center">66<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">2</td> <td style="text-align: center">6.2%</td> <td style="text-align: center">91<sup>st</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">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">2.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">55<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">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, 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">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, Q3"> 1963 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">66<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">3</td> <td style="text-align: center">6.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">58<sup>th</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">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, 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">4</td> <td style="text-align: center">8.2%</td> <td style="text-align: center">85<sup>th</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">2</td> <td style="text-align: center">7.1%</td> <td style="text-align: center">45<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">67<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">9</td> <td style="text-align: center">9.2%</td> <td style="text-align: center">50<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">2</td> <td style="text-align: center">9.1%</td> <td style="text-align: center">34<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">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">3.3%</td> <td style="text-align: center">20<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">10</td> <td style="text-align: center">19.6%</td> <td style="text-align: center">70<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">20</td> <td style="text-align: center">27.8%</td> <td style="text-align: center">75<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">22</td> <td style="text-align: center">55.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">72<sup>nd</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>Rep. 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