Rep. Thomas McMillan
Former Representative forSouth Carolina’s 1st District
McMillan was the representative forSouth Carolina’s 1st congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1931 to 1940.
He was previously the representative forSouth Carolina’s 1st congressional district as a Democrat from Dec. 5, 1927 to March 3, 1931; and the representative forSouth Carolina’s 1st congressional district as a Democrat from Dec. 7, 1925 to March 4, 1927.
![Photo of Rep. Thomas McMillan [D-SC1, 1931-1940]](/image.pl?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.govtrack.us%2fstatic%2flegislator-photos%2f407562-200px.jpeg&f=jpg&w=240)
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Dec 1925 to Aug 1939, McMillan missed 204 of 1,013 roll call votes, which is 20.1%.This ismuch worse thanthe median of 7.5%among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Aug 1939.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 1925-Feb 1926 | 22 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1926 Mar-May | 37 | 4 | 10.8% | 54th |
| 1926 Jun-Jul | 22 | 1 | 4.5% | 35th |
| Dec 1926-Mar 1927 | 33 | 1 | 3.0% | 33rd |
| Dec 1927-May 1928 | 54 | 9 | 16.7% | 54th |
| Dec 1928-Mar 1929 | 18 | 5 | 27.8% | 68th |
| 1929 Apr-Jun | 14 | 8 | 57.1% | 94th |
| Dec 1929-Feb 1930 | 9 | 2 | 22.2% | 52nd |
| 1930 Mar-May | 26 | 6 | 23.1% | 60th |
| 1930 Jun-Jul | 21 | 1 | 4.8% | 23rd |
| Dec 1930-Mar 1931 | 33 | 8 | 24.2% | 78th |
| Dec 1931-Feb 1932 | 17 | 5 | 29.4% | 86th |
| 1932 Mar-May | 39 | 8 | 20.5% | 81st |
| 1932 Jun-Jul | 30 | 10 | 33.3% | 79th |
| Dec 1932-Mar 1933 | 37 | 6 | 16.2% | 56th |
| 1933 Mar-Jun | 61 | 8 | 13.1% | 83rd |
| 1934 Jan-Jun | 82 | 30 | 36.6% | 91st |
| 1935 Jan-Mar | 32 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1935 Apr-Jun | 40 | 6 | 15.0% | 89th |
| 1935 Jul-Aug | 60 | 17 | 28.3% | 90th |
| 1936 Jan-Jun | 80 | 23 | 28.7% | 68th |
| 1937 Jan-Mar | 19 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1937 Apr-Jun | 41 | 11 | 26.8% | 75th |
| 1937 Jul-Aug | 28 | 15 | 53.6% | 89th |
| 1937 Dec-Dec | 9 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1938 Jan-Jun | 61 | 14 | 23.0% | 98th |
| 1939 Jan-Mar | 30 | 1 | 3.3% | 31st |
| 1939 Apr-Jun | 42 | 2 | 4.8% | 59th |
| 1939 Jul-Aug | 16 | 3 | 18.8% | 90th |
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
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo