Robert Stephens Jr., former Representative from Georgia's 10th District

Dates	Title	Representing
1961-1976	Representative	Georgia's 10^th District

Sponsorship Analysis

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

Use this chart to compare Stephens to other members of the House of Representatives in the 94^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 1961 to Oct 1976, Stephens missed 937 of 4,647 roll call votes, which is 20.2%. This is worse than the median of 7.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1976. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1961 Jan-Apr	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 May-Aug	65	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 Sep-Sep	27	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	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Apr-Jun	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jul-Sep	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Oct-Dec	45	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	48	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Oct-Oct	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	26	2	7.7%	68^th
1965 Apr-Jun	51	12	23.5%	89^th
1965 Jul-Sep	97	15	15.5%	81^st
1965 Oct-Oct	19	3	15.8%	72^nd
1966 Jan-Mar	30	5	16.7%	78^th
1966 Apr-Jun	51	9	17.6%	76^th
1966 Jul-Sep	64	33	51.6%	96^th
1966 Oct-Oct	30	30	100.0%	98^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	1	3.2%	56^th
1967 Apr-Jun	57	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Jul-Sep	57	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	91	2	2.2%	95^th
1968 Jan-Mar	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	76	2	2.6%	84^th
1968 Jul-Sep	87	8	9.2%	89^th
1968 Oct-Oct	25	1	4.0%	35^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	3	18.8%	87^th
1969 Apr-Jun	27	10	37.0%	96^th
1969 Jul-Sep	45	2	4.4%	29^th
1969 Oct-Dec	83	34	41.0%	96^th
1970 Jan-Mar	34	5	14.7%	68^th
1970 Apr-Jun	74	20	27.0%	82^nd
1970 Jul-Sep	75	16	21.3%	76^th
1970 Oct-Dec	73	27	37.0%	91^st
1971 Jan-Mar	22	3	13.6%	71^st
1971 Apr-Jun	85	16	18.8%	75^th
1971 Jul-Sep	72	13	18.1%	80^th
1971 Oct-Dec	132	33	25.0%	85^th
1972 Jan-Mar	62	8	12.9%	69^th
1972 Apr-Jun	110	37	33.6%	90^th
1972 Jul-Sep	101	14	13.9%	69^th
1972 Oct-Oct	50	10	20.0%	66^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	5	13.9%	69^th
1973 Apr-Jun	189	17	9.0%	56^th
1973 Jul-Sep	130	40	30.8%	96^th
1973 Oct-Dec	179	37	20.7%	88^th
1974 Jan-Mar	75	17	22.7%	92^nd
1974 Apr-Jun	168	29	17.3%	80^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	25	16.9%	90^th
1974 Oct-Dec	135	41	30.4%	93^rd
1975 Jan-Mar	66	6	9.1%	70^th
1975 Apr-Jun	197	59	29.9%	97^th
1975 Jul-Sep	146	25	17.1%	88^th
1975 Oct-Dec	188	25	13.3%	86^th
1976 Jan-Mar	103	22	21.4%	90^th
1976 Apr-Jun	257	72	28.0%	91^st
1976 Jul-Sep	274	136	49.6%	96^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	7	100.0%	91^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
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Rep. Robert Stephens [D-GA10, 1961-1976] leaves office as Representative for Georgia's 10th congressional district

Oct 01, 1976

Elections and Offices

Rep. Robert Stephens [D-GA10, 1961-1976] takes office as Representative for Georgia's 10th congressional district

Jan 03, 1961

Rep. Robert Stephens Jr.

Elected Positions

Sponsorship Analysis

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

Voting Record

Primary Sources

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Elections and Offices