Rep. John Rhodes

Former Representative from Arizona's 1^st District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1961-1982	Representative	Arizona's 1^st District
1959-1960	Representative	Arizona's 1^st District
1957-1958	Representative	Arizona's 1^st District
1953-1956	Representative	Arizona's 1^st District

Sponsorship Analysis

Rhodes was a moderate Republican leader according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Rhodes’s time serving in the House of Representatives.

Use this chart to compare Rhodes to other members of the House of Representatives in the 97^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 1953 to Dec 1982, Rhodes missed 1,246 of 8,873 roll call votes, which is 14.0%. This is worse than the median of 7.2% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 1982. 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	26	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	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Apr-Jun	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jul-Jul	29	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	51	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jan-Mar	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Apr-Jun	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jul-Aug	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 Jan-Apr	15	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	68	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 Jan-Apr	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 May-Aug	62	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 Sep-Sep	29	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Jan-Mar	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Apr-Jun	31	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	1	11.1%	96^th
1963 Apr-Jun	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jul-Sep	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Oct-Dec	44	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jan-Mar	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Apr-Jun	33	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jul-Sep	46	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Oct-Oct	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jul-Sep	97	5	5.2%	53^rd
1965 Oct-Oct	20	4	20.0%	84^th
1966 Jan-Mar	29	6	20.7%	91^st
1966 Apr-Jun	51	2	3.9%	26^th
1966 Jul-Sep	71	7	9.9%	47^th
1966 Oct-Oct	39	3	7.7%	36^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Apr-Jun	54	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Jul-Sep	57	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	90	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jan-Mar	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	78	1	1.3%	46^th
1968 Jul-Sep	81	9	11.1%	93^rd
1968 Oct-Oct	24	1	4.2%	45^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	1	6.3%	56^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	1	3.6%	24^th
1969 Jul-Sep	45	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Oct-Dec	85	7	8.2%	49^th
1970 Jan-Mar	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1970 Apr-Jun	73	15	20.5%	65^th
1970 Jul-Sep	73	8	11.0%	53^rd
1970 Oct-Dec	73	13	17.8%	65^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1971 Apr-Jun	90	14	15.6%	69^th
1971 Jul-Sep	72	4	5.6%	40^th
1971 Oct-Dec	127	22	17.3%	77^th
1972 Jan-Mar	60	5	8.3%	54^th
1972 Apr-Jun	112	14	12.5%	56^th
1972 Jul-Sep	98	33	33.7%	95^th
1972 Oct-Oct	48	9	18.8%	68^th
1973 Jan-Mar	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1973 Apr-Jun	187	16	8.6%	59^th
1973 Jul-Sep	128	19	14.8%	89^th
1973 Oct-Dec	176	9	5.1%	44^th
1974 Jan-Mar	77	10	13.0%	73^rd
1974 Apr-Jun	166	54	32.5%	97^th
1974 Jul-Sep	146	21	14.4%	91^st
1974 Oct-Dec	140	38	27.1%	93^rd
1975 Jan-Mar	68	5	7.4%	62^nd
1975 Apr-Jun	197	36	18.3%	95^th
1975 Jul-Sep	146	25	17.1%	92^nd
1975 Oct-Dec	187	30	16.0%	95^th
1976 Jan-Mar	104	19	18.3%	90^th
1976 Apr-Jun	261	51	19.5%	88^th
1976 Jul-Sep	272	19	7.0%	59^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Jan-Mar	99	20	20.2%	95^th
1977 Apr-Jun	270	29	10.7%	76^th
1977 Jul-Sep	193	21	10.9%	78^th
1977 Oct-Dec	134	15	11.2%	76^th
1978 Jan-Mar	149	32	21.5%	95^th
1978 Apr-Jun	300	76	25.3%	93^rd
1978 Jul-Sep	305	60	19.7%	89^th
1978 Oct-Oct	75	14	18.7%	88^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	4	6.3%	65^th
1979 Apr-Jun	218	32	14.7%	87^th
1979 Jul-Sep	198	22	11.1%	73^rd
1979 Oct-Dec	189	37	19.6%	86^th
1980 Jan-Mar	145	26	17.9%	83^rd
1980 Apr-Jun	193	23	11.9%	72^nd
1980 Jul-Sep	183	44	24.0%	94^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	23	34.3%	93^rd
1981 Jan-Mar	15	1	6.7%	44^th
1981 Apr-Jun	88	2	2.3%	24^th
1981 Jul-Sep	103	32	31.1%	97^th
1981 Oct-Dec	137	30	21.9%	92^nd
1982 Feb-Mar	48	12	25.0%	86^th
1982 Apr-Jun	114	48	42.1%	97^th
1982 Jul-Sep	191	52	27.2%	91^st
1982 Oct-Dec	99	54	54.5%	97^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

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. John Rhodes [R-AZ1, 1961-1982] leaves office as Representative for Arizona's 1st congressional district

Dec 23, 1982

Elections and Offices

Rep. John Rhodes [R-AZ1, 1961-1982] takes office as Representative for Arizona's 1st congressional district

Jan 03, 1961

Elections and Offices

Rep. John Rhodes [R-AZ1, 1961-1982] leaves office as Representative for Arizona's 1st congressional district

Sep 01, 1960

Elections and Offices

Rep. John Rhodes [R-AZ1, 1961-1982] takes office as Representative for Arizona's 1st congressional district

Jan 07, 1959

Elections and Offices

Rep. John Rhodes [R-AZ1, 1961-1982] leaves office as Representative for Arizona's 1st congressional district

Aug 24, 1958