Rep. Andrew Jacobs Jr.

Former Representative from Indiana's 10^th District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1983-1996	Representative	Indiana's 10^th District
1975-1982	Representative	Indiana's 11^th District
1965-1972	Representative	Indiana's 11^th District

Sponsorship Analysis

Jacobs was a moderate Democratic leader according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Jacobs’s time serving in the House of Representatives.

Use this chart to compare Jacobs to other members of the House of Representatives in the 104^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 1965 to Sep 1996, Jacobs missed 709 of 13,835 roll call votes, which is 5.1%. This is worse than the median of 2.7% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Sep 1996. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1965 Jan-Mar	28	1	3.6%	31^st
1965 Apr-Jun	52	8	15.4%	77^th
1965 Jul-Sep	98	7	7.1%	69^th
1965 Oct-Oct	21	1	4.8%	46^th
1966 Jan-Mar	30	2	6.7%	46^th
1966 Apr-Jun	50	14	28.0%	77^th
1966 Jul-Sep	72	7	9.7%	54^th
1966 Oct-Oct	37	21	56.8%	85^th
1967 Jan-Mar	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Apr-Jun	55	1	1.8%	83^rd
1967 Jul-Sep	56	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	96	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jan-Mar	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	77	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jul-Sep	89	1	1.1%	50^th
1968 Oct-Oct	23	6	26.1%	94^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	1	6.3%	37^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	1	3.6%	35^th
1969 Jul-Sep	45	4	8.9%	50^th
1969 Oct-Dec	88	11	12.5%	62^nd
1970 Jan-Mar	35	2	5.7%	24^th
1970 Apr-Jun	73	17	23.3%	67^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	2	2.6%	24^th
1970 Oct-Dec	81	2	2.5%	10^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	1	4.5%	20^th
1971 Apr-Jun	90	13	14.4%	56^th
1971 Jul-Sep	72	1	1.4%	12^th
1971 Oct-Dec	133	13	9.8%	36^th
1972 Jan-Mar	64	8	12.5%	48^th
1972 Apr-Jun	113	2	1.8%	16^th
1972 Jul-Sep	100	4	4.0%	20^th
1972 Oct-Oct	49	3	6.1%	35^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	4	5.9%	59^th
1975 Apr-Jun	199	3	1.5%	12^th
1975 Jul-Sep	146	13	8.9%	66^th
1975 Oct-Dec	190	16	8.4%	76^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	8	7.5%	59^th
1976 Apr-Jun	262	25	9.5%	56^th
1976 Jul-Sep	280	15	5.4%	49^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	7	100.0%	95^th
1977 Jan-Mar	100	3	3.0%	33^rd
1977 Apr-Jun	273	5	1.8%	18^th
1977 Jul-Sep	197	8	4.1%	46^th
1977 Oct-Dec	134	5	3.7%	43^rd
1978 Jan-Mar	149	1	0.7%	7^th
1978 Apr-Jun	299	15	5.0%	35^th
1978 Jul-Sep	308	24	7.8%	54^th
1978 Oct-Oct	75	7	9.3%	70^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	0	0.0%	0^th
1979 Apr-Jun	220	12	5.5%	42^nd
1979 Jul-Sep	198	9	4.5%	47^th
1979 Oct-Dec	189	11	5.8%	31^st
1980 Jan-Mar	148	16	10.8%	65^th
1980 Apr-Jun	196	9	4.6%	37^th
1980 Jul-Sep	192	10	5.2%	40^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	1	1.5%	5^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	1	6.7%	42^nd
1981 Apr-Jun	89	2	2.2%	21^st
1981 Jul-Sep	106	1	0.9%	16^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	8	5.6%	49^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	9	18.8%	80^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	21	17.6%	91^st
1982 Jul-Sep	193	3	1.6%	14^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	9	9.1%	60^th
1983 Jan-Mar	43	0	0.0%	0^th
1983 Apr-Jun	179	6	3.4%	34^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	9	6.9%	74^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	14	9.8%	78^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	1	1.9%	24^th
1984 Apr-Jun	223	20	9.0%	69^th
1984 Jul-Sep	95	4	4.2%	48^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	3	8.3%	57^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	4	11.1%	65^th
1985 Apr-Jun	154	10	6.5%	66^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	2	2.0%	34^th
1985 Oct-Dec	148	5	3.4%	51^st
1986 Jan-Mar	61	2	3.3%	30^th
1986 Apr-Jun	128	2	1.6%	30^th
1986 Jul-Sep	201	2	1.0%	22^nd
1986 Oct-Oct	60	1	1.7%	35^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	2	5.1%	58^th
1987 Apr-Jun	187	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Jul-Sep	95	2	2.1%	44^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	10	6.0%	52^nd
1988 Feb-Mar	49	2	4.1%	38^th
1988 Apr-Jun	155	11	7.1%	71^st
1988 Jul-Sep	152	7	4.6%	55^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	7	7.9%	74^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	2	1.9%	32^nd
1989 Jul-Sep	127	11	8.7%	93^rd
1989 Oct-Nov	121	9	7.4%	77^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	0	0.0%	0^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	3	2.0%	40^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	8	4.4%	67^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	4	2.8%	45^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	16	25.8%	98^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	3	2.2%	35^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	6	7.4%	73^rd
1991 Oct-Nov	162	4	2.5%	51^st
1992 Jan-Mar	66	3	4.5%	55^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	2	1.1%	22^nd
1992 Jul-Sep	196	3	1.5%	35^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	1	0.8%	24^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	3	1.6%	33^rd
1993 Jul-Sep	164	2	1.2%	36^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	0	0.0%	0^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	3	3.2%	56^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	3	1.4%	36^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	2	1.4%	30^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	2	3.9%	68^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	3	1.1%	44^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	5	2.6%	60^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	12	5.2%	81^st
1995 Oct-Dec	185	19	10.3%	92^nd
1996 Jan-Mar	110	5	4.5%	70^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	10	5.5%	77^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	4	2.5%	53^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
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Rep. Andrew Jacobs [D-IN10, 1983-1996] leaves office as Representative for Indiana's 10th congressional district

Oct 04, 1996

Elections and Offices

Rep. Andrew Jacobs [D-IN10, 1983-1996] takes office as Representative for Indiana's 10th congressional district

Jan 03, 1983

Elections and Offices

Rep. Andrew Jacobs [D-IN10, 1983-1996] leaves office as Representative for Indiana's 11th congressional district

Dec 23, 1982

Elections and Offices

Rep. Andrew Jacobs [D-IN10, 1983-1996] takes office as Representative for Indiana's 11th congressional district

Jan 14, 1975

Elections and Offices

Rep. Andrew Jacobs [D-IN10, 1983-1996] leaves office as Representative for Indiana's 11th congressional district

Oct 18, 1972