Robert Davis, former Representative from Michigan's 11th District

Dates	Title	Representing
1979-1992	Representative	Michigan's 11^th District

Sponsorship Analysis

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

Use this chart to compare Davis 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 Jan 1979 to Oct 1992, Davis missed 554 of 6,632 roll call votes, which is 8.4%. This is worse than the median of 4.3% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1992. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1979 Jan-Mar	63	0	0.0%	0^th
1979 Apr-Jun	220	8	3.6%	30^th
1979 Jul-Sep	198	23	11.6%	76^th
1979 Oct-Dec	188	7	3.7%	24^th
1980 Jan-Mar	148	9	6.1%	38^th
1980 Apr-Jun	195	13	6.7%	49^th
1980 Jul-Sep	190	30	15.8%	85^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	8	11.9%	59^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	2	13.3%	74^th
1981 Apr-Jun	89	6	6.7%	55^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	5	4.7%	51^st
1981 Oct-Dec	141	8	5.7%	50^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	6	12.5%	72^nd
1982 Apr-Jun	119	3	2.5%	32^nd
1982 Jul-Sep	193	26	13.5%	84^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	15	15.2%	75^th
1983 Jan-Mar	42	1	2.4%	33^rd
1983 Apr-Jun	182	1	0.5%	5^th
1983 Jul-Sep	129	4	3.1%	51^st
1983 Oct-Nov	143	9	6.3%	59^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	5	9.4%	66^th
1984 Apr-Jun	223	13	5.8%	50^th
1984 Jul-Sep	95	5	5.3%	56^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	13	36.1%	95^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	2	5.6%	37^th
1985 Apr-Jun	154	7	4.5%	48^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	2	2.0%	33^rd
1985 Oct-Dec	148	9	6.1%	68^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	1	1.6%	19^th
1986 Apr-Jun	121	53	43.8%	99^th
1986 Jul-Sep	201	8	4.0%	54^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	11	18.3%	92^nd
1987 Jan-Mar	34	1	2.9%	61^st
1987 Apr-Jun	187	17	9.1%	81^st
1987 Jul-Sep	95	4	4.2%	60^th
1987 Oct-Dec	166	18	10.8%	83^rd
1988 Feb-Mar	49	3	6.1%	57^th
1988 Apr-Jun	160	5	3.1%	48^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	6	3.9%	48^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	7	7.9%	74^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	22	21.0%	97^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	5	3.9%	63^rd
1989 Oct-Nov	121	17	14.0%	94^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	0	0.0%	0^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	9	6.0%	74^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	10	5.5%	74^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	6	4.2%	56^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	5	8.1%	82^nd
1991 Apr-Jun	139	11	7.9%	81^st
1991 Jul-Sep	81	5	6.2%	64^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	13	8.0%	84^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	13	19.7%	93^rd
1992 Apr-Jun	185	21	11.4%	83^rd
1992 Jul-Sep	196	27	13.8%	85^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	16	39.0%	95^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. Robert Davis [R-MI11, 1979-1992] leaves office as Representative for Michigan's 11th congressional district

Oct 09, 1992

Elections and Offices

Rep. Robert Davis [R-MI11, 1979-1992] takes office as Representative for Michigan's 11th congressional district

Jan 15, 1979

Rep. Robert Davis

Elected Positions

Sponsorship Analysis

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

Voting Record

Primary Sources

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Elections and Offices