Rep. Gene Taylor

Former Representative from Mississippi's 4^th District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
2003-2010	Representative	Mississippi's 4^th District
1989-2002	Representative	Mississippi's 5^th District

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Sponsorship Analysis

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

Use this chart to compare Taylor to other members of the House of Representatives in the 111^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 May 1989 to Dec 2010, Taylor missed 325 of 13,374 roll call votes, which is 2.4%. This is better than the median of 3.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2010. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1989 Apr-Jun	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Oct-Nov	80	0	0.0%	0^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	0	0.0%	0^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	0	0.0%	0^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	0	0.0%	0^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	0	0.0%	0^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	0	0.0%	0^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	1	0.7%	18^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	0	0.0%	0^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	5	3.1%	61^st
1992 Jan-Mar	66	0	0.0%	0^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	3	1.6%	32^nd
1992 Jul-Sep	196	2	1.0%	35^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	1	0.6%	28^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	1	0.7%	23^rd
1994 Jan-Mar	95	1	1.1%	21^st
1994 Apr-Jun	219	5	2.3%	53^rd
1994 Jul-Sep	142	1	0.7%	23^rd
1994 Oct-Nov	51	1	2.0%	49^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	3	1.6%	41^st
1995 Jul-Sep	232	3	1.3%	41^st
1995 Oct-Dec	185	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	2	1.1%	28^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	1	0.6%	21^st
1997 Jan-Mar	71	2	2.8%	54^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	5	2.9%	59^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	1	0.6%	13^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	1	1.1%	24^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	7	3.5%	68^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	1	1.4%	40^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	5	6.5%	84^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	3	1.6%	43^rd
1999 Jul-Sep	204	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	4	2.7%	51^st
2000 Jan-Mar	95	2	2.1%	33^rd
2000 Apr-Jun	277	8	2.9%	53^rd
2000 Jul-Sep	130	7	5.4%	77^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	6	5.9%	44^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	4	2.7%	63^rd
2001 Oct-Dec	153	3	2.0%	46^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	1	0.5%	13^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	3	4.9%	66^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	4	1.7%	43^rd
2003 Jul-Sep	193	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	6	4.0%	58^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	2	1.9%	29^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	8	5.0%	67^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	1	1.1%	19^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	25	9.2%	91^st
2005 Jul-Sep	146	21	14.4%	95^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	10	6.1%	78^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	5	1.8%	47^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	1	3.7%	52^nd
2007 Jan-Mar	213	1	0.5%	18^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	4	1.0%	34^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	4	1.3%	30^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	21	8.0%	84^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	6	4.0%	49^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	14	4.4%	63^rd
2008 Jul-Sep	205	7	3.4%	59^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	7	4.0%	72^nd
2009 Apr-Jun	303	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	28	10.4%	94^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	8	3.3%	55^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	4	2.1%	38^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	31	14.2%	90^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	4	2.6%	53^rd
2010 Nov-Dec	99	10	10.1%	72^nd

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

Recent Legislative Activity

Bill Text

H.R. 6494 (111th): To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 to improve the Littoral Combat Ship program of the Navy.

This bill’s text is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 8:56 p.m.

Bill Text

H.R. 6494 (111th): To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 to improve the Littoral Combat Ship program of the Navy.

This bill’s text for status Passed the House (Engrossed) (Dec 15, 2010) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 8:54 p.m.

Bill Text

H.R. 6494 (111th): To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 to improve the Littoral Combat Ship program of the Navy.

This bill’s text for status Referred to Senate Committee (Dec 22, 2010) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 8:48 p.m.

Bill Text

H.R. 1284 (111th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 West Main Street in McLain, Mississippi, as the “Major Ed W. Freeman Post Office”.

This bill’s text for status Passed Congress/Enrolled Bill (Jan 01, 2010) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 8:18 p.m.

Bill Text

H.R. 1284 (111th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 West Main Street in McLain, Mississippi, as the “Major Ed W. Freeman Post Office”.

This bill’s text for status Reported by Senate Committee (May 20, 2009) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 5:43 p.m.