Rep. Lawrence Fountain

Former Representative from North Carolina's 2^nd District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1961-1982	Representative	North Carolina's 2^nd District
1959-1960	Representative	North Carolina's 2^nd District
1957-1958	Representative	North Carolina's 2^nd District
1953-1956	Representative	North Carolina's 2^nd District

Sponsorship Analysis

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

Use this chart to compare Fountain 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, Fountain missed 488 of 8,961 roll call votes, which is 5.4%. 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
1953 Jan-Mar	13	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Apr-Jun	28	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	23	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	29	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jul-Jul	31	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	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 May-Aug	52	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	65	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	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Jul-Sep	49	1	2.0%	87^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	49	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	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Oct-Oct	3	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	28	1	3.6%	37^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jul-Sep	98	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Oct-Oct	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1966 Jan-Mar	30	1	3.3%	34^th
1966 Apr-Jun	51	0	0.0%	0^th
1966 Jul-Sep	72	2	2.8%	17^th
1966 Oct-Oct	36	8	22.2%	64^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Apr-Jun	57	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Jul-Sep	55	1	1.8%	95^th
1967 Oct-Dec	71	1	1.4%	91^st
1968 Jan-Mar	37	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	77	1	1.3%	61^st
1968 Jul-Sep	88	1	1.1%	48^th
1968 Oct-Oct	25	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	3	18.8%	89^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Jul-Sep	45	1	2.2%	17^th
1969 Oct-Dec	88	3	3.4%	21^st
1970 Jan-Mar	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1970 Apr-Jun	74	1	1.4%	7^th
1970 Jul-Sep	75	5	6.7%	36^th
1970 Oct-Dec	80	3	3.8%	16^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1971 Apr-Jun	88	1	1.1%	10^th
1971 Jul-Sep	72	0	0.0%	0^th
1971 Oct-Dec	129	11	8.5%	45^th
1972 Jan-Mar	64	5	7.8%	46^th
1972 Apr-Jun	108	16	14.8%	61^st
1972 Jul-Sep	101	4	4.0%	29^th
1972 Oct-Oct	49	7	14.3%	59^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	5	13.9%	72^nd
1973 Apr-Jun	188	13	6.9%	46^th
1973 Jul-Sep	130	4	3.1%	38^th
1973 Oct-Dec	180	3	1.7%	17^th
1974 Jan-Mar	77	4	5.2%	33^rd
1974 Apr-Jun	169	10	5.9%	34^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	1	0.7%	7^th
1974 Oct-Dec	141	3	2.1%	14^th
1975 Jan-Mar	65	13	20.0%	95^th
1975 Apr-Jun	199	3	1.5%	12^th
1975 Jul-Sep	144	9	6.3%	59^th
1975 Oct-Dec	191	6	3.1%	34^th
1976 Jan-Mar	104	3	2.9%	41^st
1976 Apr-Jun	266	5	1.9%	10^th
1976 Jul-Sep	266	54	20.3%	92^nd
1976 Oct-Oct	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Jan-Mar	100	7	7.0%	63^rd
1977 Apr-Jun	273	10	3.7%	32^nd
1977 Jul-Sep	198	21	10.6%	78^th
1977 Oct-Dec	132	4	3.0%	33^rd
1978 Jan-Mar	149	12	8.1%	59^th
1978 Apr-Jun	300	20	6.7%	47^th
1978 Jul-Sep	308	43	14.0%	77^th
1978 Oct-Oct	75	3	4.0%	37^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	4	6.3%	65^th
1979 Apr-Jun	220	5	2.3%	17^th
1979 Jul-Sep	195	7	3.6%	36^th
1979 Oct-Dec	190	10	5.3%	29^th
1980 Jan-Mar	148	23	15.5%	79^th
1980 Apr-Jun	195	9	4.6%	32^nd
1980 Jul-Sep	192	5	2.6%	22^nd
1980 Oct-Dec	67	3	4.5%	27^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	1	6.7%	44^th
1981 Apr-Jun	89	4	4.5%	36^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	3	2.8%	33^rd
1981 Oct-Dec	141	11	7.8%	59^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	8	16.7%	74^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	9	7.6%	65^th
1982 Jul-Sep	191	42	22.0%	89^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	11	11.1%	56^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. Lawrence Fountain [D-NC2, 1961-1982] leaves office as Representative for North Carolina's 2nd congressional district

Dec 23, 1982

Elections and Offices

Rep. Lawrence Fountain [D-NC2, 1961-1982] takes office as Representative for North Carolina's 2nd congressional district

Jan 03, 1961

Elections and Offices

Rep. Lawrence Fountain [D-NC2, 1961-1982] leaves office as Representative for North Carolina's 2nd congressional district

Sep 01, 1960

Elections and Offices

Rep. Lawrence Fountain [D-NC2, 1961-1982] takes office as Representative for North Carolina's 2nd congressional district

Jan 07, 1959

Elections and Offices

Rep. Lawrence Fountain [D-NC2, 1961-1982] leaves office as Representative for North Carolina's 2nd congressional district

Aug 24, 1958