Rep. David Henderson

Former Representative from North Carolina's 3^rd District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1961-1976	Representative	North Carolina's 3^rd District

Sponsorship Analysis

Henderson was a centrist Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Henderson’s time serving in the House of Representatives.

Use this chart to compare Henderson to other members of the House of Representatives in the 94^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

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Voting Record

From Jan 1961 to Oct 1976, Henderson missed 365 of 4,690 roll call votes, which is 7.8%. This is better than the median of 7.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1976. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1961 Jan-Apr	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 May-Aug	64	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 Sep-Sep	29	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Jan-Mar	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Apr-Jun	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Jul-Sep	48	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	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jul-Sep	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Oct-Dec	46	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Apr-Jun	33	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jul-Sep	48	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Oct-Oct	3	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	28	1	3.6%	35^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	1	1.9%	18^th
1965 Jul-Sep	98	5	5.1%	42^nd
1965 Oct-Oct	20	5	25.0%	81^st
1966 Jan-Mar	29	2	6.9%	58^th
1966 Apr-Jun	49	7	14.3%	67^th
1966 Jul-Sep	69	4	5.8%	33^rd
1966 Oct-Oct	38	1	2.6%	23^rd
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	95	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jan-Mar	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	78	1	1.3%	38^th
1968 Jul-Sep	89	9	10.1%	92^nd
1968 Oct-Oct	23	6	26.1%	92^nd
1969 Jan-Mar	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Apr-Jun	27	1	3.7%	39^th
1969 Jul-Sep	43	4	9.3%	61^st
1969 Oct-Dec	86	8	9.3%	47^th
1970 Jan-Mar	34	9	26.5%	85^th
1970 Apr-Jun	74	1	1.4%	5^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	6	7.9%	34^th
1970 Oct-Dec	77	19	24.7%	75^th
1971 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1971 Apr-Jun	90	4	4.4%	15^th
1971 Jul-Sep	72	1	1.4%	11^th
1971 Oct-Dec	133	10	7.5%	35^th
1972 Jan-Mar	64	2	3.1%	22^nd
1972 Apr-Jun	112	11	9.8%	43^rd
1972 Jul-Sep	99	4	4.0%	32^nd
1972 Oct-Oct	49	5	10.2%	45^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1973 Apr-Jun	189	10	5.3%	32^nd
1973 Jul-Sep	129	3	2.3%	36^th
1973 Oct-Dec	179	6	3.4%	28^th
1974 Jan-Mar	75	7	9.3%	59^th
1974 Apr-Jun	169	18	10.7%	52^nd
1974 Jul-Sep	148	2	1.4%	14^th
1974 Oct-Dec	140	3	2.1%	15^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	6	8.8%	64^th
1975 Apr-Jun	197	16	8.1%	62^nd
1975 Jul-Sep	144	9	6.3%	56^th
1975 Oct-Dec	185	6	3.2%	37^th
1976 Jan-Mar	105	12	11.4%	74^th
1976 Apr-Jun	257	61	23.7%	87^th
1976 Jul-Sep	276	79	28.6%	89^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	0	0.0%	0^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. David Henderson [D-NC3, 1961-1976] leaves office as Representative for North Carolina's 3rd congressional district

Oct 01, 1976

Elections and Offices

Rep. David Henderson [D-NC3, 1961-1976] takes office as Representative for North Carolina's 3rd congressional district

Jan 03, 1961