Rep. Morris Udall

Former Representative from Arizona's 2^nd District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1961-1991	Representative	Arizona's 2^nd District

Sponsorship Analysis

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

Use this chart to compare Udall to other members of the House of Representatives in the 102^nd 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 May 1961 to May 1991, Udall missed 1,844 of 11,987 roll call votes, which is 15.4%. This is worse than the median of 4.3% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in May 1991. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1961 May-Aug	58	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	48	2	4.2%	94^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	50	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jan-Mar	25	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	27	3	11.1%	82^nd
1965 Apr-Jun	53	7	13.2%	74^th
1965 Jul-Sep	98	5	5.1%	47^th
1965 Oct-Oct	20	2	10.0%	76^th
1966 Jan-Mar	30	3	10.0%	69^th
1966 Apr-Jun	51	1	2.0%	23^rd
1966 Jul-Sep	71	12	16.9%	66^th
1966 Oct-Oct	38	11	28.9%	69^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Apr-Jun	57	1	1.8%	67^th
1967 Jul-Sep	59	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	95	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jan-Mar	37	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	78	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jul-Sep	91	3	3.3%	67^th
1968 Oct-Oct	25	3	12.0%	67^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	2	12.5%	79^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	2	7.1%	45^th
1969 Jul-Sep	44	3	6.8%	43^rd
1969 Oct-Dec	88	7	8.0%	40^th
1970 Jan-Mar	35	4	11.4%	56^th
1970 Apr-Jun	73	11	15.1%	44^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	7	9.2%	42^nd
1970 Oct-Dec	81	6	7.4%	24^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	1	4.5%	27^th
1971 Apr-Jun	88	11	12.5%	53^rd
1971 Jul-Sep	72	9	12.5%	71^st
1971 Oct-Dec	132	25	18.9%	83^rd
1972 Jan-Mar	64	10	15.6%	71^st
1972 Apr-Jun	113	19	16.8%	71^st
1972 Jul-Sep	101	7	6.9%	51^st
1972 Oct-Oct	48	11	22.9%	77^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	5	13.9%	71^st
1973 Apr-Jun	189	17	9.0%	58^th
1973 Jul-Sep	130	7	5.4%	62^nd
1973 Oct-Dec	180	16	8.9%	66^th
1974 Jan-Mar	77	8	10.4%	58^th
1974 Apr-Jun	169	36	21.3%	91^st
1974 Jul-Sep	148	13	8.8%	70^th
1974 Oct-Dec	141	26	18.4%	84^th
1975 Jan-Mar	65	20	30.8%	98^th
1975 Apr-Jun	195	63	32.3%	98^th
1975 Jul-Sep	141	85	60.3%	99^th
1975 Oct-Dec	172	123	71.5%	99^th
1976 Jan-Mar	98	82	83.7%	99^th
1976 Apr-Jun	250	178	71.2%	99^th
1976 Jul-Sep	280	61	21.8%	92^nd
1976 Oct-Oct	7	7	100.0%	93^rd
1977 Jan-Mar	100	11	11.0%	79^th
1977 Apr-Jun	273	37	13.6%	86^th
1977 Jul-Sep	198	16	8.1%	66^th
1977 Oct-Dec	134	12	9.0%	70^th
1978 Jan-Mar	149	16	10.7%	73^rd
1978 Apr-Jun	295	48	16.3%	80^th
1978 Jul-Sep	308	29	9.4%	61^st
1978 Oct-Oct	75	16	21.3%	90^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	5	7.9%	71^st
1979 Apr-Jun	220	37	16.8%	92^nd
1979 Jul-Sep	198	26	13.1%	82^nd
1979 Oct-Dec	190	14	7.4%	41^st
1980 Jan-Mar	148	36	24.3%	93^rd
1980 Apr-Jun	196	18	9.2%	59^th
1980 Jul-Sep	192	44	22.9%	94^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	2	3.0%	20^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	2	13.3%	74^th
1981 Apr-Jun	89	10	11.2%	75^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	4	3.8%	45^th
1981 Oct-Dec	140	15	10.7%	73^rd
1982 Feb-Mar	48	1	2.1%	27^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	10	8.4%	74^th
1982 Jul-Sep	193	19	9.8%	73^rd
1982 Oct-Dec	99	14	14.1%	72^nd
1983 Jan-Mar	43	3	7.0%	48^th
1983 Apr-Jun	182	4	2.2%	21^st
1983 Jul-Sep	130	9	6.9%	76^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	26	18.2%	95^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	2	3.8%	39^th
1984 Apr-Jun	223	25	11.2%	78^th
1984 Jul-Sep	95	10	10.5%	81^st
1984 Oct-Oct	36	7	19.4%	88^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Apr-Jun	154	25	16.2%	96^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	15	14.9%	94^th
1985 Oct-Dec	148	9	6.1%	68^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	2	3.3%	29^th
1986 Apr-Jun	128	5	3.9%	53^rd
1986 Jul-Sep	201	20	10.0%	87^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	4	6.7%	66^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Apr-Jun	187	14	7.5%	72^nd
1987 Jul-Sep	95	4	4.2%	60^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	11	6.6%	53^rd
1988 Feb-Mar	49	2	4.1%	43^rd
1988 Apr-Jun	161	41	25.5%	97^th
1988 Jul-Sep	151	10	6.6%	71^st
1988 Oct-Oct	89	7	7.9%	74^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	1	7.1%	55^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	31	29.5%	99^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	10	7.8%	89^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	12	9.9%	83^rd
1990 Jan-Mar	60	7	11.7%	88^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	28	18.7%	97^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	25	13.7%	94^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	27	18.9%	98^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	57	91.9%	100^th
1991 Apr-Jun	14	14	100.0%	100^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
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Rep. Morris Udall [D-AZ2, 1961-1991] leaves office as Representative for Arizona's 2nd congressional district

May 04, 1991

Elections and Offices

Rep. Morris Udall [D-AZ2, 1961-1991] takes office as Representative for Arizona's 2nd congressional district

Jan 03, 1961