Rep. Jonathan Bingham

Former Representative from New York's 22^nd District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1973-1982	Representative	New York's 22^nd District
1965-1972	Representative	New York's 23^rd District

Sponsorship Analysis

Bingham was a far-left Democratic leader according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Bingham’s time serving in the House of Representatives.

Use this chart to compare Bingham to other members of the House of Representatives in the 97^th Congress on leadership and ideology.

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Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

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Voting Record

From Jan 1965 to Dec 1982, Bingham missed 560 of 7,840 roll call votes, which is 7.1%. This is better 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
1965 Jan-Mar	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	3	5.7%	36^th
1965 Jul-Sep	98	7	7.1%	61^st
1965 Oct-Oct	18	2	11.1%	69^th
1966 Jan-Mar	29	0	0.0%	0^th
1966 Apr-Jun	51	5	9.8%	51^st
1966 Jul-Sep	72	2	2.8%	17^th
1966 Oct-Oct	39	1	2.6%	17^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	1	3.2%	59^th
1967 Apr-Jun	57	1	1.8%	69^th
1967 Jul-Sep	58	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	95	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jan-Mar	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	74	1	1.4%	75^th
1968 Jul-Sep	87	2	2.3%	68^th
1968 Oct-Oct	25	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Apr-Jun	27	5	18.5%	83^rd
1969 Jul-Sep	44	2	4.5%	38^th
1969 Oct-Dec	88	12	13.6%	69^th
1970 Jan-Mar	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1970 Apr-Jun	71	17	23.9%	76^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	2	2.6%	17^th
1970 Oct-Dec	80	5	6.3%	24^th
1971 Jan-Mar	20	5	25.0%	93^rd
1971 Apr-Jun	89	10	11.2%	49^th
1971 Jul-Sep	72	3	4.2%	32^nd
1971 Oct-Dec	132	5	3.8%	20^th
1972 Jan-Mar	62	10	16.1%	79^th
1972 Apr-Jun	112	55	49.1%	97^th
1972 Jul-Sep	101	5	5.0%	35^th
1972 Oct-Oct	50	2	4.0%	21^st
1973 Jan-Mar	36	3	8.3%	57^th
1973 Apr-Jun	189	12	6.3%	42^nd
1973 Jul-Sep	130	5	3.8%	44^th
1973 Oct-Dec	179	9	5.0%	42^nd
1974 Jan-Mar	77	3	3.9%	27^th
1974 Apr-Jun	165	22	13.3%	70^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	5	3.4%	35^th
1974 Oct-Dec	139	15	10.8%	60^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	2	2.9%	31^st
1975 Apr-Jun	198	12	6.1%	55^th
1975 Jul-Sep	145	5	3.4%	39^th
1975 Oct-Dec	188	10	5.3%	59^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	0	0.0%	0^th
1976 Apr-Jun	261	22	8.4%	53^rd
1976 Jul-Sep	280	5	1.8%	16^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Jan-Mar	97	10	10.3%	80^th
1977 Apr-Jun	272	9	3.3%	30^th
1977 Jul-Sep	198	4	2.0%	23^rd
1977 Oct-Dec	132	15	11.4%	77^th
1978 Jan-Mar	138	32	23.2%	97^th
1978 Apr-Jun	297	13	4.4%	35^th
1978 Jul-Sep	308	13	4.2%	31^st
1978 Oct-Oct	75	4	5.3%	51^st
1979 Jan-Mar	63	3	4.8%	58^th
1979 Apr-Jun	218	14	6.4%	51^st
1979 Jul-Sep	198	9	4.5%	40^th
1979 Oct-Dec	190	8	4.2%	25^th
1980 Jan-Mar	148	4	2.7%	14^th
1980 Apr-Jun	196	20	10.2%	62^nd
1980 Jul-Sep	192	18	9.4%	62^nd
1980 Oct-Dec	67	2	3.0%	18^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1981 Apr-Jun	89	5	5.6%	42^nd
1981 Jul-Sep	106	1	0.9%	15^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	9	6.3%	50^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	2	4.2%	37^th
1982 Apr-Jun	118	30	25.4%	93^rd
1982 Jul-Sep	193	16	8.3%	58^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	26	26.3%	86^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
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Rep. Jonathan Bingham [D-NY22, 1973-1982] leaves office as Representative for New York's 22nd congressional district

Dec 23, 1982

Elections and Offices

Rep. Jonathan Bingham [D-NY22, 1973-1982] takes office as Representative for New York's 22nd congressional district

Jan 03, 1973

Elections and Offices

Rep. Jonathan Bingham [D-NY22, 1973-1982] leaves office as Representative for New York's 23rd congressional district

Oct 18, 1972

Elections and Offices

Rep. Jonathan Bingham [D-NY22, 1973-1982] takes office as Representative for New York's 23rd congressional district

Jan 04, 1965