Rep. George Mahon

Former Representative from Texas's 19^th District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1961-1978	Representative	Texas's 19^th District
1959-1960	Representative	Texas's 19^th District
1957-1958	Representative	Texas's 19^th District
1953-1956	Representative	Texas's 19^th District
1947-1952	Representative	Texas's 19^th District
1939-1946	Representative	Texas's 19^th District
1937-1938	Representative	Texas's 19^th District
1935-1936	Representative	Texas's 19^th District

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

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

H.Con.Res. 742 (95th): A resolution providing for the printing of prayers offered by Reverend Edward ...
H.J.Res. 1139 (95th): A resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1979, and for ...
H.R. 13635 (95th): Department of Defense Appropriation Act
H.J.Res. 1088 (95th): A resolution providing financial assistance for the City of New York.
H.R. 13467 (95th): Second Supplemental Appropriations Act
H.J.Res. 1024 (95th): A resolution making urgent supplemental appropriations for the Department of Agriculture, Agricultural ...
H.J.Res. 945 (95th): Joint resolution making an urgent appropriation for the black lung program of ...

View All » (including bills from previous years)

Voting Record

From Jan 1935 to Oct 1978, Mahon missed 130 of 8,703 roll call votes, which is 1.5%. This is better than the median of 8.0% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1978. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

Show the numbers...

Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1935 Jan-Mar	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1935 Apr-Jun	37	1	2.7%	33^rd
1935 Jul-Aug	58	0	0.0%	0^th
1936 Jan-Jun	80	3	3.8%	0^th
1937 Jan-Mar	19	1	5.3%	50^th
1937 Apr-Jun	41	2	4.9%	33^rd
1937 Jul-Aug	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1937 Dec-Dec	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1938 Jan-Jun	61	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Jan-Mar	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Apr-Jun	41	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Jul-Aug	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Oct-Nov	6	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Jan-Mar	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Apr-Jun	62	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Jul-Sep	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Oct-Dec	10	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Jan-Mar	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Apr-Jun	31	1	3.2%	63^rd
1941 Jul-Aug	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Apr-Jun	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Jul-Sep	11	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Oct-Nov	5	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Jan-Mar	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Apr-Jun	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Jul-Sep	13	1	7.7%	33^rd
1943 Oct-Dec	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Jan-Mar	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Apr-Jun	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Sep-Sep	3	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Nov-Dec	7	1	14.3%	25^th
1945 Jan-Mar	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Apr-Jun	40	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Jul-Sep	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Oct-Dec	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Jan-Mar	34	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Apr-Jun	53	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Jul-Aug	43	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Jan-Mar	24	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Apr-Jun	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Jul-Jul	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Nov-Dec	6	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Apr-Jun	54	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Aug-Aug	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jan-Mar	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Apr-Jun	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jul-Sep	43	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Oct-Oct	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jan-Mar	53	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Apr-Jun	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jul-Sep	59	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Dec-Dec	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Jan	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Mar	11	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Apr-Jun	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jul-Sep	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Oct-Oct	18	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Jan-Mar	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Apr-Jun	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Jul-Jul	10	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jan-Mar	13	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Apr-Jun	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jul-Aug	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Jan-Mar	14	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Apr-Jun	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Jul-Aug	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Apr-Jun	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Jul-Aug	19	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Apr-Jun	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jul-Jul	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Apr-Jun	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jul-Aug	51	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Apr-Jun	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jul-Aug	40	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 Jan-Apr	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 May-Aug	54	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 Sep-Sep	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1960 Feb-Apr	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1960 May-Aug	70	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 Jan-Apr	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 May-Aug	65	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 Sep-Sep	29	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Apr-Jun	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Jul-Sep	49	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	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jul-Sep	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Oct-Dec	50	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Apr-Jun	34	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jul-Sep	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Oct-Oct	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jul-Sep	98	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Oct-Oct	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1966 Jan-Mar	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1966 Apr-Jun	51	0	0.0%	0^th
1966 Jul-Sep	72	0	0.0%	0^th
1966 Oct-Oct	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	1	3.2%	58^th
1967 Apr-Jun	57	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Jul-Sep	59	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	78	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jul-Sep	91	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Oct-Oct	25	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Jul-Sep	45	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Oct-Dec	88	3	3.4%	18^th
1970 Jan-Mar	34	3	8.8%	57^th
1970 Apr-Jun	74	0	0.0%	0^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	0	0.0%	0^th
1970 Oct-Dec	81	2	2.5%	12^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	1	4.5%	35^th
1971 Apr-Jun	90	2	2.2%	9^th
1971 Jul-Sep	72	0	0.0%	0^th
1971 Oct-Dec	133	2	1.5%	8^th
1972 Jan-Mar	64	0	0.0%	0^th
1972 Apr-Jun	113	4	3.5%	18^th
1972 Jul-Sep	100	2	2.0%	17^th
1972 Oct-Oct	50	0	0.0%	0^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1973 Apr-Jun	189	5	2.6%	16^th
1973 Jul-Sep	129	1	0.8%	20^th
1973 Oct-Dec	180	9	5.0%	38^th
1974 Jan-Mar	77	1	1.3%	10^th
1974 Apr-Jun	169	2	1.2%	6^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	0	0.0%	0^th
1974 Oct-Dec	141	1	0.7%	6^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	0	0.0%	0^th
1975 Apr-Jun	199	2	1.0%	10^th
1975 Jul-Sep	146	0	0.0%	0^th
1975 Oct-Dec	191	1	0.5%	8^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	0	0.0%	0^th
1976 Apr-Jun	267	7	2.6%	14^th
1976 Jul-Sep	280	1	0.4%	4^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	1	14.3%	71^st
1977 Jan-Mar	100	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Apr-Jun	273	15	5.5%	42^nd
1977 Jul-Sep	198	1	0.5%	6^th
1977 Oct-Dec	134	0	0.0%	0^th
1978 Jan-Mar	148	43	29.1%	96^th
1978 Apr-Jun	300	3	1.0%	6^th
1978 Jul-Sep	308	6	1.9%	13^th
1978 Oct-Oct	75	1	1.3%	12^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
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Rep. George Mahon [D-TX19, 1961-1978] leaves office as Representative for Texas's 19th congressional district

Oct 15, 1978

Elections and Offices

Rep. George Mahon [D-TX19, 1961-1978] takes office as Representative for Texas's 19th congressional district

Jan 03, 1961

Elections and Offices

Rep. George Mahon [D-TX19, 1961-1978] leaves office as Representative for Texas's 19th congressional district

Sep 01, 1960

Elections and Offices

Rep. George Mahon [D-TX19, 1961-1978] takes office as Representative for Texas's 19th congressional district

Jan 07, 1959

Elections and Offices

Rep. George Mahon [D-TX19, 1961-1978] leaves office as Representative for Texas's 19th congressional district

Aug 24, 1958