Rep. Fernand St. Germain

Former Representative from Rhode Island's 1^st District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1961-1988	Representative	Rhode Island's 1^st District

Sponsorship Analysis

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

Use this chart to compare St. Germain to other members of the House of Representatives in the 100^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 1988, St. Germain missed 1,231 of 10,992 roll call votes, which is 11.2%. This is worse than the median of 5.3% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1988. 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	60	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	47	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	28	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	44	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Oct-Oct	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	27	2	7.4%	58^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	14	26.4%	94^th
1965 Jul-Sep	96	9	9.4%	75^th
1965 Oct-Oct	21	1	4.8%	50^th
1966 Jan-Mar	30	4	13.3%	73^rd
1966 Apr-Jun	51	6	11.8%	57^th
1966 Jul-Sep	70	23	32.9%	92^nd
1966 Oct-Oct	38	2	5.3%	33^rd
1967 Jan-Mar	31	1	3.2%	65^th
1967 Apr-Jun	57	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Jul-Sep	55	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	98	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jan-Mar	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	75	2	2.7%	81^st
1968 Jul-Sep	91	2	2.2%	42^nd
1968 Oct-Oct	23	2	8.7%	61^st
1969 Jan-Mar	16	1	6.3%	51^st
1969 Apr-Jun	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Jul-Sep	44	7	15.9%	81^st
1969 Oct-Dec	86	16	18.6%	80^th
1970 Jan-Mar	34	11	32.4%	90^th
1970 Apr-Jun	74	27	36.5%	89^th
1970 Jul-Sep	75	19	25.3%	77^th
1970 Oct-Dec	73	15	20.5%	72^nd
1971 Jan-Mar	21	6	28.6%	93^rd
1971 Apr-Jun	89	14	15.7%	72^nd
1971 Jul-Sep	72	7	9.7%	55^th
1971 Oct-Dec	132	8	6.1%	30^th
1972 Jan-Mar	63	8	12.7%	64^th
1972 Apr-Jun	110	30	27.3%	84^th
1972 Jul-Sep	101	9	8.9%	54^th
1972 Oct-Oct	50	2	4.0%	25^th
1973 Jan-Mar	35	5	14.3%	72^nd
1973 Apr-Jun	189	7	3.7%	20^th
1973 Jul-Sep	126	20	15.9%	88^th
1973 Oct-Dec	180	21	11.7%	74^th
1974 Jan-Mar	77	7	9.1%	50^th
1974 Apr-Jun	169	20	11.8%	58^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	4	2.7%	28^th
1974 Oct-Dec	140	6	4.3%	27^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	6	8.8%	71^st
1975 Apr-Jun	198	9	4.5%	45^th
1975 Jul-Sep	146	1	0.7%	7^th
1975 Oct-Dec	184	19	10.3%	82^nd
1976 Jan-Mar	105	8	7.6%	60^th
1976 Apr-Jun	262	23	8.8%	55^th
1976 Jul-Sep	273	49	17.9%	87^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	2	28.6%	80^th
1977 Jan-Mar	99	5	5.1%	53^rd
1977 Apr-Jun	263	34	12.9%	83^rd
1977 Jul-Sep	196	41	20.9%	94^th
1977 Oct-Dec	133	8	6.0%	58^th
1978 Jan-Mar	142	16	11.3%	75^th
1978 Apr-Jun	294	31	10.5%	65^th
1978 Jul-Sep	305	46	15.1%	82^nd
1978 Oct-Oct	75	2	2.7%	23^rd
1979 Jan-Mar	63	9	14.3%	81^st
1979 Apr-Jun	219	35	16.0%	89^th
1979 Jul-Sep	198	23	11.6%	77^th
1979 Oct-Dec	187	14	7.5%	43^rd
1980 Jan-Mar	145	15	10.3%	65^th
1980 Apr-Jun	194	23	11.9%	72^nd
1980 Jul-Sep	190	62	32.6%	97^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	14	20.9%	80^th
1981 Jan-Mar	14	0	0.0%	0^th
1981 Apr-Jun	89	13	14.6%	82^nd
1981 Jul-Sep	106	12	11.3%	83^rd
1981 Oct-Dec	142	14	9.9%	70^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	6	12.5%	68^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	5	4.2%	51^st
1982 Jul-Sep	193	4	2.1%	17^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	13	13.1%	71^st
1983 Jan-Mar	43	3	7.0%	49^th
1983 Apr-Jun	182	25	13.7%	85^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	37	28.5%	100^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	10	7.0%	57^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	28	52.8%	98^th
1984 Apr-Jun	223	22	9.9%	71^st
1984 Jul-Sep	95	14	14.7%	88^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	7	19.4%	91^st
1985 Apr-Jun	154	14	9.1%	79^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	22	21.8%	98^th
1985 Oct-Dec	148	8	5.4%	62^nd
1986 Jan-Mar	61	13	21.3%	90^th
1986 Apr-Jun	128	1	0.8%	14^th
1986 Jul-Sep	201	6	3.0%	46^th
1986 Oct-Oct	58	12	20.7%	93^rd
1987 Jan-Mar	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Apr-Jun	187	21	11.2%	86^th
1987 Jul-Sep	95	18	18.9%	94^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	24	14.4%	89^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	29	18.0%	93^rd
1988 Jul-Sep	152	6	3.9%	44^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	11	12.4%	82^nd

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. Fernand St. Germain [D-RI1, 1961-1988] leaves office as Representative for Rhode Island's 1st congressional district

Oct 22, 1988

Elections and Offices

Rep. Fernand St. Germain [D-RI1, 1961-1988] takes office as Representative for Rhode Island's 1st congressional district

Jan 03, 1961