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Homer Hoch </h1> <p> Former Representative for Kansas’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> Hoch was the representative for <a href="/congress/members/KS">Kansas</a>’s 4<sup>th</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/KS">Kansas</a>’s 4<sup>th</sup> congressional district as a Republican from Dec 5, 1927 to Mar 3, 1931; the representative for <a href="/congress/members/KS">Kansas</a>’s 4<sup>th</sup> congressional district as a Republican from Dec 7, 1925 to Mar 4, 1927; the representative for <a href="/congress/members/KS">Kansas</a>’s 4<sup>th</sup> congressional district as a Republican from Dec 3, 1923 to Mar 3, 1925; and the representative for <a href="/congress/members/KS">Kansas</a>’s 4<sup>th</sup> congressional district as a Republican from May 19, 1919 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=H000669" 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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Otherwise, try contacting your own representative:</p> <p><a href="/congress/members" class="btn btn-lg btn-success">Find Your Representative »</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="list-group-item clearfix"> <input type="radio" name="contact_constituent" id="contact_constituent_notsure"> <div> <h4 class="list-group-item-heading"><label for="contact_constituent_notsure"><b>I am not sure.</b></label></h4> <p class="list-group-item-text"><label for="contact_constituent_notsure">I’m not sure if I live in his district.</label></p> <div class="contact_expando"> <p><a href="/congress/members" class="btn btn-lg btn-success">Find Your Representative »</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p style="margin: 1em 0; font-size: 90%; line-height: 120%;">You are currently on the website GovTrack.us, which has no affiliation with Hoch and is <b>not</b> a government website. Choose from the options above to find the right way to contact Hoch.</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 May 1919 to Mar 1933, Hoch missed 71 of 1,291 roll call votes, which is 5.5%. 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="66th Congress, 1, House, Q1"> 1919 May-Jul </td> <td style="text-align: center">62</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">1.6%</td> <td style="text-align: center">3<sup>rd</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="66th Congress, 1, House, Q2"> 1919 Aug-Oct </td> <td style="text-align: center">52</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">1.9%</td> <td style="text-align: center">5<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="66th Congress, 1, House, Q3"> 1919 Nov-Nov </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="66th Congress, 2, House, Q1"> Dec 1919-Feb 1920 </td> <td style="text-align: center">39</td> <td style="text-align: center">2</td> <td style="text-align: center">5.1%</td> <td style="text-align: center">16<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="66th Congress, 2, House, Q2"> 1920 Mar-May </td> <td style="text-align: center">70</td> <td style="text-align: center">7</td> <td style="text-align: center">10.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">27<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="66th Congress, 2, House, Q3"> 1920 Jun-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">8</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="66th Congress, 3, House, Q1"> Dec 1920-Mar 1921 </td> <td style="text-align: center">92</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">1.1%</td> <td style="text-align: center">5<sup>th</sup></td></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">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">1.7%</td> <td style="text-align: center">8<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">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, 1, House, Q3"> 1921 Oct-Nov </td> <td style="text-align: center">29</td> <td style="text-align: center">4</td> <td style="text-align: center">13.8%</td> <td style="text-align: center">40<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">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">2.1%</td> <td style="text-align: center">5<sup>th</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">3</td> <td style="text-align: center">6.4%</td> <td style="text-align: center">16<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="67th Congress, 2, House, Q3"> 1922 Jun-Aug </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">5<sup>th</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">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, 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">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">3.3%</td> <td style="text-align: center">22<sup>nd</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">18</td> <td style="text-align: center">21.2%</td> <td style="text-align: center">73<sup>rd</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">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, Q1"> Dec 1925-Feb 1926 </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">64<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">7</td> <td style="text-align: center">13.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">43<sup>rd</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">2</td> <td style="text-align: center">22.2%</td> <td style="text-align: center">49<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">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">4.8%</td> <td style="text-align: center">14<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">17<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">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, 2, House, Q1"> Dec 1932-Mar 1933 </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">8<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 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. 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