Rep. Claude Pepper

Former Representative from Florida's 18^th District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1983-1989	Representative	Florida's 18^th District
1973-1982	Representative	Florida's 14^th District
1967-1972	Representative	Florida's 11^th District
1963-1966	Representative	Florida's 3^rd District
1939-1951	Senator	Florida
1936-1938	Senator	Florida

Sponsorship Analysis

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

Use this chart to compare Pepper to other members of the House of Representatives in the 101^st 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 1963 to May 1989, Pepper missed 1,973 of 10,618 roll call votes, which is 18.6%. This is worse than the median of 4.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in May 1989. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1963 Jan-Mar	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Apr-Jun	31	1	3.2%	92^nd
1963 Jul-Sep	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Oct-Dec	50	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jan-Mar	25	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Apr-Jun	33	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	3	10.7%	67^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	2	3.8%	23^rd
1965 Jul-Sep	97	11	11.3%	79^th
1965 Oct-Oct	20	1	5.0%	59^th
1966 Jan-Mar	30	3	10.0%	63^rd
1966 Apr-Jun	51	5	9.8%	53^rd
1966 Jul-Sep	71	8	11.3%	45^th
1966 Oct-Oct	39	7	17.9%	58^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	1	3.2%	65^th
1967 Apr-Jun	57	2	3.5%	96^th
1967 Jul-Sep	58	2	3.4%	96^th
1967 Oct-Dec	93	1	1.1%	88^th
1968 Jan-Mar	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	75	1	1.3%	65^th
1968 Jul-Sep	88	10	11.4%	94^th
1968 Oct-Oct	24	5	20.8%	83^rd
1969 Jan-Mar	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	4	14.3%	70^th
1969 Jul-Sep	44	9	20.5%	85^th
1969 Oct-Dec	84	35	41.7%	95^th
1970 Jan-Mar	34	7	20.6%	77^th
1970 Apr-Jun	72	24	33.3%	87^th
1970 Jul-Sep	71	25	35.2%	90^th
1970 Oct-Dec	79	15	19.0%	68^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	1	4.5%	26^th
1971 Apr-Jun	88	15	17.0%	78^th
1971 Jul-Sep	72	21	29.2%	90^th
1971 Oct-Dec	132	24	18.2%	79^th
1972 Jan-Mar	64	10	15.6%	71^st
1972 Apr-Jun	112	36	32.1%	89^th
1972 Jul-Sep	94	30	31.9%	93^rd
1972 Oct-Oct	50	5	10.0%	45^th
1973 Jan-Mar	35	7	20.0%	81^st
1973 Apr-Jun	189	21	11.1%	69^th
1973 Jul-Sep	130	44	33.8%	95^th
1973 Oct-Dec	180	11	6.1%	52^nd
1974 Jan-Mar	77	18	23.4%	95^th
1974 Apr-Jun	165	26	15.8%	80^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	13	8.8%	71^st
1974 Oct-Dec	139	21	15.1%	75^th
1975 Jan-Mar	67	15	22.4%	95^th
1975 Apr-Jun	195	20	10.3%	74^th
1975 Jul-Sep	143	28	19.6%	93^rd
1975 Oct-Dec	188	21	11.2%	84^th
1976 Jan-Mar	97	37	38.1%	97^th
1976 Apr-Jun	245	107	43.7%	98^th
1976 Jul-Sep	261	77	29.5%	93^rd
1976 Oct-Oct	7	7	100.0%	92^nd
1977 Jan-Mar	99	19	19.2%	93^rd
1977 Apr-Jun	267	44	16.5%	90^th
1977 Jul-Sep	191	34	17.8%	90^th
1977 Oct-Dec	126	49	38.9%	99^th
1978 Jan-Mar	141	38	27.0%	97^th
1978 Apr-Jun	298	40	13.4%	76^th
1978 Jul-Sep	293	76	25.9%	90^th
1978 Oct-Oct	75	8	10.7%	77^th
1979 Jan-Mar	52	39	75.0%	100^th
1979 Apr-Jun	202	52	25.7%	98^th
1979 Jul-Sep	185	42	22.7%	96^th
1979 Oct-Dec	185	45	24.3%	92^nd
1980 Jan-Mar	148	30	20.3%	88^th
1980 Apr-Jun	193	32	16.6%	88^th
1980 Jul-Sep	178	51	28.7%	97^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	9	13.4%	65^th
1981 Jan-Mar	14	3	21.4%	92^nd
1981 Apr-Jun	88	15	17.0%	88^th
1981 Jul-Sep	101	23	22.8%	96^th
1981 Oct-Dec	130	52	40.0%	98^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	6	12.5%	70^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	5	4.2%	51^st
1982 Jul-Sep	182	37	20.3%	94^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	3	3.0%	21^st
1983 Jan-Mar	43	0	0.0%	0^th
1983 Apr-Jun	176	30	17.0%	93^rd
1983 Jul-Sep	128	8	6.3%	75^th
1983 Oct-Nov	141	32	22.7%	96^th
1984 Jan-Mar	51	7	13.7%	81^st
1984 Apr-Jun	218	23	10.6%	76^th
1984 Jul-Sep	93	13	14.0%	88^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	3	8.3%	58^th
1985 Jan-Mar	34	4	11.8%	77^th
1985 Apr-Jun	146	31	21.2%	98^th
1985 Jul-Sep	100	13	13.0%	91^st
1985 Oct-Dec	147	3	2.0%	39^th
1986 Jan-Mar	60	5	8.3%	61^st
1986 Apr-Jun	124	15	12.1%	93^rd
1986 Jul-Sep	196	21	10.7%	88^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	1	2.6%	37^th
1987 Apr-Jun	181	48	26.5%	98^th
1987 Jul-Sep	94	15	16.0%	94^th
1987 Oct-Dec	163	35	21.5%	97^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	2	4.1%	42^nd
1988 Apr-Jun	159	15	9.4%	84^th
1988 Jul-Sep	149	41	27.5%	98^th
1988 Oct-Oct	88	11	12.5%	88^th
1989 Jan-Mar	10	3	30.0%	98^th
1989 Apr-Jun	45	45	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
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Rep. Claude Pepper [D-FL18, 1983-1989] leaves office as Representative for Florida's 18th congressional district

May 30, 1989

Elections and Offices

Rep. Claude Pepper [D-FL18, 1983-1989] takes office as Representative for Florida's 18th congressional district

Jan 03, 1983

Elections and Offices

Rep. Claude Pepper [D-FL18, 1983-1989] leaves office as Representative for Florida's 14th congressional district

Dec 23, 1982

Elections and Offices

Rep. Claude Pepper [D-FL18, 1983-1989] takes office as Representative for Florida's 14th congressional district

Jan 03, 1973

Elections and Offices

Rep. Claude Pepper [D-FL18, 1983-1989] leaves office as Representative for Florida's 11th congressional district

Oct 18, 1972