Rep. Robert Nix Sr.

Former Representative from Pennsylvania's 2^nd District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1963-1978	Representative	Pennsylvania's 2^nd District
1961-1962	Representative	Pennsylvania's 4^th District
1959-1960	Representative	Pennsylvania's 4^th District
1957-1958	Representative	Pennsylvania's 4^th District

Sponsorship Analysis

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

Use this chart to compare Nix to other members of the House of Representatives in the 95^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

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Voting Record

From Jun 1958 to Oct 1978, Nix missed 1,101 of 6,373 roll call votes, which is 17.3%. This is worse than the median of 8.0% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1978. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1958 Apr-Jun	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jul-Aug	40	0	0.0%	0^th
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	68	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 Jan-Apr	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 May-Aug	64	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	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Oct-Oct	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jan-Mar	8	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	48	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	44	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Oct-Oct	3	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	27	4	14.8%	89^th
1965 Apr-Jun	50	21	42.0%	99^th
1965 Jul-Sep	97	23	23.7%	93^rd
1965 Oct-Oct	19	5	26.3%	85^th
1966 Jan-Mar	29	11	37.9%	97^th
1966 Apr-Jun	47	31	66.0%	99^th
1966 Jul-Sep	71	15	21.1%	79^th
1966 Oct-Oct	30	24	80.0%	94^th
1967 Jan-Mar	30	1	3.3%	86^th
1967 Apr-Jun	56	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Jul-Sep	59	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	94	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jan-Mar	37	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	75	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jul-Sep	88	2	2.3%	59^th
1968 Oct-Oct	24	2	8.3%	54^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	1	6.3%	58^th
1969 Apr-Jun	27	2	7.4%	53^rd
1969 Jul-Sep	45	9	20.0%	86^th
1969 Oct-Dec	85	7	8.2%	45^th
1970 Jan-Mar	35	6	17.1%	75^th
1970 Apr-Jun	74	18	24.3%	78^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	11	14.5%	64^th
1970 Oct-Dec	81	10	12.3%	46^th
1971 Jan-Mar	18	3	16.7%	82^nd
1971 Apr-Jun	88	19	21.6%	83^rd
1971 Jul-Sep	72	7	9.7%	58^th
1971 Oct-Dec	132	14	10.6%	50^th
1972 Jan-Mar	63	9	14.3%	75^th
1972 Apr-Jun	110	20	18.2%	73^rd
1972 Jul-Sep	101	5	5.0%	34^th
1972 Oct-Oct	50	6	12.0%	49^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	10	27.8%	92^nd
1973 Apr-Jun	188	28	14.9%	80^th
1973 Jul-Sep	130	20	15.4%	88^th
1973 Oct-Dec	178	40	22.5%	90^th
1974 Jan-Mar	74	15	20.3%	91^st
1974 Apr-Jun	161	51	31.7%	97^th
1974 Jul-Sep	147	8	5.4%	56^th
1974 Oct-Dec	139	8	5.8%	37^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	6	8.8%	65^th
1975 Apr-Jun	196	25	12.8%	82^nd
1975 Jul-Sep	144	12	8.3%	67^th
1975 Oct-Dec	188	9	4.8%	52^nd
1976 Jan-Mar	99	34	34.3%	98^th
1976 Apr-Jun	244	91	37.3%	98^th
1976 Jul-Sep	273	90	33.0%	97^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	7	100.0%	93^rd
1977 Jan-Mar	99	8	8.1%	67^th
1977 Apr-Jun	273	24	8.8%	63^rd
1977 Jul-Sep	197	12	6.1%	55^th
1977 Oct-Dec	131	10	7.6%	62^nd
1978 Jan-Mar	144	35	24.3%	93^rd
1978 Apr-Jun	283	176	62.2%	98^th
1978 Jul-Sep	299	91	30.4%	91^st
1978 Oct-Oct	75	5	6.7%	51^st

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

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. Robert Nix [D-PA2, 1963-1978] leaves office as Representative for Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district

Oct 15, 1978

Elections and Offices

Rep. Robert Nix [D-PA2, 1963-1978] takes office as Representative for Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district

Jan 09, 1963

Elections and Offices

Rep. Robert Nix [D-PA2, 1963-1978] leaves office as Representative for Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district

Oct 13, 1962

Elections and Offices

Rep. Robert Nix [D-PA2, 1963-1978] takes office as Representative for Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district

Jan 03, 1961

Elections and Offices

Rep. Robert Nix [D-PA2, 1963-1978] leaves office as Representative for Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district

Sep 01, 1960