Rep. Neil Abercrombie

Former Representative from Hawaii's 1^st District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1991-2010	Representative	Hawaii's 1^st District
1985-1986	Representative	Hawaii's 1^st District

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Sponsorship Analysis

Abercrombie was a rank-and-file Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Abercrombie’s time serving in the House of Representatives.

Use this chart to compare Abercrombie to other members of the House of Representatives in the 111^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

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

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Voting Record

From Sep 1986 to Feb 2010, Abercrombie missed 595 of 12,251 roll call votes, which is 4.9%. This is worse than the median of 3.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Feb 2010. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1986 Jul-Sep	24	1	4.2%	56^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	0	0.0%	0^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	1	1.6%	31^st
1991 Apr-Jun	139	5	3.6%	57^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	4	4.9%	58^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	2	1.2%	24^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	1	1.5%	26^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	10	5.4%	72^nd
1992 Jul-Sep	196	7	3.6%	62^nd
1992 Oct-Oct	41	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	14	11.0%	94^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	6	3.2%	57^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	15	9.1%	94^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	8	6.0%	84^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	6	6.3%	80^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	5	2.3%	53^rd
1994 Jul-Sep	142	3	2.1%	44^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	4	1.4%	55^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	6	3.2%	66^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	20	8.6%	94^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	9	4.9%	77^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	5	4.5%	73^rd
1996 Apr-Jun	182	1	0.5%	17^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	3	1.7%	43^rd
1997 Jul-Sep	232	4	1.7%	47^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	3	1.8%	47^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	2	2.2%	46^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	1	0.5%	20^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	1	0.5%	16^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	1	1.4%	40^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	3	1.6%	43^rd
1999 Jul-Sep	204	8	3.9%	78^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	5	3.4%	61^st
2000 Jan-Mar	95	3	3.2%	41^st
2000 Apr-Jun	277	15	5.4%	76^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	6	4.6%	73^rd
2000 Oct-Dec	101	17	16.8%	83^rd
2001 Jan-Mar	75	3	4.0%	67^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	15	11.1%	96^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	6	4.0%	75^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	5	3.3%	62^nd
2002 Jan-Mar	79	3	3.8%	63^rd
2002 Apr-Jun	203	10	4.9%	71^st
2002 Jul-Sep	141	3	2.1%	44^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	3	4.9%	66^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	1	1.1%	35^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	6	2.5%	55^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	3	1.6%	44^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	3	2.0%	38^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	22	21.2%	95^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	5	2.3%	47^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	3	1.9%	39^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	6	10.3%	82^nd
2005 Jan-Mar	90	3	3.3%	51^st
2005 Apr-Jun	272	3	1.1%	33^rd
2005 Jul-Sep	146	10	6.8%	83^rd
2005 Oct-Dec	163	1	0.6%	17^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	3	3.7%	71^st
2006 Apr-Jun	276	14	5.1%	81^st
2006 Jul-Sep	159	6	3.8%	72^nd
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	10	4.7%	79^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	49	12.5%	95^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	10	3.2%	67^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	10	3.8%	61^st
2008 Jan-Mar	149	6	4.0%	49^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	24	7.5%	80^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	8	3.9%	65^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	12	6.9%	85^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	10	3.3%	62^nd
2009 Jul-Sep	268	29	10.8%	95^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	60	24.4%	97^th
2010 Jan-Mar	74	25	33.8%	98^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
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Bill Text

H.R. 2314 (111th): Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2010

This bill’s text for status Placed on Calendar in the Senate (Mar 16, 2010) is now available.

Mar 20, 2010 6:47 a.m.

Elections and Offices

Rep. Neil Abercrombie [D-HI1, 1991-2010] leaves office as Representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional district

Mar 01, 2010

Bill Text

H.R. 2314 (111th): Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2010

This bill’s text for status Passed the House (Engrossed) (Feb 23, 2010) is now available.

Feb 25, 2010 6:42 a.m.

Passed House

H.R. 2314 (111th): Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2010

Last Action: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 245 - 164 (Roll no. 59).

Explanation: This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress and was passed by the House on February 23, 2010 but was never passed by the Senate.

Feb 23, 2010

Bill Text

H.R. 2314 (111th): Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2010

This bill’s text for status Reported by House Committee (May 07, 2009) is now available.

Feb 23, 2010 7:01 a.m.