Rep. George Whitehurst

Former Representative from Virginia's 2^nd District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1969-1986	Representative	Virginia's 2^nd District

Sponsorship Analysis

Whitehurst was a moderate Republican leader according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Whitehurst’s time serving in the House of Representatives.

Use this chart to compare Whitehurst to other members of the House of Representatives in the 99^th Congress on leadership and ideology.

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Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

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Voting Record

From Jan 1969 to Oct 1986, Whitehurst missed 756 of 8,797 roll call votes, which is 8.6%. This is worse than the median of 5.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1986. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1969 Jan-Mar	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Jul-Sep	45	2	4.4%	32^nd
1969 Oct-Dec	88	11	12.5%	67^th
1970 Jan-Mar	34	2	5.9%	43^rd
1970 Apr-Jun	73	8	11.0%	36^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	9	11.8%	52^nd
1970 Oct-Dec	81	14	17.3%	64^th
1971 Jan-Mar	17	1	5.9%	57^th
1971 Apr-Jun	90	8	8.9%	31^st
1971 Jul-Sep	72	4	5.6%	39^th
1971 Oct-Dec	133	7	5.3%	25^th
1972 Jan-Mar	64	6	9.4%	54^th
1972 Apr-Jun	112	8	7.1%	39^th
1972 Jul-Sep	101	0	0.0%	0^th
1972 Oct-Oct	49	14	28.6%	80^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	1	2.8%	29^th
1973 Apr-Jun	188	17	9.0%	61^st
1973 Jul-Sep	130	2	1.5%	20^th
1973 Oct-Dec	180	11	6.1%	48^th
1974 Jan-Mar	77	11	14.3%	74^th
1974 Apr-Jun	169	6	3.6%	21^st
1974 Jul-Sep	148	2	1.4%	15^th
1974 Oct-Dec	137	49	35.8%	96^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	11	16.2%	88^th
1975 Apr-Jun	199	5	2.5%	22^nd
1975 Jul-Sep	146	19	13.0%	85^th
1975 Oct-Dec	190	2	1.1%	20^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	0	0.0%	0^th
1976 Apr-Jun	264	34	12.9%	74^th
1976 Jul-Sep	276	11	4.0%	41^st
1976 Oct-Oct	7	1	14.3%	69^th
1977 Jan-Mar	100	1	1.0%	15^th
1977 Apr-Jun	269	30	11.2%	77^th
1977 Jul-Sep	196	20	10.2%	78^th
1977 Oct-Dec	132	4	3.0%	38^th
1978 Jan-Mar	149	2	1.3%	12^th
1978 Apr-Jun	299	13	4.3%	32^nd
1978 Jul-Sep	308	16	5.2%	38^th
1978 Oct-Oct	75	15	20.0%	88^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	1	1.6%	35^th
1979 Apr-Jun	220	12	5.5%	42^nd
1979 Jul-Sep	198	12	6.1%	52^nd
1979 Oct-Dec	190	20	10.5%	58^th
1980 Jan-Mar	148	14	9.5%	55^th
1980 Apr-Jun	196	22	11.2%	69^th
1980 Jul-Sep	190	15	7.9%	56^th
1980 Oct-Dec	65	17	26.2%	88^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	1	6.7%	47^th
1981 Apr-Jun	89	2	2.2%	17^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	4	3.8%	42^nd
1981 Oct-Dec	141	16	11.3%	75^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	1	2.1%	24^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	4	3.4%	40^th
1982 Jul-Sep	192	21	10.9%	77^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	11	11.1%	64^th
1983 Jan-Mar	43	3	7.0%	48^th
1983 Apr-Jun	181	16	8.8%	64^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	5	3.8%	48^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	20	14.0%	87^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	4	7.5%	56^th
1984 Apr-Jun	223	17	7.6%	61^st
1984 Jul-Sep	93	4	4.3%	51^st
1984 Oct-Oct	36	8	22.2%	89^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	1	2.8%	19^th
1985 Apr-Jun	154	8	5.2%	54^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	11	10.9%	84^th
1985 Oct-Dec	147	27	18.4%	96^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	7	11.5%	65^th
1986 Apr-Jun	128	17	13.3%	89^th
1986 Jul-Sep	201	50	24.9%	95^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	8	13.3%	81^st

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. George Whitehurst [R-VA2, 1969-1986] leaves office as Representative for Virginia's 2nd congressional district

Oct 18, 1986

Elections and Offices

Rep. George Whitehurst [R-VA2, 1969-1986] takes office as Representative for Virginia's 2nd congressional district

Jan 03, 1969