Rep. Alan Mollohan

Former Representative from West Virginia's 1^st District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1983-2010	Representative	West Virginia's 1^st District

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Sponsorship Analysis

Mollohan was a centrist Democratic follower according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Mollohan’s time serving in the House of Representatives.

Use this chart to compare Mollohan to other members of the House of Representatives in the 111^th Congress on leadership and ideology.

This chart is based on principal components analysis for ideology and PageRank for leadership. See analysis methodology.

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

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Voting Record

From Jan 1983 to Dec 2010, Mollohan missed 891 of 16,388 roll call votes, which is 5.4%. This is worse than the median of 3.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2010. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1983 Jan-Mar	43	2	4.7%	35^th
1983 Apr-Jun	181	8	4.4%	51^st
1983 Jul-Sep	130	0	0.0%	0^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	0	0.0%	0^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	4	7.5%	58^th
1984 Apr-Jun	223	7	3.1%	31^st
1984 Jul-Sep	95	3	3.2%	38^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	2	5.6%	29^th
1985 Apr-Jun	154	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Oct-Dec	148	0	0.0%	0^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	1	1.6%	19^th
1986 Apr-Jun	128	19	14.8%	97^th
1986 Jul-Sep	201	5	2.5%	44^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Apr-Jun	187	15	8.0%	78^th
1987 Jul-Sep	95	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	10	6.0%	53^rd
1988 Feb-Mar	48	4	8.3%	78^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	13	8.1%	76^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	4	2.6%	48^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	1	7.1%	55^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	1	1.0%	23^rd
1989 Jul-Sep	128	3	2.3%	53^rd
1989 Oct-Nov	121	4	3.3%	42^nd
1990 Jan-Mar	60	1	1.7%	40^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	5	3.3%	55^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	26	14.2%	96^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	5	3.5%	59^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	1	1.6%	31^st
1991 Apr-Jun	139	6	4.3%	62^nd
1991 Jul-Sep	81	4	4.9%	58^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	0	0.0%	0^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	4	6.1%	63^rd
1992 Apr-Jun	185	10	5.4%	72^nd
1992 Jul-Sep	196	7	3.6%	62^nd
1992 Oct-Oct	41	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	1	0.8%	29^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	4	2.1%	46^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	5	3.0%	70^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	8	6.0%	84^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	2	2.1%	40^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	2	0.9%	30^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	9	6.3%	75^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	1	2.0%	49^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	7	2.5%	70^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	6	3.2%	66^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	18	7.8%	93^rd
1995 Oct-Dec	185	7	3.8%	70^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	4	3.6%	66^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	20	11.0%	94^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	10	6.1%	85^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	1	1.4%	38^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	18	10.3%	93^rd
1997 Jul-Sep	232	14	6.0%	84^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	11	6.7%	88^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	3	3.4%	58^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	27	14.6%	96^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	2	1.0%	34^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	8	10.8%	91^st
1999 Jan-Mar	73	8	11.0%	93^rd
1999 Apr-Jun	184	9	4.9%	78^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	28	13.7%	96^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	10	6.8%	82^nd
2000 Jan-Mar	95	11	11.6%	86^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	17	6.1%	81^st
2000 Jul-Sep	130	8	6.2%	81^st
2000 Oct-Dec	101	24	23.8%	90^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	6	8.0%	89^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	9	6.7%	86^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	12	8.1%	90^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	11	7.2%	86^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	1	1.3%	32^nd
2002 Apr-Jun	203	9	4.4%	67^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	6	4.3%	66^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	1	1.6%	43^rd
2003 Jan-Mar	94	7	7.4%	86^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	10	4.2%	70^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	18	9.3%	89^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	17	11.3%	89^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	13	12.5%	86^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	46	20.8%	98^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	17	10.6%	87^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	5	8.6%	76^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	2	2.2%	36^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	12	4.4%	70^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	3	2.1%	52^nd
2005 Oct-Dec	163	4	2.5%	47^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	23	8.3%	92^nd
2006 Jul-Sep	159	1	0.6%	28^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	2	7.4%	62^nd
2007 Jan-Mar	213	1	0.5%	18^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	14	3.6%	72^nd
2007 Jul-Sep	317	8	2.5%	60^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	6	2.3%	40^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	8	5.4%	61^st
2008 Apr-Jun	321	26	8.1%	82^nd
2008 Jul-Sep	205	3	1.5%	33^rd
2008 Oct-Dec	15	1	6.7%	79^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	4	2.3%	50^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	12	4.0%	70^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	7	2.6%	63^rd
2009 Oct-Dec	246	18	7.3%	83^rd
2010 Jan-Mar	195	5	2.6%	42^nd
2010 Apr-Jun	219	34	15.5%	93^rd
2010 Jul-Sep	151	15	9.9%	88^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	16	16.2%	83^rd

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
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
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Bill Text

H.R. 2847 (111th): Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act

This bill’s text for status Passed Congress/Enrolled Bill (Jan 01, 2010) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 8:19 p.m.

Bill Text

H.R. 2847 (111th): Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act

This bill’s text for status Passed the House (Engrossed) with an Amendment (Jan 01, 2010) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 8:17 p.m.

Bill Text

H.R. 2847 (111th): Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act

This bill’s text for status Public Print (Nov 05, 2009) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 6:52 p.m.

Bill Text

H.R. 2847 (111th): Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act

This bill’s text for status Passed the Senate (Engrossed) with an Amendment (Nov 05, 2009) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 6:47 p.m.

Bill Text

H.R. 2847 (111th): Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act

This bill’s text for status Reported by Senate Committee (Jun 25, 2009) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 6:02 p.m.