Rep. Joseph McDade

Former Representative from Pennsylvania's 10^th District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1963-1998	Representative	Pennsylvania's 10^th District

Sponsorship Analysis

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

Use this chart to compare McDade to other members of the House of Representatives in the 105^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 1963 to Dec 1998, McDade missed 1,931 of 16,302 roll call votes, which is 11.8%. This is worse than the median of 2.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 1998. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1963 Jan-Mar	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Apr-Jun	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jul-Sep	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Oct-Dec	50	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Apr-Jun	34	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	25	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	2	3.8%	25^th
1965 Jul-Sep	98	2	2.0%	38^th
1965 Oct-Oct	21	4	19.0%	63^rd
1966 Jan-Mar	29	0	0.0%	0^th
1966 Apr-Jun	51	4	7.8%	25^th
1966 Jul-Sep	69	9	13.0%	50^th
1966 Oct-Oct	39	1	2.6%	13^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Apr-Jun	57	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Jul-Sep	59	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	98	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jan-Mar	38	1	2.6%	67^th
1968 Apr-Jun	77	2	2.6%	56^th
1968 Jul-Sep	88	2	2.3%	56^th
1968 Oct-Oct	25	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	1	6.3%	27^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	2	7.1%	42^nd
1969 Jul-Sep	45	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Oct-Dec	88	0	0.0%	0^th
1970 Jan-Mar	35	9	25.7%	62^nd
1970 Apr-Jun	74	10	13.5%	38^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	1	1.3%	23^rd
1970 Oct-Dec	81	8	9.9%	38^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	1	4.5%	24^th
1971 Apr-Jun	89	6	6.7%	35^th
1971 Jul-Sep	71	5	7.0%	76^th
1971 Oct-Dec	133	12	9.0%	35^th
1972 Jan-Mar	63	2	3.2%	18^th
1972 Apr-Jun	111	24	21.6%	71^st
1972 Jul-Sep	99	9	9.1%	59^th
1972 Oct-Oct	50	0	0.0%	0^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	1	2.8%	29^th
1973 Apr-Jun	189	11	5.8%	43^rd
1973 Jul-Sep	129	5	3.9%	61^st
1973 Oct-Dec	180	10	5.6%	43^rd
1974 Jan-Mar	77	3	3.9%	32^nd
1974 Apr-Jun	169	4	2.4%	14^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	3	2.0%	29^th
1974 Oct-Dec	141	8	5.7%	43^rd
1975 Jan-Mar	68	0	0.0%	0^th
1975 Apr-Jun	198	6	3.0%	33^rd
1975 Jul-Sep	146	2	1.4%	8^th
1975 Oct-Dec	191	7	3.7%	45^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	4	3.8%	38^th
1976 Apr-Jun	266	42	15.8%	78^th
1976 Jul-Sep	275	32	11.6%	73^rd
1976 Oct-Oct	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Jan-Mar	100	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Apr-Jun	271	23	8.5%	67^th
1977 Jul-Sep	198	16	8.1%	67^th
1977 Oct-Dec	133	4	3.0%	38^th
1978 Jan-Mar	148	13	8.8%	56^th
1978 Apr-Jun	294	43	14.6%	79^th
1978 Jul-Sep	308	43	14.0%	73^rd
1978 Oct-Oct	75	1	1.3%	13^th
1979 Jan-Mar	61	1	1.6%	57^th
1979 Apr-Jun	217	11	5.1%	39^th
1979 Jul-Sep	197	14	7.1%	62^nd
1979 Oct-Dec	190	17	8.9%	51^st
1980 Jan-Mar	147	12	8.2%	53^rd
1980 Apr-Jun	195	22	11.3%	68^th
1980 Jul-Sep	192	27	14.1%	77^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	21	31.3%	87^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	1	6.7%	44^th
1981 Apr-Jun	86	7	8.1%	72^nd
1981 Jul-Sep	106	10	9.4%	79^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	14	9.9%	76^th
1982 Feb-Mar	47	40	85.1%	99^th
1982 Apr-Jun	118	8	6.8%	73^rd
1982 Jul-Sep	191	11	5.8%	62^nd
1982 Oct-Dec	99	6	6.1%	45^th
1983 Jan-Mar	43	2	4.7%	28^th
1983 Apr-Jun	182	33	18.1%	92^nd
1983 Jul-Sep	125	21	16.8%	96^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	8	5.6%	58^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	1	1.9%	24^th
1984 Apr-Jun	222	36	16.2%	92^nd
1984 Jul-Sep	95	5	5.3%	55^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	4	11.1%	66^th
1985 Apr-Jun	154	19	12.3%	92^nd
1985 Jul-Sep	101	5	5.0%	56^th
1985 Oct-Dec	148	9	6.1%	70^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	12	19.7%	89^th
1986 Apr-Jun	128	15	11.7%	92^nd
1986 Jul-Sep	200	22	11.0%	87^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	1	1.7%	34^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	4	10.3%	81^st
1987 Apr-Jun	187	22	11.8%	88^th
1987 Jul-Sep	95	14	14.7%	92^nd
1987 Oct-Dec	167	16	9.6%	70^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	1	2.0%	28^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	8	5.0%	60^th
1988 Jul-Sep	151	13	8.6%	80^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	4	4.5%	61^st
1989 Jan-Mar	14	1	7.1%	55^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	8	7.6%	85^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	4	3.1%	59^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	23	19.0%	98^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	5	8.3%	87^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	18	12.0%	89^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	44	24.0%	98^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	13	9.1%	83^rd
1991 Jan-Mar	62	4	6.5%	79^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	13	9.4%	90^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	12	14.8%	89^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	5	3.1%	60^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	14	21.2%	96^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	57	30.8%	98^th
1992 Jul-Sep	196	13	6.6%	76^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	21	51.2%	98^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	64	50.4%	100^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	13	6.8%	76^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	50	30.5%	99^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	28	20.9%	99^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	10	10.5%	89^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	22	10.0%	93^rd
1994 Jul-Sep	142	45	31.7%	99^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	9	17.6%	97^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	25	9.0%	95^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	33	17.5%	98^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	16	6.9%	87^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	11	5.9%	83^rd
1996 Jan-Mar	110	5	4.5%	74^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	109	59.9%	100^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	109	66.9%	99^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	2	2.8%	57^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	11	6.3%	87^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	23	9.9%	95^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	14	8.6%	90^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	18	20.2%	95^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	54	29.2%	99^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	83	41.7%	99^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	27	36.5%	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
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Rep. Joseph McDade [R-PA10, 1963-1998] leaves office as Representative for Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district

Dec 19, 1998

Elections and Offices

Rep. Joseph McDade [R-PA10, 1963-1998] takes office as Representative for Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district

Jan 09, 1963