A big story moving around the internets today concerns South Dakota senator Tim Johnson, his physical health, and the implications given the razor thin Democratic majority...
In an interesting coincidence, I came across this Slate explainer piece about general Congressional attendence, which includes this paragraph:
In 1969, two years into his fourth term, South Dakota Sen. Karl E. Mundt, a Republican, suffered a stroke and was unable to continue voting. He offered to resign, but only on the condition that South Dakota's governor appoint Mundt's wife to fill the vacancy. The governor refused, and Mundt retained the Senate seat, even while missing three full years of votes. He even remained on three committees until 1972, when the Senate Republican Conference stripped him of these assignments.
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