Rep. Samuel Stratton

Former Representative from New York's 23^rd District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1983-1988	Representative	New York's 23^rd District
1973-1982	Representative	New York's 28^th District
1971-1972	Representative	New York's 29^th District
1963-1971	Representative	New York's 35^th District
1961-1962	Representative	New York's 32^nd District
1959-1960	Representative	New York's 32^nd District

Sponsorship Analysis

Stratton was a rank-and-file Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Stratton’s time serving in the House of Representatives.

Use this chart to compare Stratton to other members of the House of Representatives in the 100^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 1959 to Oct 1988, Stratton missed 780 of 11,216 roll call votes, which is 7.0%. This is worse than the median of 5.3% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1988. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
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	48	1	2.1%	92^nd
1962 Oct-Oct	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jan-Mar	9	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	50	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	45	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Oct-Oct	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	27	1	3.7%	44^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	3	5.7%	33^rd
1965 Jul-Sep	98	3	3.1%	35^th
1965 Oct-Oct	19	6	31.6%	98^th
1966 Jan-Mar	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1966 Apr-Jun	51	4	7.8%	41^st
1966 Jul-Sep	70	18	25.7%	86^th
1966 Oct-Oct	35	27	77.1%	90^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Apr-Jun	57	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Jul-Sep	57	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	90	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jan-Mar	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	77	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jul-Sep	84	9	10.7%	92^nd
1968 Oct-Oct	22	7	31.8%	98^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Apr-Jun	27	6	22.2%	88^th
1969 Jul-Sep	45	6	13.3%	69^th
1969 Oct-Dec	88	3	3.4%	19^th
1970 Jan-Mar	34	5	14.7%	68^th
1970 Apr-Jun	74	40	54.1%	97^th
1970 Jul-Sep	75	17	22.7%	75^th
1970 Oct-Dec	81	11	13.6%	49^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1971 Apr-Jun	90	20	22.2%	86^th
1971 Jul-Sep	72	9	12.5%	66^th
1971 Oct-Dec	132	8	6.1%	30^th
1972 Jan-Mar	64	1	1.6%	15^th
1972 Apr-Jun	113	9	8.0%	41^st
1972 Jul-Sep	101	2	2.0%	11^th
1972 Oct-Oct	49	8	16.3%	58^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	1	2.8%	30^th
1973 Apr-Jun	189	27	14.3%	77^th
1973 Jul-Sep	127	10	7.9%	68^th
1973 Oct-Dec	180	10	5.6%	42^nd
1974 Jan-Mar	77	11	14.3%	75^th
1974 Apr-Jun	169	5	3.0%	13^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	3	2.0%	21^st
1974 Oct-Dec	138	15	10.9%	59^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	3	4.4%	44^th
1975 Apr-Jun	198	7	3.5%	38^th
1975 Jul-Sep	146	0	0.0%	0^th
1975 Oct-Dec	190	2	1.1%	22^nd
1976 Jan-Mar	103	15	14.6%	85^th
1976 Apr-Jun	264	27	10.2%	64^th
1976 Jul-Sep	279	20	7.2%	56^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Jan-Mar	100	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Apr-Jun	272	29	10.7%	74^th
1977 Jul-Sep	198	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Oct-Dec	134	4	3.0%	34^th
1978 Jan-Mar	148	0	0.0%	0^th
1978 Apr-Jun	298	9	3.0%	23^rd
1978 Jul-Sep	306	14	4.6%	35^th
1978 Oct-Oct	73	8	11.0%	77^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	0	0.0%	0^th
1979 Apr-Jun	220	12	5.5%	42^nd
1979 Jul-Sep	198	5	2.5%	22^nd
1979 Oct-Dec	190	2	1.1%	6^th
1980 Jan-Mar	147	6	4.1%	28^th
1980 Apr-Jun	195	15	7.7%	51^st
1980 Jul-Sep	188	20	10.6%	69^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	2	3.0%	21^st
1981 Jan-Mar	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1981 Apr-Jun	89	17	19.1%	89^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	0	0.0%	0^th
1981 Oct-Dec	141	9	6.4%	56^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	0	0.0%	0^th
1982 Apr-Jun	118	20	16.9%	91^st
1982 Jul-Sep	192	27	14.1%	85^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	3	3.0%	20^th
1983 Jan-Mar	43	1	2.3%	18^th
1983 Apr-Jun	182	18	9.9%	67^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	0	0.0%	0^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	15	10.5%	76^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	3	5.7%	49^th
1984 Apr-Jun	223	12	5.4%	45^th
1984 Jul-Sep	95	2	2.1%	32^nd
1984 Oct-Oct	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Apr-Jun	154	1	0.6%	9^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	4	4.0%	49^th
1985 Oct-Dec	148	3	2.0%	31^st
1986 Jan-Mar	61	11	18.0%	84^th
1986 Apr-Jun	128	2	1.6%	27^th
1986 Jul-Sep	200	28	14.0%	93^rd
1986 Oct-Oct	60	3	5.0%	54^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	3	7.7%	70^th
1987 Apr-Jun	187	5	2.7%	32^nd
1987 Jul-Sep	95	3	3.2%	50^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	17	10.2%	75^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	9	18.4%	89^th
1988 Apr-Jun	158	34	21.5%	94^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	13	8.6%	73^rd
1988 Oct-Oct	89	11	12.4%	82^nd

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. Samuel Stratton [D-NY23, 1983-1988] leaves office as Representative for New York's 23rd congressional district

Oct 22, 1988

Elections and Offices

Rep. Samuel Stratton [D-NY23, 1983-1988] takes office as Representative for New York's 23rd congressional district

Jan 03, 1983

Elections and Offices

Rep. Samuel Stratton [D-NY23, 1983-1988] leaves office as Representative for New York's 28th congressional district

Dec 23, 1982

Elections and Offices

Rep. Samuel Stratton [D-NY23, 1983-1988] takes office as Representative for New York's 28th congressional district

Jan 03, 1973

Elections and Offices

Rep. Samuel Stratton [D-NY23, 1983-1988] leaves office as Representative for New York's 29th congressional district

Oct 18, 1972