Rep. Neal Smith

Former Representative from Iowa's 4^th District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1973-1994	Representative	Iowa's 4^th District
1961-1972	Representative	Iowa's 5^th District
1959-1960	Representative	Iowa's 5^th District

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

Some of Smith’s most recently sponsored bills include...

H.R. 4606 (103rd): Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies ...
H.R. 3249 (103rd): Rural Telemedicine Development Act of 1993
H.R. 2519 (103rd): Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations ...
H.R. 1972 (103rd): Urgent Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1993
H.R. 364 (103rd): Small Business Meat Producer and Marketer Protection Act of 1993
H.R. 366 (103rd): Fair Treatment Act of 1993
H.R. 361 (103rd): To amend the Poultry Products Inspection Act to reestablish minimum inspection and ...

View All » (including bills from previous years)

Voting Record

From Jan 1959 to Nov 1994, Smith missed 844 of 14,243 roll call votes, which is 5.9%. This is worse than the median of 3.4% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Nov 1994. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

Show the numbers...

Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1959 Jan-Apr	16	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	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	27	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	0	0.0%	0^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	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	28	2	7.1%	43^rd
1965 Apr-Jun	53	3	5.7%	30^th
1965 Jul-Sep	98	12	12.2%	87^th
1965 Oct-Oct	21	4	19.0%	78^th
1966 Jan-Mar	30	11	36.7%	96^th
1966 Apr-Jun	50	1	2.0%	17^th
1966 Jul-Sep	71	7	9.9%	48^th
1966 Oct-Oct	39	2	5.1%	22^nd
1967 Jan-Mar	31	1	3.2%	69^th
1967 Apr-Jun	57	2	3.5%	97^th
1967 Jul-Sep	59	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	98	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jan-Mar	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	78	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jul-Sep	91	1	1.1%	31^st
1968 Oct-Oct	25	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	2	12.5%	77^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	1	3.6%	25^th
1969 Jul-Sep	45	6	13.3%	69^th
1969 Oct-Dec	86	10	11.6%	52^nd
1970 Jan-Mar	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1970 Apr-Jun	72	17	23.6%	76^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	4	5.3%	27^th
1970 Oct-Dec	81	9	11.1%	42^nd
1971 Jan-Mar	22	5	22.7%	71^st
1971 Apr-Jun	90	7	7.8%	34^th
1971 Jul-Sep	72	5	6.9%	50^th
1971 Oct-Dec	133	6	4.5%	13^th
1972 Jan-Mar	64	14	21.9%	71^st
1972 Apr-Jun	113	9	8.0%	32^nd
1972 Jul-Sep	99	4	4.0%	29^th
1972 Oct-Oct	49	6	12.2%	56^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	2	5.6%	44^th
1973 Apr-Jun	189	7	3.7%	24^th
1973 Jul-Sep	130	34	26.2%	95^th
1973 Oct-Dec	180	16	8.9%	62^nd
1974 Jan-Mar	77	6	7.8%	44^th
1974 Apr-Jun	169	16	9.5%	49^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	9	6.1%	58^th
1974 Oct-Dec	141	8	5.7%	36^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	0	0.0%	0^th
1975 Apr-Jun	199	5	2.5%	27^th
1975 Jul-Sep	146	5	3.4%	33^rd
1975 Oct-Dec	191	11	5.8%	58^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	2	1.9%	28^th
1976 Apr-Jun	267	12	4.5%	25^th
1976 Jul-Sep	279	25	9.0%	68^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Jan-Mar	100	8	8.0%	68^th
1977 Apr-Jun	273	31	11.4%	78^th
1977 Jul-Sep	198	7	3.5%	37^th
1977 Oct-Dec	134	5	3.7%	43^rd
1978 Jan-Mar	149	2	1.3%	17^th
1978 Apr-Jun	300	5	1.7%	15^th
1978 Jul-Sep	308	25	8.1%	59^th
1978 Oct-Oct	75	1	1.3%	16^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	12	19.0%	87^th
1979 Apr-Jun	220	18	8.2%	66^th
1979 Jul-Sep	198	34	17.2%	89^th
1979 Oct-Dec	190	20	10.5%	60^th
1980 Jan-Mar	148	0	0.0%	0^th
1980 Apr-Jun	196	9	4.6%	39^th
1980 Jul-Sep	192	20	10.4%	69^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	2	3.0%	22^nd
1981 Jan-Mar	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1981 Apr-Jun	89	3	3.4%	29^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	5	4.7%	51^st
1981 Oct-Dec	142	5	3.5%	33^rd
1982 Feb-Mar	48	2	4.2%	39^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	1	0.8%	11^th
1982 Jul-Sep	193	7	3.6%	35^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	3	3.0%	26^th
1983 Jan-Mar	43	3	7.0%	50^th
1983 Apr-Jun	182	11	6.0%	51^st
1983 Jul-Sep	130	0	0.0%	0^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	7	4.9%	51^st
1984 Jan-Mar	53	15	28.3%	95^th
1984 Apr-Jun	223	21	9.4%	71^st
1984 Jul-Sep	95	1	1.1%	20^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	1	2.8%	30^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Apr-Jun	154	7	4.5%	50^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	5	5.0%	59^th
1985 Oct-Dec	148	5	3.4%	54^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	11	18.0%	86^th
1986 Apr-Jun	128	13	10.2%	90^th
1986 Jul-Sep	201	5	2.5%	43^rd
1986 Oct-Oct	60	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	1	2.6%	39^th
1987 Apr-Jun	187	9	4.8%	59^th
1987 Jul-Sep	95	8	8.4%	80^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	8	4.8%	38^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	8	16.3%	88^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	20	12.4%	91^st
1988 Jul-Sep	152	10	6.6%	70^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	3	21.4%	94^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	20	19.0%	97^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	4	3.1%	58^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	11	9.1%	86^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	2	3.3%	56^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	2	1.3%	29^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	6	3.3%	57^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	0	0.0%	0^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	6	9.7%	88^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	10	7.2%	81^st
1991 Jul-Sep	81	4	4.9%	61^st
1991 Oct-Nov	162	7	4.3%	72^nd
1992 Jan-Mar	66	1	1.5%	32^nd
1992 Apr-Jun	185	15	8.1%	82^nd
1992 Jul-Sep	196	5	2.6%	50^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	3	7.3%	67^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	6	4.7%	71^st
1993 Apr-Jun	190	5	2.6%	49^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	12	7.3%	87^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	1	0.7%	28^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	3	3.2%	53^rd
1994 Apr-Jun	219	6	2.7%	55^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	9	6.3%	72^nd
1994 Oct-Nov	51	0	0.0%	0^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. Neal Smith [D-IA4, 1973-1994] leaves office as Representative for Iowa's 4th congressional district

Dec 01, 1994

Elections and Offices

Rep. Neal Smith [D-IA4, 1973-1994] takes office as Representative for Iowa's 4th congressional district

Jan 03, 1973

Elections and Offices

Rep. Neal Smith [D-IA4, 1973-1994] leaves office as Representative for Iowa's 5th congressional district

Oct 18, 1972

Elections and Offices

Rep. Neal Smith [D-IA4, 1973-1994] takes office as Representative for Iowa's 5th congressional district

Jan 03, 1961

Elections and Offices

Rep. Neal Smith [D-IA4, 1973-1994] leaves office as Representative for Iowa's 5th congressional district

Sep 01, 1960