Rep. Jack Brooks

Former Representative from Texas's 9^th District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1967-1994	Representative	Texas's 9^th District
1961-1966	Representative	Texas's 2^nd District
1959-1960	Representative	Texas's 2^nd District
1957-1958	Representative	Texas's 2^nd District
1953-1956	Representative	Texas's 2^nd District

Sponsorship Analysis

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

Use this chart to compare Brooks to other members of the House of Representatives in the 103^rd 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 1953 to Nov 1994, Brooks missed 1,437 of 14,656 roll call votes, which is 9.8%. This is worse than the median of 3.4% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Nov 1994. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
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	24	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	30	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	52	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	23	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	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Jan-Mar	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Apr-Jun	32	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	48	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jan-Mar	25	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Apr-Jun	33	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jul-Sep	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Oct-Oct	3	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	27	3	11.1%	87^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	4	7.5%	43^rd
1965 Jul-Sep	98	3	3.1%	35^th
1965 Oct-Oct	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1966 Jan-Mar	30	2	6.7%	43^rd
1966 Apr-Jun	51	5	9.8%	52^nd
1966 Jul-Sep	72	0	0.0%	0^th
1966 Oct-Oct	39	5	12.8%	57^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	1	3.2%	69^th
1967 Apr-Jun	57	1	1.8%	69^th
1967 Jul-Sep	58	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	94	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	1	1.1%	31^st
1968 Oct-Oct	23	5	21.7%	83^rd
1969 Jan-Mar	16	1	6.3%	39^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	5	17.9%	78^th
1969 Jul-Sep	45	6	13.3%	69^th
1969 Oct-Dec	86	38	44.2%	97^th
1970 Jan-Mar	35	3	8.6%	39^th
1970 Apr-Jun	74	12	16.2%	45^th
1970 Jul-Sep	73	23	31.5%	82^nd
1970 Oct-Dec	73	22	30.1%	85^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1971 Apr-Jun	89	13	14.6%	61^st
1971 Jul-Sep	69	7	10.1%	66^th
1971 Oct-Dec	132	10	7.6%	29^th
1972 Jan-Mar	64	0	0.0%	0^th
1972 Apr-Jun	109	21	19.3%	71^st
1972 Jul-Sep	101	3	3.0%	13^th
1972 Oct-Oct	49	4	8.2%	44^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	3	8.3%	59^th
1973 Apr-Jun	189	15	7.9%	55^th
1973 Jul-Sep	130	6	4.6%	56^th
1973 Oct-Dec	179	22	12.3%	73^rd
1974 Jan-Mar	76	5	6.6%	40^th
1974 Apr-Jun	169	14	8.3%	45^th
1974 Jul-Sep	147	7	4.8%	45^th
1974 Oct-Dec	139	12	8.6%	60^th
1975 Jan-Mar	65	17	26.2%	96^th
1975 Apr-Jun	192	16	8.3%	68^th
1975 Jul-Sep	145	36	24.8%	98^th
1975 Oct-Dec	189	14	7.4%	68^th
1976 Jan-Mar	105	9	8.6%	67^th
1976 Apr-Jun	260	24	9.2%	57^th
1976 Jul-Sep	277	16	5.8%	52^nd
1976 Oct-Oct	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Jan-Mar	100	9	9.0%	73^rd
1977 Apr-Jun	273	28	10.3%	71^st
1977 Jul-Sep	197	45	22.8%	94^th
1977 Oct-Dec	134	3	2.2%	31^st
1978 Jan-Mar	148	3	2.0%	29^th
1978 Apr-Jun	300	10	3.3%	28^th
1978 Jul-Sep	308	24	7.8%	57^th
1978 Oct-Oct	75	2	2.7%	25^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	8	12.7%	79^th
1979 Apr-Jun	219	21	9.6%	73^rd
1979 Jul-Sep	198	16	8.1%	67^th
1979 Oct-Dec	190	55	28.9%	97^th
1980 Jan-Mar	148	18	12.2%	70^th
1980 Apr-Jun	196	52	26.5%	94^th
1980 Jul-Sep	192	9	4.7%	43^rd
1980 Oct-Dec	67	18	26.9%	83^rd
1981 Jan-Mar	15	2	13.3%	74^th
1981 Apr-Jun	87	10	11.5%	81^st
1981 Jul-Sep	106	10	9.4%	75^th
1981 Oct-Dec	140	51	36.4%	99^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	19	39.6%	95^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	6	5.0%	59^th
1982 Jul-Sep	193	31	16.1%	87^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	10	10.1%	64^th
1983 Jan-Mar	42	2	4.8%	48^th
1983 Apr-Jun	182	11	6.0%	51^st
1983 Jul-Sep	130	4	3.1%	48^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	15	10.5%	79^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	0	0.0%	0^th
1984 Apr-Jun	223	38	17.0%	94^th
1984 Jul-Sep	95	11	11.6%	85^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	3	8.3%	61^st
1985 Jan-Mar	36	3	8.3%	56^th
1985 Apr-Jun	153	11	7.2%	75^th
1985 Jul-Sep	99	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Oct-Dec	145	18	12.4%	95^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	7	11.5%	73^rd
1986 Apr-Jun	128	6	4.7%	65^th
1986 Jul-Sep	201	19	9.5%	86^th
1986 Oct-Oct	59	42	71.2%	99^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	1	2.6%	39^th
1987 Apr-Jun	186	20	10.8%	88^th
1987 Jul-Sep	95	1	1.1%	24^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	14	8.4%	69^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	5	10.2%	78^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	19	11.8%	90^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	19	12.5%	86^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	18	20.2%	95^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	10	9.5%	89^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	5	3.9%	66^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	87	71.9%	100^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	11	18.3%	95^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	4	2.7%	50^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	5	2.7%	50^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	25	17.5%	97^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	2	3.2%	51^st
1991 Apr-Jun	139	12	8.6%	88^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	3	3.7%	49^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	15	9.3%	89^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	4	6.1%	65^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	10	5.4%	70^th
1992 Jul-Sep	196	7	3.6%	57^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	5	3.9%	67^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	15	7.9%	80^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	5	3.0%	64^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	10	7.5%	89^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	22	23.2%	96^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	9	4.1%	66^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	7	4.9%	64^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	3	5.9%	74^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
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Rep. Jack Brooks [D-TX9, 1967-1994] leaves office as Representative for Texas's 9th congressional district

Dec 01, 1994

Elections and Offices

Rep. Jack Brooks [D-TX9, 1967-1994] takes office as Representative for Texas's 9th congressional district

Jan 10, 1967

Elections and Offices

Rep. Jack Brooks [D-TX9, 1967-1994] leaves office as Representative for Texas's 2nd congressional district

Oct 22, 1966

Elections and Offices

Rep. Jack Brooks [D-TX9, 1967-1994] takes office as Representative for Texas's 2nd congressional district

Jan 03, 1961

Elections and Offices

Rep. Jack Brooks [D-TX9, 1967-1994] leaves office as Representative for Texas's 2nd congressional district

Sep 01, 1960