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Henry Teller </h1> <p> Former Senator for Colorado </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> Teller was a senator from <a href="/congress/members/CO">Colorado</a> and was a Democrat. He served from 1903 to 1909. </p> <p>He was previously a senator from <a href="/congress/members/CO">Colorado</a> as most recently a Democrat (1897-1903) and previously a Republican (1891-1897) from Dec 7, 1891 to Mar 3, 1903; a senator from <a href="/congress/members/CO">Colorado</a> as a Republican from Dec 7, 1885 to Mar 3, 1891; a senator from <a href="/congress/members/CO">Colorado</a> as a Republican from Dec 5, 1877 to Apr 17, 1882; and a senator from <a href="/congress/members/CO">Colorado</a> as a Republican from Nov 15, 1876 to Mar 3, 1877.</p> </div> <div id="seealso-links" style="margin-bottom: 30px;"> <span> <a href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000116" 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/410698-200px.jpeg" alt="Photo of Sen. 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Otherwise, try contacting your own senator:</p> <p><a href="/congress/members" class="btn btn-lg btn-success">Find Your Senator »</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 Teller and is <b>not</b> a government website. Choose from the options above to find the right way to contact Teller.</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 Feb 1876 to Mar 1909, Teller missed 1,254 of 4,905 roll call votes, which is 25.6%. This is on par with the median of 26.8% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1909. 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="44th Congress, 1, Senate, Q1"> Dec 1875-Mar 1876 </td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">100.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">50<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="44th Congress, 2, Senate, Q1"> Dec 1876-Mar 1877 </td> <td style="text-align: center">84</td> <td style="text-align: center">14</td> <td style="text-align: center">16.7%</td> <td style="text-align: center">50<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="45th Congress, 1, Senate, Q1"> 1877 Oct-Dec </td> <td style="text-align: center">71</td> <td style="text-align: center">4</td> <td style="text-align: center">5.6%</td> <td style="text-align: center">0<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="45th Congress, 2, Senate, Q1"> Dec 1877-Feb 1878 </td> <td style="text-align: center">69</td> <td style="text-align: center">8</td> <td style="text-align: center">11.6%</td> <td style="text-align: center">0<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="45th Congress, 2, Senate, Q2"> 1878 Mar-May </td> <td style="text-align: center">110</td> <td style="text-align: center">31</td> <td style="text-align: center">28.2%</td> <td style="text-align: center">50<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="45th Congress, 2, Senate, Q3"> 1878 Jun-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">83</td> <td style="text-align: center">16</td> <td style="text-align: center">19.3%</td> <td style="text-align: center">0<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="45th Congress, 3, Senate, Q1"> Dec 1878-Mar 1879 </td> <td style="text-align: center">236</td> <td style="text-align: center">56</td> <td style="text-align: center">23.7%</td> <td style="text-align: center">0<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="45th Congress, A, Senate, Q1"> 1877 Mar-Mar </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="46th Congress, 1, Senate, Q1"> 1879 Mar-Jul </td> <td style="text-align: center">191</td> <td style="text-align: center">110</td> <td style="text-align: center">57.6%</td> <td style="text-align: center">50<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="46th Congress, 2, Senate, Q1"> Dec 1879-Feb 1880 </td> <td style="text-align: center">49</td> <td style="text-align: center">9</td> <td style="text-align: center">18.4%</td> <td style="text-align: center">0<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="46th Congress, 2, Senate, Q2"> 1880 Mar-May </td> <td style="text-align: center">127</td> <td style="text-align: center">44</td> <td style="text-align: center">34.6%</td> <td style="text-align: center">0<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="46th Congress, 2, Senate, Q3"> 1880 Jun-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">39</td> <td style="text-align: center">18</td> <td style="text-align: center">46.2%</td> <td style="text-align: center">50<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="46th Congress, 3, Senate, Q1"> Dec 1880-Mar 1881 </td> <td style="text-align: center">164</td> <td style="text-align: center">48</td> <td style="text-align: center">29.3%</td> <td style="text-align: center">0<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="47th Congress, 1, Senate, Q1"> Dec 1881-Mar 1882 </td> <td style="text-align: center">96</td> <td style="text-align: center">13</td> <td style="text-align: center">13.5%</td> <td style="text-align: center">0<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="47th Congress, 1, Senate, Q2"> 1882 Apr-Jul </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="47th Congress, A, Senate, Q1"> 1881 Mar-Mar </td> <td style="text-align: center">178</td> <td style="text-align: center">135</td> <td style="text-align: center">75.8%</td> <td style="text-align: center">80<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="47th Congress, B, Senate, Q1"> 1881 Oct-Oct </td> <td style="text-align: center">61</td> <td style="text-align: center">49</td> <td style="text-align: center">80.3%</td> <td style="text-align: center">20<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="49th Congress, 1, Senate, Q1"> Dec 1885-Mar 1886 </td> <td style="text-align: center">63</td> <td style="text-align: center">5</td> <td style="text-align: center">7.9%</td> <td style="text-align: center">0<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="49th Congress, 1, Senate, Q2"> 1886 Apr-Jul </td> <td style="text-align: center">234</td> <td style="text-align: center">23</td> <td style="text-align: center">9.8%</td> <td style="text-align: center">0<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="49th Congress, 1, Senate, Q3"> 1886 Aug-Aug </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">0<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="49th Congress, 2, Senate, Q1"> Dec 1886-Mar 1887 </td> <td style="text-align: center">143</td> <td style="text-align: center">30</td> <td style="text-align: center">21.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">33<sup>rd</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="49th Congress, A, Senate, Q1"> 1885 Mar-Apr </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="50th Congress, 1, Senate, Q1"> Dec 1887-Feb 1888 </td> <td style="text-align: center">50</td> <td style="text-align: center">8</td> <td style="text-align: center">16.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">0<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="50th Congress, 1, Senate, Q2"> 1888 Mar-May </td> <td style="text-align: center">64</td> <td style="text-align: center">16</td> <td style="text-align: center">25.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">29<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="50th Congress, 1, Senate, Q3"> 1888 Jun-Aug </td> <td style="text-align: center">62</td> <td style="text-align: center">18</td> <td style="text-align: center">29.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">29<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="50th Congress, 1, Senate, Q4"> 1888 Sep-Oct </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">0<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="50th Congress, 2, Senate, Q1"> Dec 1888-Mar 1889 </td> <td style="text-align: center">199</td> <td style="text-align: center">46</td> <td style="text-align: center">23.1%</td> <td style="text-align: center">29<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="51st Congress, 1, Senate, Q1"> Dec 1889-Feb 1890 </td> <td style="text-align: center">31</td> <td style="text-align: center">4</td> <td style="text-align: center">12.9%</td> <td style="text-align: center">0<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="51st Congress, 1, Senate, Q2"> 1890 Mar-May </td> <td style="text-align: center">114</td> <td style="text-align: center">16</td> <td style="text-align: center">14.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">0<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="51st Congress, 1, Senate, Q3"> 1890 Jun-Aug </td> <td style="text-align: center">150</td> <td style="text-align: center">10</td> <td style="text-align: center">6.7%</td> <td style="text-align: center">0<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="51st Congress, 1, Senate, Q4"> 1890 Sep-Sep </td> <td style="text-align: center">79</td> <td style="text-align: center">20</td> <td style="text-align: center">25.3%</td> <td style="text-align: center">71<sup>st</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="51st Congress, 2, Senate, Q1"> Dec 1890-Mar 1891 </td> <td style="text-align: center">143</td> <td style="text-align: center">69</td> <td style="text-align: center">48.3%</td> <td style="text-align: center">75<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="51st Congress, A, Senate, Q1"> 1889 Mar-Apr </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">29<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="52nd Congress, 1, Senate, Q1"> 1892 Jan-Mar </td> <td style="text-align: center">26</td> <td style="text-align: center">6</td> <td style="text-align: center">23.1%</td> <td style="text-align: center">10<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="52nd Congress, 1, Senate, Q2"> 1892 Apr-Jul </td> <td style="text-align: center">78</td> <td style="text-align: center">36</td> <td style="text-align: center">46.2%</td> <td style="text-align: center">60<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="52nd Congress, 2, Senate, Q1"> Dec 1892-Mar 1893 </td> <td style="text-align: center">105</td> <td style="text-align: center">8</td> <td style="text-align: center">7.6%</td> <td style="text-align: center">0<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="53rd Congress, 1, Senate, Q1"> 1893 Aug-Oct </td> <td style="text-align: center">77</td> <td style="text-align: center">30</td> <td style="text-align: center">39.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">45<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="53rd Congress, 2, Senate, Q1"> 1894 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="53rd Congress, 2, Senate, Q2"> 1894 Apr-Jul </td> <td style="text-align: center">321</td> <td style="text-align: center">57</td> <td style="text-align: center">17.8%</td> <td style="text-align: center">8<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="53rd Congress, 2, Senate, Q3"> 1894 Aug-Aug </td> <td style="text-align: center">21</td> <td style="text-align: center">14</td> <td style="text-align: center">66.7%</td> <td style="text-align: center">75<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="53rd Congress, 3, Senate, Q1"> Dec 1894-Mar 1895 </td> <td style="text-align: center">101</td> <td style="text-align: center">17</td> <td style="text-align: center">16.8%</td> <td style="text-align: center">7<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="53rd Congress, A, Senate, Q1"> 1893 Apr-Apr </td> <td style="text-align: center">6</td> <td style="text-align: center">6</td> <td style="text-align: center">100.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">40<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="54th Congress, 1, Senate, Q1"> Dec 1895-Feb 1896 </td> <td style="text-align: center">36</td> <td style="text-align: center">5</td> <td style="text-align: center">13.9%</td> <td style="text-align: center">19<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="54th Congress, 1, Senate, Q2"> 1896 Mar-May </td> <td style="text-align: center">66</td> <td style="text-align: center">7</td> <td style="text-align: center">10.6%</td> <td style="text-align: center">5<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="54th Congress, 1, Senate, Q3"> 1896 Jun-Jun </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="54th Congress, 2, Senate, Q1"> Dec 1896-Mar 1897 </td> <td style="text-align: center">71</td> <td style="text-align: center">22</td> <td style="text-align: center">31.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">33<sup>rd</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="55th Congress, 1, Senate, Q1"> 1897 Mar-Jul </td> <td style="text-align: center">200</td> <td style="text-align: center">118</td> <td style="text-align: center">59.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">81<sup>st</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="55th Congress, 2, Senate, Q1"> Dec 1897-Feb 1898 </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="55th Congress, 2, Senate, Q2"> 1898 Mar-May </td> <td style="text-align: center">51</td> <td style="text-align: center">3</td> <td style="text-align: center">5.9%</td> <td style="text-align: center">0<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="55th Congress, 2, Senate, Q3"> 1898 Jun-Jul </td> <td style="text-align: center">53</td> <td style="text-align: center">6</td> <td style="text-align: center">11.3%</td> <td style="text-align: center">19<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="55th Congress, 3, Senate, Q1"> Dec 1898-Mar 1899 </td> <td style="text-align: center">51</td> <td style="text-align: center">8</td> <td style="text-align: center">15.7%</td> <td style="text-align: center">4<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="56th Congress, 1, Senate, Q1"> Dec 1899-Feb 1900 </td> <td style="text-align: center">20</td> <td style="text-align: center">2</td> <td style="text-align: center">10.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">12<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="56th Congress, 1, Senate, Q2"> 1900 Mar-May </td> <td style="text-align: center">57</td> <td style="text-align: center">14</td> <td style="text-align: center">24.6%</td> <td style="text-align: center">26<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="56th Congress, 1, Senate, Q3"> 1900 Jun-Jun </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="56th Congress, 2, Senate, Q1"> Dec 1900-Mar 1901 </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">3<sup>rd</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="57th Congress, 1, Senate, Q1"> Dec 1901-Feb 1902 </td> <td style="text-align: center">26</td> <td style="text-align: center">3</td> <td style="text-align: center">11.5%</td> <td style="text-align: center">30<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="57th Congress, 1, Senate, Q2"> 1902 Mar-May </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="57th Congress, 1, Senate, Q3"> 1902 Jun-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">23</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">4.3%</td> <td style="text-align: center">14<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="57th Congress, 2, Senate, Q1"> 1903 Jan-Mar </td> <td style="text-align: center">18</td> <td style="text-align: center">5</td> <td style="text-align: center">27.8%</td> <td style="text-align: center">33<sup>rd</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="57th Congress, A, Senate, Q1"> 1901 Mar-Mar </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="58th Congress, 2, Senate, Q1"> Dec 1903-Apr 1904 </td> <td style="text-align: center">36</td> <td style="text-align: center">2</td> <td style="text-align: center">5.6%</td> <td style="text-align: center">4<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="58th Congress, 3, Senate, Q1"> Dec 1904-Mar 1905 </td> <td style="text-align: center">56</td> <td style="text-align: center">10</td> <td style="text-align: center">17.9%</td> <td style="text-align: center">37<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="59th Congress, 1, Senate, Q1"> 1906 Jan-Feb </td> <td style="text-align: center">8</td> <td style="text-align: center">3</td> <td style="text-align: center">37.5%</td> <td style="text-align: center">67<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="59th Congress, 1, Senate, Q2"> 1906 Mar-May </td> <td style="text-align: center">49</td> <td style="text-align: center">3</td> <td style="text-align: center">6.1%</td> <td style="text-align: center">17<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="59th Congress, 1, Senate, Q3"> 1906 Jun-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">31</td> <td style="text-align: center">12</td> <td style="text-align: center">38.7%</td> <td style="text-align: center">49<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="59th Congress, 2, Senate, Q1"> 1907 Jan-Mar </td> <td style="text-align: center">38</td> <td style="text-align: center">20</td> <td style="text-align: center">52.6%</td> <td style="text-align: center">84<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="60th Congress, 1, Senate, Q1"> 1908 Mar-May </td> <td style="text-align: center">49</td> <td style="text-align: center">6</td> <td style="text-align: center">12.2%</td> <td style="text-align: center">15<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="60th Congress, 2, Senate, Q1"> 1909 Jan-Mar </td> <td style="text-align: center">35</td> <td style="text-align: center">3</td> <td style="text-align: center">8.6%</td> <td style="text-align: center">10<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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