Rep. Don Young

State:: Alaska
Party:: Republican

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1973-2015	Representative	Alaska's At-Large District

Track Him

Official Website: http://donyoung.house.gov
@repdonyoung

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Sponsorship Analysis

Young is a rank-and-file Republican according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship.

Use this chart to compare Young to other members of the House of Representatives on leadership and ideology.

This chart is based on principal components analysis for ideology and PageRank for leadership. See analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Don Young sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Natural Resources
- Chairman, Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs
- Member, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs
- Member, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Member, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation
- Member, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
- Member, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

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

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Voting Record

From Mar 1973 to Jun 2013, Young missed 3,659 of 24,014 roll call votes, which is 15.2%. This is worse than the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1973 Jan-Mar	8	2	25.0%	67^th
1973 Apr-Jun	187	9	4.8%	0^th
1973 Jul-Sep	130	7	5.4%	50^th
1973 Oct-Dec	179	17	9.5%	33^rd
1974 Jan-Mar	76	9	11.8%	50^th
1974 Apr-Jun	169	18	10.7%	33^rd
1974 Jul-Sep	146	49	33.6%	83^rd
1974 Oct-Dec	140	39	27.9%	83^rd
1975 Jan-Mar	68	2	2.9%	33^rd
1975 Apr-Jun	195	40	20.5%	83^rd
1975 Jul-Sep	143	39	27.3%	92^nd
1975 Oct-Dec	186	16	8.6%	58^th
1976 Jan-Mar	105	12	11.4%	58^th
1976 Apr-Jun	258	65	25.2%	83^rd
1976 Jul-Sep	257	97	37.7%	92^nd
1976 Oct-Oct	7	1	14.3%	67^th
1977 Jan-Mar	94	18	19.1%	93^rd
1977 Apr-Jun	268	57	21.3%	93^rd
1977 Jul-Sep	192	53	27.6%	93^rd
1977 Oct-Dec	128	23	18.0%	87^th
1978 Jan-Mar	148	28	18.9%	80^th
1978 Apr-Jun	292	109	37.3%	80^th
1978 Jul-Sep	302	133	44.0%	80^th
1978 Oct-Oct	75	9	12.0%	60^th
1979 Jan-Mar	60	1	1.7%	47^th
1979 Apr-Jun	213	41	19.2%	76^th
1979 Jul-Sep	195	58	29.7%	88^th
1979 Oct-Dec	184	78	42.4%	94^th
1980 Jan-Mar	145	38	26.2%	88^th
1980 Apr-Jun	191	65	34.0%	82^nd
1980 Jul-Sep	182	84	46.2%	94^th
1980 Oct-Dec	65	42	64.6%	94^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	7	46.7%	91^st
1981 Apr-Jun	87	14	16.1%	83^rd
1981 Jul-Sep	101	30	29.7%	96^th
1981 Oct-Dec	137	22	16.1%	88^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	14	29.2%	96^th
1982 Apr-Jun	118	21	17.8%	96^th
1982 Jul-Sep	186	84	45.2%	96^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	25	25.3%	92^nd
1983 Jan-Mar	42	5	11.9%	72^nd
1983 Apr-Jun	182	34	18.7%	91^st
1983 Jul-Sep	127	29	22.8%	94^th
1983 Oct-Nov	140	41	29.3%	97^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	2	3.8%	47^th
1984 Apr-Jun	223	2	0.9%	9^th
1984 Jul-Sep	95	0	0.0%	0^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	4	11.1%	66^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	4	11.1%	71^st
1985 Apr-Jun	154	4	2.6%	32^nd
1985 Jul-Sep	101	5	5.0%	56^th
1985 Oct-Dec	147	10	6.8%	76^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	6	9.8%	74^th
1986 Apr-Jun	128	5	3.9%	65^th
1986 Jul-Sep	201	18	9.0%	74^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	22	56.4%	97^th
1987 Apr-Jun	186	4	2.2%	43^rd
1987 Jul-Sep	95	7	7.4%	78^th
1987 Oct-Dec	164	21	12.8%	90^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	4	8.2%	80^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	18	11.2%	93^rd
1988 Jul-Sep	152	10	6.6%	83^rd
1988 Oct-Oct	89	1	1.1%	40^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	1	7.1%	52^nd
1989 Apr-Jun	105	5	4.8%	66^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	19	14.8%	96^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	5	4.1%	55^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	8	13.3%	94^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	9	6.0%	71^st
1990 Jul-Sep	183	14	7.7%	83^rd
1990 Oct-Oct	143	22	15.4%	92^nd
1991 Jan-Mar	62	4	6.5%	80^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	5	3.6%	58^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	5	6.2%	74^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	20	12.3%	93^rd
1992 Jan-Mar	66	4	6.1%	60^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	17	9.2%	86^th
1992 Jul-Sep	196	11	5.6%	72^nd
1992 Oct-Oct	41	6	14.6%	93^rd
1993 Jan-Mar	127	15	11.8%	94^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	22	11.6%	86^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	27	16.5%	98^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	14	10.4%	94^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	7	7.4%	82^nd
1994 Apr-Jun	219	4	1.8%	41^st
1994 Jul-Sep	142	2	1.4%	32^nd
1994 Oct-Nov	51	1	2.0%	45^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	9	3.2%	76^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	22	11.6%	96^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	40	17.2%	98^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	27	14.6%	99^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	12	10.9%	90^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	5	2.7%	55^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	12	7.4%	90^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	15	21.1%	98^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	14	8.0%	93^rd
1997 Jul-Sep	232	115	49.6%	99^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	27	16.6%	99^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	10	11.2%	87^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	7	3.8%	70^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	20	10.1%	91^st
1998 Oct-Dec	74	1	1.4%	40^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	3	3.9%	67^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	19	10.3%	94^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	23	11.3%	96^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	22	15.1%	95^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	13	13.7%	86^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	47	17.0%	97^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	29	22.3%	98^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	9	8.9%	63^rd
2001 Jan-Mar	75	12	16.0%	97^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	18	13.3%	98^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	23	15.4%	98^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	55	35.9%	99^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	19	24.1%	98^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	18	8.9%	90^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	26	18.4%	96^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	10	16.4%	93^rd
2003 Jan-Mar	94	5	5.3%	78^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	18	7.5%	91^st
2003 Jul-Sep	193	42	21.8%	99^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	23	15.2%	96^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	4	3.8%	48^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	22	10.0%	91^st
2004 Jul-Sep	161	32	19.9%	97^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	9	15.5%	89^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	6	6.7%	76^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	30	11.0%	94^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	12	8.2%	89^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	19	11.7%	93^rd
2006 Jan-Mar	81	1	1.2%	41^st
2006 Apr-Jun	276	17	6.2%	88^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	12	7.5%	89^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	3	11.1%	80^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	2	0.9%	35^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	13	3.3%	71^st
2007 Jul-Sep	317	137	43.2%	99^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	56	21.3%	99^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	34	22.8%	97^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	33	10.3%	90^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	42	20.5%	98^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	18	10.3%	94^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	6	2.0%	42^nd
2009 Jul-Sep	268	13	4.9%	84^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	61	24.8%	99^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	17	8.7%	86^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	44	20.1%	98^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	25	16.6%	97^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	11	11.1%	83^rd
2011 Jan-Mar	212	15	7.1%	95^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	46	16.4%	96^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	60	24.3%	99^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	18	8.7%	90^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	16	10.6%	91^st
2012 Apr-Jun	299	14	4.7%	76^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	6	3.9%	79^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	3	5.9%	68^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	25	28.1%	99^th
2013 Apr-Jun	158	28	17.7%	97^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