Rep. Charles Vanik

Former Representative from Ohio's 22^nd District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1969-1980	Representative	Ohio's 22^nd District
1961-1968	Representative	Ohio's 21^st District
1959-1960	Representative	Ohio's 21^st District
1957-1958	Representative	Ohio's 21^st District
1955-1956	Representative	Ohio's 21^st District

Sponsorship Analysis

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

Use this chart to compare Vanik to other members of the House of Representatives in the 96^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

Some of Vanik’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

From Jan 1955 to Dec 1980, Vanik missed 431 of 8,056 roll call votes, which is 5.4%. This is better than the median of 7.9% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 1980. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1955 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Apr-Jun	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Jul-Aug	19	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	28	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	1	2.0%	98^th
1964 Oct-Oct	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	28	1	3.6%	36^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	2	3.8%	24^th
1965 Jul-Sep	98	7	7.1%	54^th
1965 Oct-Oct	19	1	5.3%	52^nd
1966 Jan-Mar	30	1	3.3%	30^th
1966 Apr-Jun	51	3	5.9%	34^th
1966 Jul-Sep	72	0	0.0%	0^th
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	75	1	1.3%	73^rd
1968 Jul-Sep	84	8	9.5%	90^th
1968 Oct-Oct	24	2	8.3%	55^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	1	6.3%	55^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Jul-Sep	45	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Oct-Dec	88	4	4.5%	29^th
1970 Jan-Mar	34	1	2.9%	31^st
1970 Apr-Jun	74	4	5.4%	14^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	1	1.3%	8^th
1970 Oct-Dec	81	0	0.0%	0^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	3	13.6%	72^nd
1971 Apr-Jun	90	6	6.7%	24^th
1971 Jul-Sep	72	1	1.4%	11^th
1971 Oct-Dec	133	0	0.0%	0^th
1972 Jan-Mar	63	6	9.5%	58^th
1972 Apr-Jun	113	0	0.0%	0^th
1972 Jul-Sep	100	4	4.0%	29^th
1972 Oct-Oct	50	0	0.0%	0^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1973 Apr-Jun	189	0	0.0%	0^th
1973 Jul-Sep	130	0	0.0%	0^th
1973 Oct-Dec	180	0	0.0%	0^th
1974 Jan-Mar	77	3	3.9%	26^th
1974 Apr-Jun	169	0	0.0%	0^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	0	0.0%	0^th
1974 Oct-Dec	141	1	0.7%	6^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	3	4.4%	39^th
1975 Apr-Jun	199	10	5.0%	45^th
1975 Jul-Sep	146	0	0.0%	0^th
1975 Oct-Dec	189	24	12.7%	88^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	4	3.8%	40^th
1976 Apr-Jun	266	44	16.5%	82^nd
1976 Jul-Sep	280	8	2.9%	27^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	1	14.3%	72^nd
1977 Jan-Mar	98	14	14.3%	88^th
1977 Apr-Jun	271	15	5.5%	45^th
1977 Jul-Sep	197	37	18.8%	91^st
1977 Oct-Dec	133	3	2.3%	27^th
1978 Jan-Mar	149	4	2.7%	23^rd
1978 Apr-Jun	299	26	8.7%	57^th
1978 Jul-Sep	308	12	3.9%	27^th
1978 Oct-Oct	75	0	0.0%	0^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	17	27.0%	90^th
1979 Apr-Jun	220	7	3.2%	22^nd
1979 Jul-Sep	198	5	2.5%	19^th
1979 Oct-Dec	190	12	6.3%	33^rd
1980 Jan-Mar	148	56	37.8%	95^th
1980 Apr-Jun	196	48	24.5%	90^th
1980 Jul-Sep	192	18	9.4%	57^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	1	1.5%	7^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 Vanik [D-OH22, 1969-1980] leaves office as Representative for Ohio's 22nd congressional district

Dec 16, 1980

Elections and Offices

Rep. Charles Vanik [D-OH22, 1969-1980] takes office as Representative for Ohio's 22nd congressional district

Jan 03, 1969

Elections and Offices

Rep. Charles Vanik [D-OH22, 1969-1980] leaves office as Representative for Ohio's 21st congressional district

Oct 14, 1968

Elections and Offices

Rep. Charles Vanik [D-OH22, 1969-1980] takes office as Representative for Ohio's 21st congressional district

Jan 03, 1961

Elections and Offices

Rep. Charles Vanik [D-OH22, 1969-1980] leaves office as Representative for Ohio's 21st congressional district

Sep 01, 1960