Rep. Gary Ackerman

Former Representative from New York's 5^th District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1993-2013	Representative	New York's 5^th District
1983-1992	Representative	New York's 7^th District

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Sponsorship Analysis

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

Use this chart to compare Ackerman to other members of the House of Representatives 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

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Voting Record

From Jan 1983 to Jan 2013, Ackerman missed 1,571 of 17,995 roll call votes, which is 8.7%. This is worse than the median of 2.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Jan 2013. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1983 Jan-Mar	43	11	25.6%	96^th
1983 Apr-Jun	182	5	2.7%	28^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	6	4.6%	57^th
1983 Oct-Nov	142	12	8.5%	65^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	5	9.4%	67^th
1984 Apr-Jun	220	19	8.6%	59^th
1984 Jul-Sep	95	13	13.7%	87^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	1	2.8%	30^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	15	41.7%	98^th
1985 Apr-Jun	154	12	7.8%	72^nd
1985 Jul-Sep	101	1	1.0%	19^th
1985 Oct-Dec	148	16	10.8%	89^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	13	21.3%	94^th
1986 Apr-Jun	128	6	4.7%	68^th
1986 Jul-Sep	201	30	14.9%	91^st
1986 Oct-Oct	60	3	5.0%	64^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Apr-Jun	187	16	8.6%	80^th
1987 Jul-Sep	95	11	11.6%	91^st
1987 Oct-Dec	167	6	3.6%	34^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	4	8.2%	71^st
1988 Apr-Jun	161	20	12.4%	88^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	13	8.6%	86^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	4	4.5%	58^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	7	6.7%	82^nd
1989 Jul-Sep	128	9	7.0%	86^th
1989 Oct-Nov	120	10	8.3%	82^nd
1990 Jan-Mar	60	0	0.0%	0^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	23	15.3%	88^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	5	2.7%	52^nd
1990 Oct-Oct	143	14	9.8%	83^rd
1991 Jan-Mar	62	14	22.6%	99^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	22	15.8%	97^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	9	11.1%	85^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	11	6.8%	83^rd
1992 Jan-Mar	66	3	4.5%	55^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	45	24.3%	97^th
1992 Jul-Sep	196	64	32.7%	95^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	5	12.2%	86^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	9	7.1%	85^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	2	1.1%	20^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	15	9.1%	95^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	18	13.4%	97^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	5	5.3%	72^nd
1994 Apr-Jun	219	16	7.3%	85^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	14	9.9%	83^rd
1994 Oct-Nov	51	1	2.0%	47^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	3	1.1%	45^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	26	13.8%	97^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	14	6.0%	88^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	29	15.7%	98^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	4	3.6%	62^nd
1996 Apr-Jun	182	17	9.3%	93^rd
1996 Jul-Sep	163	6	3.7%	67^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	7	9.9%	89^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	20	11.5%	96^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	9	3.9%	72^nd
1997 Oct-Nov	163	23	14.1%	97^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	3	3.4%	58^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	10	5.4%	76^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	23	11.6%	92^nd
1998 Oct-Dec	74	10	13.5%	96^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	11	14.3%	95^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	8	4.3%	73^rd
1999 Jul-Sep	204	3	1.5%	47^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	32	21.9%	99^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	23	24.2%	94^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	34	12.3%	92^nd
2000 Jul-Sep	130	18	13.8%	95^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	34	33.7%	95^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	48	64.0%	100^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	8	5.9%	82^nd
2001 Jul-Sep	149	2	1.3%	38^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	8	5.2%	79^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	4	5.1%	71^st
2002 Apr-Jun	203	11	5.4%	77^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	8	5.7%	73^rd
2002 Oct-Nov	61	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	4	4.3%	73^rd
2003 Apr-Jun	239	27	11.3%	96^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	13	6.7%	84^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	20	13.2%	93^rd
2004 Jan-Mar	104	10	9.6%	78^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	10	4.5%	68^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	38	23.6%	98^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	12	20.7%	93^rd
2005 Jan-Mar	90	5	5.6%	71^st
2005 Apr-Jun	272	9	3.3%	64^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	2	1.4%	42^nd
2005 Oct-Dec	163	13	8.0%	85^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	6	7.4%	85^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	9	3.3%	69^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	4	2.5%	58^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	6	2.8%	62^nd
2007 Apr-Jun	393	28	7.1%	89^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	12	3.8%	73^rd
2007 Oct-Dec	263	23	8.7%	85^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	19	12.8%	88^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	5	1.6%	30^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	2	1.0%	26^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	7	4.0%	74^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	12	4.0%	71^st
2009 Jul-Sep	268	32	11.9%	96^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	17	6.9%	82^nd
2010 Jan-Mar	195	36	18.5%	97^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	7	3.2%	53^rd
2010 Jul-Sep	151	15	9.9%	92^nd
2010 Nov-Dec	99	6	6.1%	68^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	1	0.5%	26^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	8	2.8%	71^st
2011 Jul-Sep	247	6	2.4%	65^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	20	9.6%	91^st
2012 Jan-Mar	151	10	6.6%	81^st
2012 Apr-Jun	299	29	9.7%	87^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	49	32.2%	98^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	20	39.2%	96^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^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