Rep. James “Jake” Pickle

Former Representative from Texas's 10^th District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1963-1994	Representative	Texas's 10^th District

Sponsorship Analysis

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

Use this chart to compare Pickle 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 Dec 1963 to Nov 1994, Pickle missed 1,011 of 13,672 roll call votes, which is 7.4%. 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
1963 Oct-Dec	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jan-Mar	26	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	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	28	2	7.1%	43^rd
1965 Apr-Jun	53	3	5.7%	30^th
1965 Jul-Sep	98	5	5.1%	43^rd
1965 Oct-Oct	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1966 Jan-Mar	29	2	6.9%	57^th
1966 Apr-Jun	49	2	4.1%	22^nd
1966 Jul-Sep	70	15	21.4%	74^th
1966 Oct-Oct	39	2	5.1%	22^nd
1967 Jan-Mar	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Apr-Jun	52	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Jul-Sep	59	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	97	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jan-Mar	37	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	78	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jul-Sep	89	3	3.4%	76^th
1968 Oct-Oct	20	6	30.0%	97^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	1	3.6%	25^th
1969 Jul-Sep	45	2	4.4%	31^st
1969 Oct-Dec	88	9	10.2%	42^nd
1970 Jan-Mar	35	1	2.9%	21^st
1970 Apr-Jun	74	5	6.8%	24^th
1970 Jul-Sep	75	12	16.0%	67^th
1970 Oct-Dec	81	12	14.8%	52^nd
1971 Jan-Mar	22	2	9.1%	45^th
1971 Apr-Jun	89	14	15.7%	68^th
1971 Jul-Sep	72	11	15.3%	82^nd
1971 Oct-Dec	130	15	11.5%	47^th
1972 Jan-Mar	64	4	6.3%	37^th
1972 Apr-Jun	113	11	9.7%	42^nd
1972 Jul-Sep	101	6	5.9%	47^th
1972 Oct-Oct	49	6	12.2%	56^th
1973 Jan-Mar	34	2	5.9%	57^th
1973 Apr-Jun	188	10	5.3%	42^nd
1973 Jul-Sep	130	3	2.3%	38^th
1973 Oct-Dec	180	9	5.0%	40^th
1974 Jan-Mar	76	11	14.5%	76^th
1974 Apr-Jun	168	65	38.7%	98^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	4	2.7%	27^th
1974 Oct-Dec	140	9	6.4%	44^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	3	4.4%	53^rd
1975 Apr-Jun	199	5	2.5%	27^th
1975 Jul-Sep	146	3	2.1%	21^st
1975 Oct-Dec	191	8	4.2%	48^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	0	0.0%	0^th
1976 Apr-Jun	266	20	7.5%	49^th
1976 Jul-Sep	279	30	10.8%	74^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	1	14.3%	74^th
1977 Jan-Mar	100	1	1.0%	16^th
1977 Apr-Jun	271	21	7.7%	51^st
1977 Jul-Sep	197	30	15.2%	89^th
1977 Oct-Dec	134	13	9.7%	74^th
1978 Jan-Mar	147	1	0.7%	16^th
1978 Apr-Jun	299	20	6.7%	48^th
1978 Jul-Sep	308	23	7.5%	54^th
1978 Oct-Oct	75	3	4.0%	38^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	5	7.9%	74^th
1979 Apr-Jun	220	15	6.8%	57^th
1979 Jul-Sep	198	33	16.7%	88^th
1979 Oct-Dec	190	26	13.7%	72^nd
1980 Jan-Mar	148	19	12.8%	74^th
1980 Apr-Jun	195	21	10.8%	66^th
1980 Jul-Sep	192	25	13.0%	77^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	2	3.0%	22^nd
1981 Jan-Mar	15	1	6.7%	43^rd
1981 Apr-Jun	89	4	4.5%	43^rd
1981 Jul-Sep	105	4	3.8%	50^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	10	7.0%	60^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	2	4.2%	39^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	0	0.0%	0^th
1982 Jul-Sep	193	20	10.4%	77^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	3	3.0%	26^th
1983 Jan-Mar	43	0	0.0%	0^th
1983 Apr-Jun	182	25	13.7%	85^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	11	8.5%	82^nd
1983 Oct-Nov	143	7	4.9%	51^st
1984 Jan-Mar	53	6	11.3%	76^th
1984 Apr-Jun	223	16	7.2%	58^th
1984 Jul-Sep	95	1	1.1%	20^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	3	8.3%	61^st
1985 Jan-Mar	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Apr-Jun	153	8	5.2%	63^rd
1985 Jul-Sep	101	2	2.0%	36^th
1985 Oct-Dec	148	4	2.7%	46^th
1986 Jan-Mar	60	7	11.7%	77^th
1986 Apr-Jun	127	25	19.7%	98^th
1986 Jul-Sep	201	2	1.0%	22^nd
1986 Oct-Oct	60	13	21.7%	94^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	4	10.3%	81^st
1987 Apr-Jun	186	6	3.2%	48^th
1987 Jul-Sep	95	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	3	1.8%	14^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	3	6.1%	59^th
1988 Apr-Jun	160	5	3.1%	49^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	5	3.3%	42^nd
1988 Oct-Oct	89	47	52.8%	98^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	1	7.1%	57^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	1	1.0%	18^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	3	2.3%	49^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	7	5.8%	70^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	1	1.7%	31^st
1990 Apr-Jun	150	7	4.7%	69^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	3	1.6%	38^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	3	2.1%	40^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	1	1.6%	31^st
1991 Apr-Jun	139	8	5.8%	73^rd
1991 Jul-Sep	81	17	21.0%	96^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	2	1.2%	28^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	1	1.5%	32^nd
1992 Apr-Jun	185	6	3.2%	51^st
1992 Jul-Sep	196	12	6.1%	76^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	28	22.0%	97^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	17	8.9%	84^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	9	5.5%	80^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	4	3.0%	65^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	22	23.2%	96^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	9	4.1%	66^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	8	5.6%	68^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	2	3.9%	63^rd

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. James “Jake” Pickle [D-TX10, 1963-1994] leaves office as Representative for Texas's 10th congressional district

Dec 01, 1994

Elections and Offices

Rep. James “Jake” Pickle [D-TX10, 1963-1994] takes office as Representative for Texas's 10th congressional district

Jan 09, 1963