Rep. Dante Fascell

Former Representative from Florida's 19^th District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1983-1992	Representative	Florida's 19^th District
1973-1982	Representative	Florida's 15^th District
1967-1972	Representative	Florida's 12^th District
1961-1966	Representative	Florida's 4^th District
1959-1960	Representative	Florida's 4^th District
1957-1958	Representative	Florida's 4^th District
1955-1956	Representative	Florida's 4^th District

Sponsorship Analysis

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

Use this chart to compare Fascell to other members of the House of Representatives in the 102^nd 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 Fascell’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

From Jan 1955 to Oct 1992, Fascell missed 734 of 13,431 roll call votes, which is 5.5%. This is worse than the median of 4.3% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1992. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1955 Jan-Mar	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Apr-Jun	32	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	29	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	51	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	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Apr-Jun	32	1	3.1%	94^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	29	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jul-Sep	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Oct-Dec	48	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jan-Mar	25	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Apr-Jun	34	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jul-Sep	48	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Oct-Oct	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	28	2	7.1%	47^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jul-Sep	98	2	2.0%	32^nd
1965 Oct-Oct	22	1	4.5%	41^st
1966 Jan-Mar	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1966 Apr-Jun	51	0	0.0%	0^th
1966 Jul-Sep	72	2	2.8%	17^th
1966 Oct-Oct	39	3	7.7%	43^rd
1967 Jan-Mar	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Apr-Jun	53	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Jul-Sep	59	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	97	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jan-Mar	37	1	2.7%	84^th
1968 Apr-Jun	78	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jul-Sep	91	3	3.3%	67^th
1968 Oct-Oct	24	6	25.0%	89^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	1	3.6%	25^th
1969 Jul-Sep	44	13	29.5%	96^th
1969 Oct-Dec	82	51	62.2%	98^th
1970 Jan-Mar	35	4	11.4%	56^th
1970 Apr-Jun	74	13	17.6%	55^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	1	1.3%	11^th
1970 Oct-Dec	75	23	30.7%	91^st
1971 Jan-Mar	22	1	4.5%	27^th
1971 Apr-Jun	88	12	13.6%	58^th
1971 Jul-Sep	72	2	2.8%	27^th
1971 Oct-Dec	132	0	0.0%	0^th
1972 Jan-Mar	64	1	1.6%	13^th
1972 Apr-Jun	113	0	0.0%	0^th
1972 Jul-Sep	100	3	3.0%	21^st
1972 Oct-Oct	49	9	18.4%	66^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	1	2.8%	28^th
1973 Apr-Jun	189	6	3.2%	21^st
1973 Jul-Sep	130	4	3.1%	42^nd
1973 Oct-Dec	180	8	4.4%	38^th
1974 Jan-Mar	77	6	7.8%	47^th
1974 Apr-Jun	169	5	3.0%	15^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	2	1.4%	15^th
1974 Oct-Dec	141	2	1.4%	9^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	1	1.5%	22^nd
1975 Apr-Jun	199	17	8.5%	69^th
1975 Jul-Sep	146	2	1.4%	15^th
1975 Oct-Dec	191	1	0.5%	12^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	13	12.3%	79^th
1976 Apr-Jun	266	13	4.9%	33^rd
1976 Jul-Sep	279	4	1.4%	19^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Jan-Mar	100	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Apr-Jun	273	8	2.9%	28^th
1977 Jul-Sep	198	17	8.6%	69^th
1977 Oct-Dec	134	2	1.5%	24^th
1978 Jan-Mar	149	10	6.7%	48^th
1978 Apr-Jun	300	21	7.0%	49^th
1978 Jul-Sep	308	28	9.1%	60^th
1978 Oct-Oct	75	2	2.7%	26^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	0	0.0%	0^th
1979 Apr-Jun	220	6	2.7%	24^th
1979 Jul-Sep	198	12	6.1%	54^th
1979 Oct-Dec	190	27	14.2%	73^rd
1980 Jan-Mar	148	10	6.8%	44^th
1980 Apr-Jun	196	8	4.1%	32^nd
1980 Jul-Sep	191	13	6.8%	52^nd
1980 Oct-Dec	67	2	3.0%	20^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1981 Apr-Jun	89	2	2.2%	19^th
1981 Jul-Sep	105	25	23.8%	97^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	5	3.5%	30^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	4	8.3%	60^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	1	0.8%	10^th
1982 Jul-Sep	193	15	7.8%	63^rd
1982 Oct-Dec	99	55	55.6%	98^th
1983 Jan-Mar	43	3	7.0%	48^th
1983 Apr-Jun	182	3	1.6%	17^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	5	3.8%	52^nd
1983 Oct-Nov	143	14	9.8%	77^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	7	13.2%	77^th
1984 Apr-Jun	222	17	7.7%	63^rd
1984 Jul-Sep	95	6	6.3%	63^rd
1984 Oct-Oct	36	4	11.1%	71^st
1985 Jan-Mar	36	12	33.3%	97^th
1985 Apr-Jun	154	7	4.5%	48^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	4	4.0%	51^st
1985 Oct-Dec	148	4	2.7%	41^st
1986 Jan-Mar	61	4	6.6%	50^th
1986 Apr-Jun	128	5	3.9%	53^rd
1986 Jul-Sep	201	7	3.5%	52^nd
1986 Oct-Oct	60	4	6.7%	66^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Apr-Jun	187	5	2.7%	34^th
1987 Jul-Sep	95	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	10	6.0%	49^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	3	6.1%	57^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	4	2.5%	39^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	11	7.2%	72^nd
1988 Oct-Oct	89	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	5	4.8%	63^rd
1989 Jul-Sep	128	7	5.5%	79^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	1	0.8%	13^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	7	11.7%	88^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	7	4.7%	64^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	9	4.9%	70^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	1	0.7%	19^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	1	1.6%	29^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	0	0.0%	0^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	4	4.9%	56^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	1	0.6%	15^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	2	3.0%	46^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	11	5.9%	65^th
1992 Jul-Sep	196	24	12.2%	82^nd
1992 Oct-Oct	41	2	4.9%	51^st

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. Dante Fascell [D-FL19, 1983-1992] leaves office as Representative for Florida's 19th congressional district

Oct 09, 1992

Elections and Offices

Rep. Dante Fascell [D-FL19, 1983-1992] takes office as Representative for Florida's 19th congressional district

Jan 03, 1983

Elections and Offices

Rep. Dante Fascell [D-FL19, 1983-1992] leaves office as Representative for Florida's 15th congressional district

Dec 23, 1982

Elections and Offices

Rep. Dante Fascell [D-FL19, 1983-1992] takes office as Representative for Florida's 15th congressional district

Jan 03, 1973

Elections and Offices

Rep. Dante Fascell [D-FL19, 1983-1992] leaves office as Representative for Florida's 12th congressional district

Oct 18, 1972