Rep. Silvio Conte

Former Representative from Massachusetts's 1^st District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1961-1991	Representative	Massachusetts's 1^st District
1959-1960	Representative	Massachusetts's 1^st District

Sponsorship Analysis

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

Use this chart to compare Conte to other members of the House of Representatives in the 101^st 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 Feb 1991, Conte missed 432 of 12,162 roll call votes, which is 3.6%. This is better than the median of 4.3% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Feb 1991. 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	70	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	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Apr-Jun	29	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	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	1	3.8%	44^th
1965 Apr-Jun	52	1	1.9%	21^st
1965 Jul-Sep	98	1	1.0%	15^th
1965 Oct-Oct	21	1	4.8%	53^rd
1966 Jan-Mar	29	1	3.4%	49^th
1966 Apr-Jun	49	2	4.1%	31^st
1966 Jul-Sep	70	6	8.6%	37^th
1966 Oct-Oct	35	3	8.6%	54^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Apr-Jun	54	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Jul-Sep	58	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	96	2	2.1%	96^th
1968 Jan-Mar	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	78	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jul-Sep	85	9	10.6%	93^rd
1968 Oct-Oct	25	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	3	10.7%	58^th
1969 Jul-Sep	44	2	4.5%	40^th
1969 Oct-Dec	88	6	6.8%	36^th
1970 Jan-Mar	35	1	2.9%	22^nd
1970 Apr-Jun	74	8	10.8%	35^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	10	13.2%	64^th
1970 Oct-Dec	80	3	3.8%	15^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1971 Apr-Jun	89	6	6.7%	27^th
1971 Jul-Sep	72	6	8.3%	61^st
1971 Oct-Dec	131	8	6.1%	32^nd
1972 Jan-Mar	64	5	7.8%	49^th
1972 Apr-Jun	113	8	7.1%	40^th
1972 Jul-Sep	97	22	22.7%	86^th
1972 Oct-Oct	49	9	18.4%	66^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	1	2.8%	28^th
1973 Apr-Jun	188	10	5.3%	38^th
1973 Jul-Sep	130	6	4.6%	53^rd
1973 Oct-Dec	180	10	5.6%	44^th
1974 Jan-Mar	77	3	3.9%	27^th
1974 Apr-Jun	169	8	4.7%	29^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	7	4.7%	44^th
1974 Oct-Dec	140	10	7.1%	44^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	3	4.4%	47^th
1975 Apr-Jun	199	7	3.5%	39^th
1975 Jul-Sep	146	0	0.0%	0^th
1975 Oct-Dec	190	10	5.3%	57^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	0	0.0%	0^th
1976 Apr-Jun	267	10	3.7%	22^nd
1976 Jul-Sep	280	21	7.5%	57^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Jan-Mar	99	5	5.1%	56^th
1977 Apr-Jun	269	9	3.3%	32^nd
1977 Jul-Sep	198	4	2.0%	24^th
1977 Oct-Dec	133	1	0.8%	22^nd
1978 Jan-Mar	149	0	0.0%	0^th
1978 Apr-Jun	300	13	4.3%	35^th
1978 Jul-Sep	308	2	0.6%	8^th
1978 Oct-Oct	75	0	0.0%	0^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	0	0.0%	0^th
1979 Apr-Jun	220	1	0.5%	5^th
1979 Jul-Sep	198	5	2.5%	21^st
1979 Oct-Dec	190	4	2.1%	12^th
1980 Jan-Mar	148	1	0.7%	5^th
1980 Apr-Jun	196	4	2.0%	14^th
1980 Jul-Sep	192	5	2.6%	22^nd
1980 Oct-Dec	67	1	1.5%	8^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1981 Apr-Jun	89	6	6.7%	55^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	1	0.9%	15^th
1981 Oct-Dec	140	7	5.0%	46^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	0	0.0%	0^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	3	2.5%	32^nd
1982 Jul-Sep	193	3	1.6%	13^th
1982 Oct-Dec	98	6	6.1%	47^th
1983 Jan-Mar	43	0	0.0%	0^th
1983 Apr-Jun	182	21	11.5%	76^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	0	0.0%	0^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	6	4.2%	41^st
1984 Jan-Mar	53	0	0.0%	0^th
1984 Apr-Jun	222	17	7.7%	63^rd
1984 Jul-Sep	95	1	1.1%	18^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	2	5.6%	37^th
1985 Apr-Jun	153	4	2.6%	37^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	2	2.0%	33^rd
1985 Oct-Dec	148	5	3.4%	48^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	0	0.0%	0^th
1986 Apr-Jun	128	2	1.6%	28^th
1986 Jul-Sep	201	2	1.0%	19^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	1	1.7%	34^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	9	23.1%	95^th
1987 Apr-Jun	187	9	4.8%	55^th
1987 Jul-Sep	95	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	3	1.8%	15^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	2	4.1%	43^rd
1988 Apr-Jun	161	4	2.5%	39^th
1988 Jul-Sep	146	6	4.1%	54^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	1	7.1%	55^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	1	1.0%	17^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	3	2.3%	48^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	3	2.5%	32^nd
1990 Jan-Mar	60	0	0.0%	0^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	1	0.7%	18^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	4	2.2%	40^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	9	6.3%	70^th
1991 Jan-Mar	21	3	14.3%	92^nd

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
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Rep. Silvio Conte [R-MA1, 1961-1991] leaves office as Representative for Massachusetts's 1st congressional district

Feb 08, 1991

Elections and Offices

Rep. Silvio Conte [R-MA1, 1961-1991] takes office as Representative for Massachusetts's 1st congressional district

Jan 03, 1961

Elections and Offices

Rep. Silvio Conte [R-MA1, 1961-1991] leaves office as Representative for Massachusetts's 1st congressional district

Sep 01, 1960

Elections and Offices

Rep. Silvio Conte [R-MA1, 1961-1991] takes office as Representative for Massachusetts's 1st congressional district

Jan 07, 1959