Rep. Henry Hyde

Former Representative from Illinois's 6^th District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1975-2006	Representative	Illinois's 6^th District

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Sponsorship Analysis

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

Use this chart to compare Hyde to other members of the House of Representatives in the 109^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 1975 to Dec 2006, Hyde missed 1,058 of 17,714 roll call votes, which is 6.0%. This is worse than the median of 2.9% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2006. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1975 Jan-Mar	67	3	4.5%	57^th
1975 Apr-Jun	199	3	1.5%	14^th
1975 Jul-Sep	146	5	3.4%	29^th
1975 Oct-Dec	191	2	1.0%	19^th
1976 Jan-Mar	104	6	5.8%	57^th
1976 Apr-Jun	267	13	4.9%	32^nd
1976 Jul-Sep	278	2	0.7%	14^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Jan-Mar	100	1	1.0%	18^th
1977 Apr-Jun	271	12	4.4%	32^nd
1977 Jul-Sep	196	3	1.5%	25^th
1977 Oct-Dec	133	10	7.5%	57^th
1978 Jan-Mar	149	1	0.7%	14^th
1978 Apr-Jun	298	21	7.0%	50^th
1978 Jul-Sep	308	8	2.6%	25^th
1978 Oct-Oct	73	8	11.0%	68^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	0	0.0%	0^th
1979 Apr-Jun	217	13	6.0%	54^th
1979 Jul-Sep	198	12	6.1%	62^nd
1979 Oct-Dec	189	8	4.2%	22^nd
1980 Jan-Mar	147	10	6.8%	49^th
1980 Apr-Jun	194	6	3.1%	41^st
1980 Jul-Sep	192	13	6.8%	62^nd
1980 Oct-Dec	67	6	9.0%	49^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	1	6.7%	46^th
1981 Apr-Jun	89	2	2.2%	16^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	8	7.5%	71^st
1981 Oct-Dec	141	6	4.3%	46^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	1	2.1%	29^th
1982 Apr-Jun	118	3	2.5%	44^th
1982 Jul-Sep	192	12	6.3%	69^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	3	3.0%	25^th
1983 Jan-Mar	43	4	9.3%	66^th
1983 Apr-Jun	181	8	4.4%	46^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	2	1.5%	23^rd
1983 Oct-Nov	143	1	0.7%	7^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	4	7.5%	58^th
1984 Apr-Jun	221	21	9.5%	70^th
1984 Jul-Sep	95	4	4.2%	51^st
1984 Oct-Oct	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Jan-Mar	35	3	8.6%	69^th
1985 Apr-Jun	154	10	6.5%	69^th
1985 Jul-Sep	100	9	9.0%	74^th
1985 Oct-Dec	146	6	4.1%	61^st
1986 Jan-Mar	61	2	3.3%	26^th
1986 Apr-Jun	127	9	7.1%	83^rd
1986 Jul-Sep	201	7	3.5%	56^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	6	10.0%	80^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	1	2.6%	42^nd
1987 Apr-Jun	187	9	4.8%	62^nd
1987 Jul-Sep	95	4	4.2%	65^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	13	7.8%	64^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	3	6.1%	57^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	3	1.9%	35^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	10	6.6%	74^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Jan-Mar	11	5	45.5%	98^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	4	3.8%	59^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	91	71.1%	99^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	1	0.8%	15^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	3	5.0%	74^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	8	5.3%	76^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	3	1.6%	36^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	7	4.9%	66^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	2	3.2%	54^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	1	0.7%	18^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	12	14.8%	88^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	2	1.2%	26^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	10	15.2%	93^rd
1992 Apr-Jun	185	16	8.6%	86^th
1992 Jul-Sep	196	98	50.0%	98^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	3	7.3%	69^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	1	0.8%	28^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	7	3.7%	63^rd
1993 Jul-Sep	164	12	7.3%	91^st
1993 Oct-Nov	134	1	0.7%	27^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	2	2.1%	39^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	5	2.3%	53^rd
1994 Jul-Sep	142	1	0.7%	21^st
1994 Oct-Nov	51	1	2.0%	50^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	3	1.1%	48^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	1	0.5%	19^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	1	0.4%	19^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	3	1.6%	45^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	4	2.2%	47^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	4	2.5%	57^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	1	1.4%	38^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	4	2.3%	55^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	6	2.6%	64^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	6	3.7%	66^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	3	3.4%	62^nd
1998 Apr-Jun	185	10	5.4%	79^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	6	3.0%	63^rd
1998 Oct-Dec	74	7	9.5%	90^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	3	3.9%	69^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	3	1.6%	44^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	4	2.0%	55^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	5	5.3%	63^rd
2000 Apr-Jun	277	7	2.5%	50^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	1	0.8%	27^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	9	8.9%	62^nd
2001 Jan-Mar	75	2	2.7%	50^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	2	1.5%	34^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	2	1.3%	37^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	3	2.0%	45^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	8	10.1%	89^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	11	5.4%	75^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	4	2.8%	51^st
2002 Oct-Nov	61	4	6.6%	74^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	49	52.1%	100^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	61	25.5%	99^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	17	8.8%	89^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	5	3.3%	51^st
2004 Jan-Mar	104	6	5.8%	62^nd
2004 Apr-Jun	221	4	1.8%	40^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	3	5.2%	62^nd
2005 Jan-Mar	90	9	10.0%	89^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	18	6.6%	83^rd
2005 Jul-Sep	146	6	4.1%	69^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	56	34.4%	99^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	1	1.2%	41^st
2006 Apr-Jun	276	39	14.1%	96^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	15	9.4%	89^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	5	18.5%	85^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

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Rep. Henry Hyde [R-IL6, 1975-2006] leaves office as Representative for Illinois's 6th congressional district

Dec 09, 2006

Elections and Offices

Rep. Henry Hyde [R-IL6, 1975-2006] takes office as Representative for Illinois's 6th congressional district

Jan 14, 1975