Rep. Patricia Schroeder

Former Representative from Colorado's 1^st District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1973-1996	Representative	Colorado's 1^st District

Sponsorship Analysis

Schroeder was a far-left Democratic leader according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Schroeder’s time serving in the House of Representatives.

Use this chart to compare Schroeder to other members of the House of Representatives in the 104^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 Schroeder’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

From Jan 1973 to Sep 1996, Schroeder missed 490 of 12,981 roll call votes, which is 3.8%. This is worse than the median of 2.7% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Sep 1996. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1973 Jan-Mar	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1973 Apr-Jun	189	7	3.7%	26^th
1973 Jul-Sep	128	3	2.3%	50^th
1973 Oct-Dec	180	4	2.2%	26^th
1974 Jan-Mar	77	8	10.4%	60^th
1974 Apr-Jun	169	8	4.7%	36^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	6	4.1%	43^rd
1974 Oct-Dec	140	31	22.1%	95^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	1	1.5%	20^th
1975 Apr-Jun	199	4	2.0%	20^th
1975 Jul-Sep	146	1	0.7%	7^th
1975 Oct-Dec	191	4	2.1%	24^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	1	0.9%	17^th
1976 Apr-Jun	267	14	5.2%	31^st
1976 Jul-Sep	280	4	1.4%	15^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Jan-Mar	100	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Apr-Jun	273	5	1.8%	18^th
1977 Jul-Sep	198	3	1.5%	16^th
1977 Oct-Dec	134	1	0.7%	15^th
1978 Jan-Mar	149	3	2.0%	20^th
1978 Apr-Jun	300	12	4.0%	32^nd
1978 Jul-Sep	308	9	2.9%	26^th
1978 Oct-Oct	75	3	4.0%	35^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	3	4.8%	64^th
1979 Apr-Jun	217	11	5.1%	39^th
1979 Jul-Sep	198	5	2.5%	24^th
1979 Oct-Dec	190	28	14.7%	76^th
1980 Jan-Mar	148	7	4.7%	27^th
1980 Apr-Jun	196	15	7.7%	47^th
1980 Jul-Sep	192	4	2.1%	16^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	27	40.3%	95^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1981 Apr-Jun	89	4	4.5%	43^rd
1981 Jul-Sep	106	5	4.7%	50^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	1	0.7%	8^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	0	0.0%	0^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	2	1.7%	26^th
1982 Jul-Sep	193	11	5.7%	56^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	12	12.1%	70^th
1983 Jan-Mar	43	0	0.0%	0^th
1983 Apr-Jun	182	7	3.8%	35^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	8	6.2%	70^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	8	5.6%	58^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	2	3.8%	40^th
1984 Apr-Jun	223	13	5.8%	53^rd
1984 Jul-Sep	95	3	3.2%	39^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	4	11.1%	68^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	1	2.8%	22^nd
1985 Apr-Jun	154	7	4.5%	49^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	4	4.0%	52^nd
1985 Oct-Dec	148	1	0.7%	12^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	2	3.3%	30^th
1986 Apr-Jun	128	5	3.9%	55^th
1986 Jul-Sep	201	13	6.5%	71^st
1986 Oct-Oct	60	4	6.7%	65^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Apr-Jun	187	9	4.8%	57^th
1987 Jul-Sep	95	12	12.6%	87^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	7	4.2%	32^nd
1988 Feb-Mar	49	2	4.1%	38^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	0	0.0%	0^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	12	7.9%	75^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	3	3.4%	58^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	1	7.1%	54^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	2	1.9%	32^nd
1989 Jul-Sep	128	4	3.1%	58^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	4	3.3%	46^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	0	0.0%	0^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	4	2.7%	48^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	2	1.1%	30^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	5	3.5%	53^rd
1991 Jan-Mar	62	1	1.6%	31^st
1991 Apr-Jun	139	2	1.4%	26^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	2	2.5%	31^st
1991 Oct-Nov	162	1	0.6%	16^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	0	0.0%	0^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	5	2.7%	42^nd
1992 Jul-Sep	196	5	2.6%	50^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	2	4.9%	58^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	1	0.8%	24^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	2	1.1%	21^st
1993 Jul-Sep	164	7	4.3%	75^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	1	0.7%	28^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	1	1.1%	21^st
1994 Apr-Jun	219	1	0.5%	17^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	2	1.4%	30^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	1	2.0%	47^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	1	0.5%	17^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	4	1.7%	47^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	4	2.2%	49^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	3	2.7%	53^rd
1996 Apr-Jun	182	22	12.1%	92^nd
1996 Jul-Sep	163	6	3.7%	65^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. Patricia Schroeder [D-CO1, 1973-1996] leaves office as Representative for Colorado's 1st congressional district

Oct 04, 1996

Elections and Offices

Rep. Patricia Schroeder [D-CO1, 1973-1996] takes office as Representative for Colorado's 1st congressional district

Jan 03, 1973