Rep. Jamie Whitten

Former Representative from Mississippi's 1^st District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1973-1994	Representative	Mississippi's 1^st District
1961-1972	Representative	Mississippi's 2^nd District
1959-1960	Representative	Mississippi's 2^nd District
1957-1958	Representative	Mississippi's 2^nd District
1953-1956	Representative	Mississippi's 2^nd District
1947-1952	Representative	Mississippi's 2^nd District
1941-1946	Representative	Mississippi's 2^nd District

Sponsorship Analysis

Whitten was a centrist Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Whitten’s time serving in the House of Representatives.

Use this chart to compare Whitten 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

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

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Voting Record

From Nov 1941 to Nov 1994, Whitten missed 1,405 of 15,730 roll call votes, which is 8.9%. 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
1941 Oct-Dec	10	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	1	9.1%	0^th
1942 Oct-Nov	5	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Jan-Mar	17	3	17.6%	0^th
1943 Apr-Jun	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Jul-Sep	13	2	15.4%	0^th
1943 Oct-Dec	12	1	8.3%	0^th
1944 Jan-Mar	23	2	8.7%	0^th
1944 Apr-Jun	27	1	3.7%	0^th
1944 Sep-Sep	3	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Nov-Dec	6	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Jan-Mar	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Apr-Jun	35	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	52	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	29	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	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Apr-Jun	37	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	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Apr-Jun	40	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	27	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	22	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	11	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	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 May-Aug	51	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	64	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	29	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	43	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	47	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Oct-Oct	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	25	2	8.0%	70^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	4	7.5%	43^rd
1965 Jul-Sep	98	11	11.2%	78^th
1965 Oct-Oct	22	2	9.1%	57^th
1966 Jan-Mar	29	0	0.0%	0^th
1966 Apr-Jun	51	19	37.3%	91^st
1966 Jul-Sep	66	10	15.2%	65^th
1966 Oct-Oct	38	13	34.2%	70^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Apr-Jun	57	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Jul-Sep	58	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	95	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jan-Mar	34	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	77	1	1.3%	55^th
1968 Jul-Sep	90	2	2.2%	59^th
1968 Oct-Oct	25	3	12.0%	62^nd
1969 Jan-Mar	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	3	10.7%	56^th
1969 Jul-Sep	44	5	11.4%	59^th
1969 Oct-Dec	88	15	17.0%	67^th
1970 Jan-Mar	35	3	8.6%	39^th
1970 Apr-Jun	73	16	21.9%	67^th
1970 Jul-Sep	70	14	20.0%	76^th
1970 Oct-Dec	80	8	10.0%	33^rd
1971 Jan-Mar	22	1	4.5%	24^th
1971 Apr-Jun	87	7	8.0%	37^th
1971 Jul-Sep	70	8	11.4%	68^th
1971 Oct-Dec	131	43	32.8%	89^th
1972 Jan-Mar	63	2	3.2%	18^th
1972 Apr-Jun	113	12	10.6%	47^th
1972 Jul-Sep	101	3	3.0%	13^th
1972 Oct-Oct	50	1	2.0%	18^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	1	2.8%	26^th
1973 Apr-Jun	189	17	9.0%	56^th
1973 Jul-Sep	130	2	1.5%	27^th
1973 Oct-Dec	179	7	3.9%	35^th
1974 Jan-Mar	77	5	6.5%	38^th
1974 Apr-Jun	169	12	7.1%	38^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	10	6.8%	60^th
1974 Oct-Dec	141	5	3.5%	29^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	2	2.9%	42^nd
1975 Apr-Jun	197	27	13.7%	85^th
1975 Jul-Sep	144	21	14.6%	88^th
1975 Oct-Dec	187	5	2.7%	37^th
1976 Jan-Mar	105	10	9.5%	68^th
1976 Apr-Jun	266	17	6.4%	41^st
1976 Jul-Sep	280	22	7.9%	59^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Jan-Mar	100	2	2.0%	30^th
1977 Apr-Jun	271	21	7.7%	51^st
1977 Jul-Sep	198	19	9.6%	73^rd
1977 Oct-Dec	134	7	5.2%	55^th
1978 Jan-Mar	146	21	14.4%	85^th
1978 Apr-Jun	297	80	26.9%	89^th
1978 Jul-Sep	305	41	13.4%	74^th
1978 Oct-Oct	75	4	5.3%	47^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	2	3.2%	53^rd
1979 Apr-Jun	220	8	3.6%	30^th
1979 Jul-Sep	198	7	3.5%	35^th
1979 Oct-Dec	190	17	8.9%	48^th
1980 Jan-Mar	148	39	26.4%	95^th
1980 Apr-Jun	196	16	8.2%	53^rd
1980 Jul-Sep	192	20	10.4%	69^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	1	1.5%	8^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1981 Apr-Jun	89	4	4.5%	43^rd
1981 Jul-Sep	106	1	0.9%	16^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	6	4.2%	42^nd
1982 Feb-Mar	48	4	8.3%	62^nd
1982 Apr-Jun	119	3	2.5%	34^th
1982 Jul-Sep	193	26	13.5%	85^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	6	6.1%	44^th
1983 Jan-Mar	43	1	2.3%	18^th
1983 Apr-Jun	182	9	4.9%	43^rd
1983 Jul-Sep	130	13	10.0%	89^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	6	4.2%	43^rd
1984 Jan-Mar	53	5	9.4%	70^th
1984 Apr-Jun	223	9	4.0%	38^th
1984 Jul-Sep	95	5	5.3%	57^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Apr-Jun	154	11	7.1%	72^nd
1985 Jul-Sep	101	9	8.9%	79^th
1985 Oct-Dec	148	14	9.5%	88^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	3	4.9%	43^rd
1986 Apr-Jun	128	6	4.7%	65^th
1986 Jul-Sep	201	21	10.4%	89^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	6	10.0%	79^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Apr-Jun	187	8	4.3%	55^th
1987 Jul-Sep	95	6	6.3%	74^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	19	11.4%	83^rd
1988 Feb-Mar	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	6	3.7%	51^st
1988 Jul-Sep	152	2	1.3%	16^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	4	4.5%	62^nd
1989 Jan-Mar	14	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	3	2.9%	45^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	4	3.3%	45^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	5	8.3%	85^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	9	6.0%	77^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	7	3.8%	64^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	10	7.0%	74^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	2	3.2%	51^st
1991 Apr-Jun	139	4	2.9%	48^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	10	12.3%	89^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	12	7.4%	85^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	60	90.9%	100^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	60	32.4%	99^th
1992 Jul-Sep	196	22	11.2%	91^st
1992 Oct-Oct	41	5	12.2%	84^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	33	26.0%	98^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	45	23.7%	98^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	18	11.0%	94^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	14	10.4%	93^rd
1994 Jan-Mar	95	18	18.9%	94^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	94	42.9%	99^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	39	27.5%	97^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	32	62.7%	99^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
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Rep. Jamie Whitten [D-MS1, 1973-1994] leaves office as Representative for Mississippi's 1st congressional district

Dec 01, 1994

Elections and Offices

Rep. Jamie Whitten [D-MS1, 1973-1994] takes office as Representative for Mississippi's 1st congressional district

Jan 03, 1973

Elections and Offices

Rep. Jamie Whitten [D-MS1, 1973-1994] leaves office as Representative for Mississippi's 2nd congressional district

Oct 18, 1972

Elections and Offices

Rep. Jamie Whitten [D-MS1, 1973-1994] takes office as Representative for Mississippi's 2nd congressional district

Jan 03, 1961

Elections and Offices

Rep. Jamie Whitten [D-MS1, 1973-1994] leaves office as Representative for Mississippi's 2nd congressional district

Sep 01, 1960