Rep. John Conyers Jr.

District:: Michigan - District 13
Party:: Democrat

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
2013-2015	Representative	Michigan's 13^th District
1993-2013	Representative	Michigan's 14^th District
1965-1992	Representative	Michigan's 1^st District

Track Him

Official Website: http://www.house.gov/conyers
@repjohnconyers

(About Ads | Go Ad-Free for $5)

Sponsorship Analysis

Conyers is a far-left Democratic leader according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship.

Use this chart to compare Conyers to other members of the House of Representatives on leadership and ideology.

This chart is based on principal components analysis for ideology and PageRank for leadership. See analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

John Conyers Jr. sits on the following committees:

Ranking Member, House Committee on the Judiciary
- Member, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet
- Member, Subcommittee on The Constitution and Civil Justice

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

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

View All » (including bills from previous years)

Voting Record

From Jan 1965 to May 2013, Conyers missed 4,401 of 25,732 roll call votes, which is 17.1%. This is worse than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

Show the numbers...

Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1965 Jan-Mar	28	5	17.9%	50^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	15	28.3%	50^th
1965 Jul-Sep	95	26	27.4%	50^th
1965 Oct-Oct	21	1	4.8%	0^th
1966 Jan-Mar	27	5	18.5%	50^th
1966 Apr-Jun	51	26	51.0%	50^th
1966 Jul-Sep	72	41	56.9%	50^th
1966 Oct-Oct	39	3	7.7%	0^th
1967 Jan-Mar	30	1	3.3%	50^th
1967 Apr-Jun	56	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Jul-Sep	54	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	92	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jan-Mar	33	1	3.0%	50^th
1968 Apr-Jun	74	3	4.1%	50^th
1968 Jul-Sep	84	11	13.1%	50^th
1968 Oct-Oct	25	4	16.0%	50^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	4	25.0%	50^th
1969 Apr-Jun	25	11	44.0%	50^th
1969 Jul-Sep	44	5	11.4%	0^th
1969 Oct-Dec	84	27	32.1%	50^th
1970 Jan-Mar	33	7	21.2%	0^th
1970 Apr-Jun	73	37	50.7%	50^th
1970 Jul-Sep	72	37	51.4%	50^th
1970 Oct-Dec	80	12	15.0%	0^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	5	22.7%	50^th
1971 Apr-Jun	88	22	25.0%	50^th
1971 Jul-Sep	67	22	32.8%	75^th
1971 Oct-Dec	130	59	45.4%	75^th
1972 Jan-Mar	63	14	22.2%	50^th
1972 Apr-Jun	112	36	32.1%	75^th
1972 Jul-Sep	94	14	14.9%	50^th
1972 Oct-Oct	50	2	4.0%	0^th
1973 Jan-Mar	35	11	31.4%	83^rd
1973 Apr-Jun	186	44	23.7%	83^rd
1973 Jul-Sep	125	34	27.2%	83^rd
1973 Oct-Dec	167	79	47.3%	83^rd
1974 Jan-Mar	77	26	33.8%	83^rd
1974 Apr-Jun	166	34	20.5%	83^rd
1974 Jul-Sep	145	21	14.5%	50^th
1974 Oct-Dec	141	15	10.6%	67^th
1975 Jan-Mar	64	10	15.6%	83^rd
1975 Apr-Jun	190	75	39.5%	92^nd
1975 Jul-Sep	140	29	20.7%	83^rd
1975 Oct-Dec	172	52	30.2%	92^nd
1976 Jan-Mar	98	24	24.5%	92^nd
1976 Apr-Jun	252	90	35.7%	92^nd
1976 Jul-Sep	272	96	35.3%	83^rd
1976 Oct-Oct	6	6	100.0%	92^nd
1977 Jan-Mar	100	11	11.0%	73^rd
1977 Apr-Jun	270	46	17.0%	80^th
1977 Jul-Sep	197	47	23.9%	87^th
1977 Oct-Dec	124	52	41.9%	93^rd
1978 Jan-Mar	149	38	25.5%	87^th
1978 Apr-Jun	258	184	71.3%	93^rd
1978 Jul-Sep	284	121	42.6%	73^rd
1978 Oct-Oct	73	47	64.4%	87^th
1979 Jan-Mar	62	24	38.7%	94^th
1979 Apr-Jun	179	120	67.0%	94^th
1979 Jul-Sep	165	116	70.3%	94^th
1979 Oct-Dec	188	40	21.3%	76^th
1980 Jan-Mar	143	37	25.9%	82^nd
1980 Apr-Jun	196	27	13.8%	65^th
1980 Jul-Sep	185	36	19.5%	76^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	6	9.0%	41^st
1981 Jan-Mar	15	1	6.7%	35^th
1981 Apr-Jun	85	32	37.6%	96^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	5	4.7%	54^th
1981 Oct-Dec	140	13	9.3%	75^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	5	10.4%	75^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	18	15.1%	92^nd
1982 Jul-Sep	187	67	35.8%	92^nd
1982 Oct-Dec	99	29	29.3%	96^th
1983 Jan-Mar	43	10	23.3%	97^th
1983 Apr-Jun	181	67	37.0%	97^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	35	26.9%	97^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	15	10.5%	78^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	5	9.4%	72^nd
1984 Apr-Jun	223	18	8.1%	53^rd
1984 Jul-Sep	95	2	2.1%	44^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	3	8.3%	50^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	12	33.3%	97^th
1985 Apr-Jun	153	31	20.3%	97^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	21	20.8%	91^st
1985 Oct-Dec	146	38	26.0%	94^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	7	11.5%	85^th
1986 Apr-Jun	128	10	7.8%	82^nd
1986 Jul-Sep	201	60	29.9%	97^th
1986 Oct-Oct	57	31	54.4%	97^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	6	15.4%	82^nd
1987 Apr-Jun	187	36	19.3%	98^th
1987 Jul-Sep	95	17	17.9%	98^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	23	13.8%	93^rd
1988 Feb-Mar	49	12	24.5%	98^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	14	8.7%	85^th
1988 Jul-Sep	151	25	16.6%	95^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	9	10.1%	80^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	5	35.7%	98^th
1989 Apr-Jun	103	10	9.7%	94^th
1989 Jul-Sep	125	57	45.6%	98^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	39	32.2%	98^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	12	20.0%	96^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	21	14.0%	88^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	16	8.7%	90^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	14	9.8%	85^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	4	6.5%	80^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	11	7.9%	84^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	12	14.8%	95^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	3	1.9%	40^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	5	7.6%	69^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	22	11.9%	90^th
1992 Jul-Sep	196	93	47.4%	97^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	4	9.8%	86^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	28	22.0%	96^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	50	26.3%	98^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	80	48.8%	99^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	16	11.9%	98^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	4	4.2%	64^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	8	3.7%	64^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	14	9.9%	85^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	4	1.4%	56^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	10	5.3%	80^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	9	3.9%	82^nd
1995 Oct-Dec	185	23	12.4%	95^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	3	2.7%	54^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	15	8.2%	92^nd
1996 Jul-Sep	163	18	11.0%	97^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	9	12.7%	95^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	9	5.2%	82^nd
1997 Jul-Sep	232	22	9.5%	97^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	15	9.2%	92^nd
1998 Jan-Mar	89	17	19.1%	93^rd
1998 Apr-Jun	185	10	5.4%	77^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	24	12.1%	93^rd
1998 Oct-Dec	74	5	6.8%	82^nd
1999 Jan-Mar	77	7	9.1%	92^nd
1999 Apr-Jun	184	14	7.6%	86^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	1	0.5%	27^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	22	15.1%	95^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	4	4.2%	55^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	12	4.3%	70^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	6	4.6%	76^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	40	39.6%	97^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	7	9.3%	93^rd
2001 Apr-Jun	135	5	3.7%	69^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	23	15.4%	98^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	31	20.3%	99^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	5	6.3%	80^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	38	18.7%	98^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	20	14.2%	93^rd
2002 Oct-Nov	61	12	19.7%	96^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	17	18.1%	97^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	83	34.7%	99^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	26	13.5%	96^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	12	7.9%	82^nd
2004 Jan-Mar	104	18	17.3%	93^rd
2004 Apr-Jun	221	29	13.1%	96^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	28	17.4%	96^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	4	6.9%	68^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	1	1.1%	18^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	11	4.0%	69^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	13	8.9%	91^st
2005 Oct-Dec	163	8	4.9%	71^st
2006 Jan-Mar	81	2	2.5%	60^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	8	2.9%	64^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	4	14.8%	88^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	1	0.5%	19^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	36	9.2%	93^rd
2007 Jul-Sep	317	25	7.9%	93^rd
2007 Oct-Dec	263	14	5.3%	74^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	21	14.1%	91^st
2008 Apr-Jun	321	11	3.4%	57^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	29	14.1%	95^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	1	6.7%	78^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	14	8.0%	90^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	46	15.2%	98^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	38	14.2%	97^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	30	12.2%	94^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	14	7.2%	82^nd
2010 Apr-Jun	219	34	15.5%	96^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	22	14.6%	97^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	12	12.1%	86^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	7	3.3%	82^nd
2011 Apr-Jun	281	15	5.3%	86^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	16	6.5%	88^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	8	3.8%	69^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	3	2.0%	56^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	18	6.0%	80^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	8	5.3%	84^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	3	5.9%	68^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	1	20.0%	95^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	8	9.0%	87^th
2013 Apr-May	94	3	3.2%	53^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
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Vote

H.R. 1911: Smarter Solutions for Students Act

Passed 221/198

Rep. Conyers [D-MI13]: No

May 23, 2013 12:39 p.m.

Vote

On Motion to Recommit with Instructions: H.R. 1911: Smarter Solutions for Students Act

Failed 194/223

Rep. Conyers [D-MI13]: Yea

May 23, 2013 12:30 p.m.

Vote

H.Res. 232: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1911) to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish ...

Passed 224/193

Rep. Conyers [D-MI13]: Not Voting

May 23, 2013 10:58 a.m.

Vote

On Ordering the Previous Question: H.Res. 232: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1911) to amend the Higher Education ...

Passed 224/195

Rep. Conyers [D-MI13]: Nay

May 23, 2013 10:46 a.m.

Introduced

H.R. 2149: To provide for the issuance and sale of a semipostal by the United States Postal Service to support effective programs targeted at improving permanency outcomes for youth in foster care.

Sponsor: Rep. John Conyers [D-MI13]

This bill is in the first stage of the legislative process. It was introduced into Congress on May 23, 2013. It will typically be considered by committee next.

May 23, 2013