Rep. Gardner Withrow
Former Representative forWisconsin’s 3rd District
Withrow was the representative forWisconsin’s 3rd congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1949 to 1960.
He was previously the representative forWisconsin’s 3rd congressional district as most recently a Progressive (1935-1938) and previously a Republican (1933-1934) from 1933 to 1938; and the representative forWisconsin’s 7th congressional district as a Republican from Dec. 7, 1931 to March 3, 1933.
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Dec 1931 to Aug 1960, Withrow missed 144 of 1,761 roll call votes, which is 8.2%.This ismuch worse thanthe median of 2.1%among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Aug 1960.The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absences, major life events, and running for higher office.
| Time Period | Votes Eligible | Missed Votes | Percent | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1931-Feb 1932 | 17 | 4 | 23.5% | 82nd |
| 1932 Mar-May | 39 | 2 | 5.1% | 12th |
| 1932 Jun-Jul | 30 | 4 | 13.3% | 41st |
| Dec 1932-Mar 1933 | 37 | 9 | 24.3% | 94th |
| 1933 Mar-Jun | 61 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1934 Jan-Jun | 82 | 21 | 25.6% | 86th |
| 1935 Jan-Mar | 32 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1935 Apr-Jun | 40 | 7 | 17.5% | 89th |
| 1935 Jul-Aug | 60 | 8 | 13.3% | 74th |
| 1936 Jan-Jun | 80 | 28 | 35.0% | 84th |
| 1937 Jan-Mar | 19 | 1 | 5.3% | 22nd |
| 1937 Apr-Jun | 41 | 9 | 22.0% | 76th |
| 1937 Jul-Aug | 28 | 9 | 32.1% | 67th |
| 1937 Dec-Dec | 9 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1938 Jan-Jun | 61 | 5 | 8.2% | 75th |
| 1949 Jan-Mar | 35 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1949 Apr-Jun | 27 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1949 Jul-Sep | 43 | 2 | 4.7% | 59th |
| 1949 Oct-Oct | 16 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1950 Jan-Mar | 54 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1950 Apr-Jun | 30 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1950 Jul-Sep | 59 | 6 | 10.2% | 89th |
| 1950 Dec-Dec | 7 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1951 Jan-Jan 81st Congress | 4 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1951 Jan-Mar | 12 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1951 Apr-Jun | 40 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1951 Jul-Sep | 39 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1951 Oct-Oct | 18 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1952 Jan-Mar | 22 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1952 Apr-Jun | 40 | 2 | 5.0% | 64th |
| 1952 Jul-Jul | 10 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1953 Jan-Mar | 13 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1953 Apr-Jun | 28 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1953 Jul-Aug | 30 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1954 Jan-Mar | 14 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1954 Apr-Jun | 24 | 1 | 4.2% | 53rd |
| 1954 Jul-Aug | 38 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1955 Jan-Mar | 21 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1955 Apr-Jun | 36 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1955 Jul-Aug | 19 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1956 Jan-Mar | 12 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1956 Apr-Jun | 30 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1956 Jul-Jul | 31 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1957 Jan-Mar | 12 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1957 Apr-Jun | 36 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1957 Jul-Aug | 52 | 1 | 1.9% | 45th |
| 1958 Jan-Mar | 21 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1958 Apr-Jun | 32 | 2 | 6.2% | 75th |
| 1958 Jul-Aug | 40 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1959 Jan-Mar | 13 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1959 Apr-Jun | 35 | 4 | 11.4% | 88th |
| 1959 Jul-Sep | 39 | 2 | 5.1% | 71st |
| 1960 Feb-Mar | 16 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1960 Apr-Jun | 61 | 10 | 16.4% | 95th |
| 1960 Jul-Aug | 16 | 7 | 43.8% | 98th |
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
- 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