Sen. Daniel Inouye

Former Senator from Hawaii

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1963-2012	Senator	Hawaii
1961-1962	Representative	Hawaii's At-Large District
1959-1960	Representative	Hawaii's At-Large District

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Sponsorship Analysis

Inouye was a rank-and-file Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Inouye’s time serving in the Senate.

Use this chart to compare Inouye to other members of the Senate in the 112^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 Inouye’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

From Jan 1963 to Dec 2012, Inouye missed 2,650 of 18,824 roll call votes, which is 14.1%. This is worse than the median of 2.0% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Dec 2012. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1963 Jan-Mar	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Apr-Jun	70	2	2.9%	0^th
1963 Jul-Sep	54	2	3.7%	0^th
1963 Oct-Dec	85	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jan-Mar	59	1	1.7%	0^th
1964 Apr-Jun	136	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jul-Sep	103	1	1.0%	0^th
1964 Oct-Oct	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	32	1	3.1%	0^th
1965 Apr-Jun	101	9	8.9%	0^th
1965 Jul-Sep	106	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Oct-Oct	15	1	6.7%	0^th
1966 Jan-Mar	27	5	18.5%	0^th
1966 Apr-Jun	55	14	25.5%	0^th
1966 Jul-Sep	119	4	3.4%	0^th
1966 Oct-Oct	35	8	22.9%	0^th
1967 Jan-Mar	52	13	25.0%	0^th
1967 Apr-Jun	68	33	48.5%	0^th
1967 Jul-Sep	78	1	1.3%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	99	18	18.2%	0^th
1968 Jan-Mar	68	9	13.2%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	95	39	41.1%	0^th
1968 Jul-Sep	89	42	47.2%	0^th
1968 Oct-Oct	27	15	55.6%	0^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	2	12.5%	0^th
1969 Apr-Jun	24	2	8.3%	0^th
1969 Jul-Sep	43	7	16.3%	0^th
1969 Oct-Dec	149	29	19.5%	0^th
1970 Jan-Mar	99	14	14.1%	0^th
1970 Apr-Jun	91	20	22.0%	0^th
1970 Jul-Sep	118	32	27.1%	0^th
1970 Oct-Dec	104	40	38.5%	0^th
1971 Feb-Mar	24	5	20.8%	0^th
1971 Apr-Jun	89	25	28.1%	0^th
1971 Jul-Sep	109	27	24.8%	0^th
1971 Oct-Dec	201	49	24.4%	0^th
1972 Jan-Mar	117	24	20.5%	0^th
1972 Apr-Jun	128	32	25.0%	0^th
1972 Jul-Sep	199	7	3.5%	0^th
1972 Oct-Oct	72	8	11.1%	0^th
1973 Jan-Mar	66	7	10.6%	0^th
1973 Apr-Jun	192	32	16.7%	0^th
1973 Jul-Sep	166	11	6.6%	0^th
1973 Oct-Dec	167	26	15.6%	0^th
1974 Jan-Mar	93	21	22.6%	0^th
1974 Apr-Jun	178	83	46.6%	0^th
1974 Jul-Sep	138	36	26.1%	0^th
1974 Oct-Dec	133	26	19.5%	0^th
1975 Jan-Mar	117	8	6.8%	0^th
1975 Apr-Jun	139	71	51.1%	50^th
1975 Jul-Sep	167	17	10.2%	50^th
1975 Oct-Dec	179	46	25.7%	50^th
1976 Jan-Mar	103	39	37.9%	50^th
1976 Apr-Jun	263	113	43.0%	50^th
1976 Jul-Sep	313	77	24.6%	50^th
1976 Oct-Oct	13	13	100.0%	50^th
1977 Jan-Mar	92	28	30.4%	75^th
1977 Apr-Jun	178	36	20.2%	75^th
1977 Jul-Sep	233	15	6.4%	50^th
1977 Oct-Dec	132	36	27.3%	75^th
1978 Jan-Mar	78	15	19.2%	75^th
1978 Apr-Jun	119	41	34.5%	75^th
1978 Jul-Sep	235	64	27.2%	75^th
1978 Oct-Oct	85	7	8.2%	75^th
1979 Feb-Mar	31	3	9.7%	86^th
1979 Apr-Jun	120	43	35.8%	86^th
1979 Jul-Sep	169	53	31.4%	86^th
1979 Oct-Dec	184	45	24.5%	86^th
1980 Jan-Mar	67	28	41.8%	86^th
1980 Apr-Jun	216	46	21.3%	86^th
1980 Jul-Sep	178	18	10.1%	86^th
1980 Oct-Dec	84	11	13.1%	86^th
1981 Jan-Mar	57	7	12.3%	75^th
1981 Apr-Jun	123	4	3.3%	63^rd
1981 Jul-Sep	120	18	15.0%	88^th
1981 Oct-Dec	192	30	15.6%	75^th
1982 Feb-Mar	76	25	32.9%	75^th
1982 Apr-Jun	127	15	11.8%	88^th
1982 Jul-Sep	176	26	14.8%	88^th
1982 Oct-Dec	86	9	10.5%	75^th
1983 Feb-Mar	54	7	13.0%	90^th
1983 Apr-Jun	120	14	11.7%	90^th
1983 Jul-Sep	91	5	5.5%	90^th
1983 Oct-Nov	99	42	42.4%	90^th
1984 Jan-Mar	44	4	9.1%	70^th
1984 Apr-Jun	144	18	12.5%	90^th
1984 Jul-Sep	68	12	17.6%	90^th
1984 Oct-Oct	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Jan-Mar	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Apr-Jun	116	6	5.2%	86^th
1985 Jul-Sep	60	6	10.0%	86^th
1985 Oct-Dec	182	37	20.3%	93^rd
1986 Jan-Mar	51	28	54.9%	93^rd
1986 Apr-Jun	101	11	10.9%	93^rd
1986 Jul-Sep	149	7	4.7%	93^rd
1986 Oct-Oct	56	2	3.6%	86^th
1987 Jan-Mar	50	2	4.0%	63^rd
1987 Apr-Jun	123	20	16.3%	95^th
1987 Jul-Sep	120	8	6.7%	63^rd
1987 Oct-Dec	127	5	3.9%	63^rd
1988 Jan-Mar	84	13	15.5%	89^th
1988 Apr-Jun	136	13	9.6%	95^th
1988 Jul-Sep	127	5	3.9%	53^rd
1988 Oct-Oct	31	2	6.5%	53^rd
1989 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Apr-Jun	77	3	3.9%	82^nd
1989 Jul-Sep	118	2	1.7%	68^th
1989 Oct-Nov	91	1	1.1%	59^th
1990 Jan-Mar	48	3	6.3%	91^st
1990 Apr-Jun	95	8	8.4%	96^th
1990 Jul-Sep	114	0	0.0%	0^th
1990 Oct-Oct	69	0	0.0%	0^th
1991 Jan-Mar	41	4	9.8%	91^st
1991 Apr-Jun	74	2	2.7%	83^rd
1991 Jul-Sep	96	4	4.2%	87^th
1991 Oct-Nov	69	1	1.4%	52^nd
1992 Jan-Mar	61	14	23.0%	91^st
1992 Apr-Jun	74	3	4.1%	83^rd
1992 Jul-Sep	117	6	5.1%	83^rd
1992 Oct-Oct	18	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Feb-Mar	93	43	46.2%	96^th
1993 Apr-Jun	99	4	4.0%	81^st
1993 Jul-Sep	109	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Oct-Nov	94	1	1.1%	44^th
1994 Jan-Mar	86	6	7.0%	81^st
1994 Apr-Jun	92	8	8.7%	93^rd
1994 Jul-Sep	136	5	3.7%	74^th
1994 Oct-Dec	15	1	6.7%	79^th
1995 Jan-Mar	125	11	8.8%	87^th
1995 Apr-Jun	171	4	2.3%	67^th
1995 Jul-Sep	184	13	7.1%	97^th
1995 Oct-Dec	133	3	2.3%	83^rd
1996 Jan-Mar	60	4	6.7%	81^st
1996 Apr-Jun	122	1	0.8%	58^th
1996 Jul-Sep	121	11	9.1%	97^th
1996 Oct-Oct	3	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Jan-Mar	35	4	11.4%	97^th
1997 Apr-Jun	125	11	8.8%	97^th
1997 Jul-Sep	103	1	1.0%	54^th
1997 Oct-Nov	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Jan-Mar	52	9	17.3%	97^th
1998 Apr-Jun	131	26	19.8%	97^th
1998 Jul-Sep	109	12	11.0%	92^nd
1998 Oct-Oct	22	1	4.5%	87^th
1999 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Apr-Jun	111	11	9.9%	95^th
1999 Jul-Sep	112	6	5.4%	90^th
1999 Oct-Nov	70	6	8.6%	90^th
2000 Feb-Mar	51	8	15.7%	95^th
2000 Apr-Jun	120	33	27.5%	98^th
2000 Jul-Sep	89	3	3.4%	75^th
2000 Oct-Dec	38	2	5.3%	48^th
2001 Jan-Mar	63	4	6.3%	96^th
2001 Apr-Jun	157	8	5.1%	93^rd
2001 Jul-Sep	68	5	7.4%	84^th
2001 Oct-Dec	92	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Jan-Mar	59	3	5.1%	67^th
2002 Apr-Jun	107	19	17.8%	98^th
2002 Jul-Sep	61	4	6.6%	89^th
2002 Oct-Nov	26	3	11.5%	96^th
2003 Jan-Mar	112	21	18.8%	92^nd
2003 Apr-Jun	150	28	18.7%	94^th
2003 Jul-Sep	108	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Oct-Nov	89	8	9.0%	92^nd
2004 Jan-Mar	64	1	1.6%	56^th
2004 Apr-Jun	88	5	5.7%	88^th
2004 Jul-Sep	42	2	4.8%	77^th
2004 Oct-Dec	22	1	4.5%	65^th
2005 Jan-Mar	81	15	18.5%	98^th
2005 Apr-Jun	89	8	9.0%	93^rd
2005 Jul-Sep	76	5	6.6%	88^th
2005 Oct-Dec	120	22	18.3%	97^th
2006 Jan-Mar	83	13	15.7%	98^th
2006 Apr-Jun	107	4	3.7%	78^th
2006 Jul-Sep	73	4	5.5%	86^th
2006 Nov-Dec	16	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	126	23	18.3%	96^th
2007 Apr-Jun	112	1	0.9%	43^rd
2007 Jul-Sep	119	10	8.4%	96^th
2007 Oct-Dec	85	9	10.6%	96^th
2008 Jan-Mar	85	8	9.4%	94^th
2008 Apr-Jun	77	13	16.9%	96^th
2008 Jul-Sep	47	4	8.5%	77^th
2008 Oct-Dec	6	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	118	2	1.7%	76^th
2009 Apr-Jun	96	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jul-Sep	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Oct-Dec	94	1	1.1%	55^th
2010 Jan-Mar	108	3	2.8%	75^th
2010 Apr-Jun	96	2	2.1%	57^th
2010 Jul-Sep	44	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Nov-Dec	51	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Jan-Mar	46	6	13.0%	92^nd
2011 Apr-Jun	58	2	3.4%	60^th
2011 Jul-Sep	49	1	2.0%	48^th
2011 Oct-Dec	82	8	9.8%	95^th
2012 Jan-Mar	63	1	1.6%	59^th
2012 Apr-Jun	109	8	7.3%	93^rd
2012 Jul-Sep	28	1	3.6%	56^th
2012 Nov-Dec	28	8	28.6%	95^th

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