Rep. Charles Price

Former Representative from Illinois's 21^st District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1983-1988	Representative	Illinois's 21^st District
1973-1982	Representative	Illinois's 23^rd District
1961-1972	Representative	Illinois's 24^th District
1959-1960	Representative	Illinois's 24^th District
1957-1958	Representative	Illinois's 24^th District
1953-1956	Representative	Illinois's 24^th District
1949-1952	Representative	Illinois's 25^th District
1947-1948	Representative	Illinois's 22^nd District
1945-1946	Representative	Illinois's 22^nd District

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

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Voting Record

From Jan 1945 to Apr 1988, Price missed 559 of 12,172 roll call votes, which is 4.6%. This is better than the median of 5.3% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Apr 1988. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1945 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Apr-Jun	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Jul-Sep	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Oct-Dec	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Jan-Mar	34	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Apr-Jun	53	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Jul-Aug	43	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Jan-Mar	24	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Apr-Jun	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Jul-Jul	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Nov-Dec	6	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Apr-Jun	53	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Aug-Aug	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jan-Mar	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Apr-Jun	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jul-Sep	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Oct-Oct	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jan-Mar	53	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Apr-Jun	29	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jul-Sep	59	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Dec-Dec	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Jan	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Apr-Jun	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jul-Sep	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Oct-Oct	18	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Jan-Mar	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Apr-Jun	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Jul-Jul	10	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jan-Mar	11	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Apr-Jun	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jul-Aug	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Jan-Mar	14	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Apr-Jun	24	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Jul-Aug	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Apr-Jun	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Jul-Aug	18	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Apr-Jun	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jul-Jul	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Apr-Jun	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jul-Aug	52	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Apr-Jun	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jul-Aug	40	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 Jan-Apr	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 May-Aug	54	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 Sep-Sep	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1960 Feb-Apr	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1960 May-Aug	70	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 Jan-Apr	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 May-Aug	65	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 Sep-Sep	29	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Apr-Jun	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Jul-Sep	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Oct-Oct	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jan-Mar	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Apr-Jun	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jul-Sep	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Oct-Dec	50	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Apr-Jun	34	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jul-Sep	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Oct-Oct	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Apr-Jun	52	4	7.7%	56^th
1965 Jul-Sep	98	1	1.0%	10^th
1965 Oct-Oct	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1966 Jan-Mar	30	2	6.7%	53^rd
1966 Apr-Jun	51	1	2.0%	20^th
1966 Jul-Sep	71	2	2.8%	22^nd
1966 Oct-Oct	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Apr-Jun	57	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Jul-Sep	59	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	98	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	91	1	1.1%	19^th
1968 Oct-Oct	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Jul-Sep	44	2	4.5%	38^th
1969 Oct-Dec	88	2	2.3%	18^th
1970 Jan-Mar	35	1	2.9%	20^th
1970 Apr-Jun	73	11	15.1%	43^rd
1970 Jul-Sep	76	0	0.0%	0^th
1970 Oct-Dec	81	0	0.0%	0^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	1	4.5%	29^th
1971 Apr-Jun	90	8	8.9%	33^rd
1971 Jul-Sep	71	2	2.8%	28^th
1971 Oct-Dec	132	14	10.6%	54^th
1972 Jan-Mar	64	1	1.6%	15^th
1972 Apr-Jun	113	1	0.9%	10^th
1972 Jul-Sep	100	2	2.0%	14^th
1972 Oct-Oct	50	0	0.0%	0^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1973 Apr-Jun	189	7	3.7%	20^th
1973 Jul-Sep	130	0	0.0%	0^th
1973 Oct-Dec	180	0	0.0%	0^th
1974 Jan-Mar	77	1	1.3%	14^th
1974 Apr-Jun	169	3	1.8%	9^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	0	0.0%	0^th
1974 Oct-Dec	141	1	0.7%	7^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	2	2.9%	36^th
1975 Apr-Jun	186	26	14.0%	88^th
1975 Jul-Sep	145	6	4.1%	42^nd
1975 Oct-Dec	190	1	0.5%	17^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	0	0.0%	0^th
1976 Apr-Jun	267	0	0.0%	0^th
1976 Jul-Sep	280	0	0.0%	0^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Jan-Mar	99	2	2.0%	33^rd
1977 Apr-Jun	256	149	58.2%	99^th
1977 Jul-Sep	197	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Oct-Dec	134	2	1.5%	21^st
1978 Jan-Mar	149	2	1.3%	13^th
1978 Apr-Jun	299	6	2.0%	15^th
1978 Jul-Sep	308	4	1.3%	10^th
1978 Oct-Oct	75	2	2.7%	23^rd
1979 Jan-Mar	63	0	0.0%	0^th
1979 Apr-Jun	218	23	10.6%	74^th
1979 Jul-Sep	198	12	6.1%	54^th
1979 Oct-Dec	190	20	10.5%	59^th
1980 Jan-Mar	147	7	4.8%	30^th
1980 Apr-Jun	196	5	2.6%	16^th
1980 Jul-Sep	192	8	4.2%	33^rd
1980 Oct-Dec	67	1	1.5%	8^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1981 Apr-Jun	89	20	22.5%	92^nd
1981 Jul-Sep	106	3	2.8%	36^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	0	0.0%	0^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	6	12.5%	68^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	1	0.8%	10^th
1982 Jul-Sep	193	9	4.7%	41^st
1982 Oct-Dec	99	8	8.1%	51^st
1983 Jan-Mar	43	2	4.7%	34^th
1983 Apr-Jun	182	18	9.9%	67^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	0	0.0%	0^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	2	1.4%	13^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	3	5.7%	49^th
1984 Apr-Jun	223	4	1.8%	15^th
1984 Jul-Sep	95	0	0.0%	0^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	4	11.1%	65^th
1985 Apr-Jun	154	1	0.6%	9^th
1985 Jul-Sep	99	5	5.1%	63^rd
1985 Oct-Dec	148	71	48.0%	99^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	5	8.2%	56^th
1986 Apr-Jun	128	1	0.8%	14^th
1986 Jul-Sep	201	4	2.0%	33^rd
1986 Oct-Oct	60	2	3.3%	45^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	5	12.8%	83^rd
1987 Apr-Jun	187	3	1.6%	22^nd
1987 Jul-Sep	95	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	5	3.0%	20^th
1988 Feb-Mar	47	17	36.2%	96^th
1988 Apr-Jun	14	14	100.0%	100^th

Primary Sources

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

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
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Rep. Charles Price [D-IL21, 1983-1988] leaves office as Representative for Illinois's 21st congressional district

Oct 22, 1988

Elections and Offices

Rep. Charles Price [D-IL21, 1983-1988] takes office as Representative for Illinois's 21st congressional district

Jan 03, 1983

Elections and Offices

Rep. Charles Price [D-IL21, 1983-1988] leaves office as Representative for Illinois's 23rd congressional district

Dec 23, 1982

Elections and Offices

Rep. Charles Price [D-IL21, 1983-1988] takes office as Representative for Illinois's 23rd congressional district

Jan 03, 1973

Elections and Offices

Rep. Charles Price [D-IL21, 1983-1988] leaves office as Representative for Illinois's 24th congressional district

Oct 18, 1972