Rep. Robert Sikes

Former Representative from Florida's 1^st District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1963-1978	Representative	Florida's 1^st District
1961-1962	Representative	Florida's 3^rd District
1959-1960	Representative	Florida's 3^rd District
1957-1958	Representative	Florida's 3^rd District
1953-1956	Representative	Florida's 3^rd District
1947-1952	Representative	Florida's 3^rd District
1941-1946	Representative	Florida's 3^rd District

Sponsorship Analysis

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

Use this chart to compare Sikes 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 Jan 1941 to Oct 1978, Sikes missed 649 of 7,856 roll call votes, which is 8.3%. 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
1941 Jan-Mar	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Apr-Jun	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Jul-Aug	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Apr-Jun	30	2	6.7%	67^th
1942 Jul-Sep	11	3	27.3%	78^th
1942 Oct-Nov	5	1	20.0%	67^th
1943 Jan-Mar	17	1	5.9%	67^th
1943 Apr-Jun	48	3	6.3%	56^th
1943 Jul-Sep	13	1	7.7%	33^rd
1943 Oct-Dec	12	3	25.0%	67^th
1944 Jan-Mar	22	2	9.1%	78^th
1944 Apr-Jun	32	6	18.8%	89^th
1944 Sep-Sep	3	1	33.3%	75^th
1945 Jan-Mar	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Apr-Jun	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Jul-Sep	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Oct-Dec	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Jan-Mar	34	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Apr-Jun	51	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Jul-Aug	43	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Jan-Mar	24	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Apr-Jun	29	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Jul-Jul	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Nov-Dec	6	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Apr-Jun	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Aug-Aug	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jan-Mar	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Apr-Jun	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jul-Sep	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Oct-Oct	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jan-Mar	52	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Apr-Jun	29	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jul-Sep	59	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Dec-Dec	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Jan	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Apr-Jun	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jul-Sep	34	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Oct-Oct	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Jan-Mar	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Apr-Jun	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Jul-Jul	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jan-Mar	10	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Apr-Jun	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jul-Aug	29	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Jan-Mar	14	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Apr-Jun	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Jul-Aug	34	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Apr-Jun	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Jul-Aug	18	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Apr-Jun	29	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jul-Jul	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Apr-Jun	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jul-Aug	47	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Apr-Jun	32	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	50	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 Sep-Sep	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1960 Feb-Apr	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1960 May-Aug	69	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	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Jan-Mar	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Apr-Jun	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Jul-Sep	43	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Oct-Oct	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jan-Mar	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Apr-Jun	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jul-Sep	24	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Oct-Dec	46	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	47	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Oct-Oct	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	2	3.8%	26^th
1965 Jul-Sep	95	5	5.3%	51^st
1965 Oct-Oct	19	3	15.8%	73^rd
1966 Jan-Mar	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1966 Apr-Jun	49	6	12.2%	59^th
1966 Jul-Sep	69	4	5.8%	35^th
1966 Oct-Oct	38	6	15.8%	50^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Apr-Jun	57	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Jul-Sep	59	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	93	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jan-Mar	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	78	1	1.3%	42^nd
1968 Jul-Sep	85	2	2.4%	64^th
1968 Oct-Oct	22	1	4.5%	51^st
1969 Jan-Mar	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Jul-Sep	45	7	15.6%	78^th
1969 Oct-Dec	87	21	24.1%	88^th
1970 Jan-Mar	34	1	2.9%	30^th
1970 Apr-Jun	74	13	17.6%	59^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	5	6.6%	31^st
1970 Oct-Dec	74	23	31.1%	85^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	1	4.5%	35^th
1971 Apr-Jun	89	9	10.1%	44^th
1971 Jul-Sep	67	17	25.4%	92^nd
1971 Oct-Dec	132	30	22.7%	85^th
1972 Jan-Mar	61	3	4.9%	40^th
1972 Apr-Jun	113	21	18.6%	74^th
1972 Jul-Sep	101	4	4.0%	26^th
1972 Oct-Oct	48	6	12.5%	54^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	5	13.9%	70^th
1973 Apr-Jun	189	27	14.3%	78^th
1973 Jul-Sep	129	12	9.3%	75^th
1973 Oct-Dec	178	18	10.1%	70^th
1974 Jan-Mar	76	7	9.2%	60^th
1974 Apr-Jun	169	29	17.2%	82^nd
1974 Jul-Sep	144	10	6.9%	65^th
1974 Oct-Dec	140	27	19.3%	84^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	7	10.3%	72^nd
1975 Apr-Jun	195	27	13.8%	86^th
1975 Jul-Sep	137	14	10.2%	75^th
1975 Oct-Dec	175	13	7.4%	67^th
1976 Jan-Mar	100	18	18.0%	91^st
1976 Apr-Jun	256	39	15.2%	79^th
1976 Jul-Sep	262	44	16.8%	87^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	1	14.3%	71^st
1977 Jan-Mar	96	9	9.4%	74^th
1977 Apr-Jun	267	25	9.4%	66^th
1977 Jul-Sep	194	13	6.7%	58^th
1977 Oct-Dec	131	7	5.3%	49^th
1978 Jan-Mar	143	13	9.1%	60^th
1978 Apr-Jun	296	19	6.4%	41^st
1978 Jul-Sep	292	34	11.6%	64^th
1978 Oct-Oct	75	17	22.7%	85^th

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
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Rep. Robert Sikes [D-FL1, 1963-1978] leaves office as Representative for Florida's 1st congressional district

Oct 15, 1978

Elections and Offices

Rep. Robert Sikes [D-FL1, 1963-1978] takes office as Representative for Florida's 1st congressional district

Jan 09, 1963

Elections and Offices

Rep. Robert Sikes [D-FL1, 1963-1978] leaves office as Representative for Florida's 3rd congressional district

Oct 13, 1962

Elections and Offices

Rep. Robert Sikes [D-FL1, 1963-1978] takes office as Representative for Florida's 3rd congressional district

Jan 03, 1961

Elections and Offices

Rep. Robert Sikes [D-FL1, 1963-1978] leaves office as Representative for Florida's 3rd congressional district

Sep 01, 1960