Rep. Tom Bevill

Former Representative from Alabama's 4^th District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1973-1996	Representative	Alabama's 4^th District
1967-1972	Representative	Alabama's 7^th District

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

Some of Bevill’s most recently sponsored bills include...

View All » (including bills from previous years)

Voting Record

From Jan 1967 to Sep 1996, Bevill missed 964 of 14,479 roll call votes, which is 6.7%. This is worse than the median of 2.7% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Sep 1996. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

Show the numbers...

Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
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	95	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jan-Mar	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	77	1	1.3%	50^th
1968 Jul-Sep	90	1	1.1%	33^rd
1968 Oct-Oct	23	3	13.0%	72^nd
1969 Jan-Mar	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	1	3.6%	35^th
1969 Jul-Sep	45	1	2.2%	25^th
1969 Oct-Dec	84	14	16.7%	67^th
1970 Jan-Mar	34	5	14.7%	57^th
1970 Apr-Jun	74	13	17.6%	52^nd
1970 Jul-Sep	73	6	8.2%	48^th
1970 Oct-Dec	80	3	3.8%	19^th
1971 Jan-Mar	20	1	5.0%	32^nd
1971 Apr-Jun	88	5	5.7%	32^nd
1971 Jul-Sep	72	6	8.3%	68^th
1971 Oct-Dec	130	17	13.1%	56^th
1972 Jan-Mar	64	1	1.6%	8^th
1972 Apr-Jun	112	14	12.5%	52^nd
1972 Jul-Sep	100	29	29.0%	84^th
1972 Oct-Oct	47	19	40.4%	85^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	5	13.9%	68^th
1973 Apr-Jun	189	9	4.8%	33^rd
1973 Jul-Sep	129	10	7.8%	74^th
1973 Oct-Dec	180	13	7.2%	60^th
1974 Jan-Mar	77	8	10.4%	60^th
1974 Apr-Jun	167	27	16.2%	76^th
1974 Jul-Sep	145	4	2.8%	40^th
1974 Oct-Dec	141	3	2.1%	17^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	0	0.0%	0^th
1975 Apr-Jun	197	4	2.0%	24^th
1975 Jul-Sep	146	2	1.4%	10^th
1975 Oct-Dec	189	2	1.1%	20^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	11	10.4%	69^th
1976 Apr-Jun	260	53	20.4%	83^rd
1976 Jul-Sep	280	5	1.8%	19^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Jan-Mar	100	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Apr-Jun	264	21	8.0%	60^th
1977 Jul-Sep	197	2	1.0%	14^th
1977 Oct-Dec	134	1	0.7%	15^th
1978 Jan-Mar	149	3	2.0%	20^th
1978 Apr-Jun	295	26	8.8%	53^rd
1978 Jul-Sep	308	11	3.6%	30^th
1978 Oct-Oct	75	1	1.3%	15^th
1979 Jan-Mar	61	12	19.7%	87^th
1979 Apr-Jun	220	9	4.1%	32^nd
1979 Jul-Sep	198	9	4.5%	47^th
1979 Oct-Dec	188	17	9.0%	53^rd
1980 Jan-Mar	147	16	10.9%	66^th
1980 Apr-Jun	196	28	14.3%	76^th
1980 Jul-Sep	191	7	3.7%	29^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	23	34.3%	91^st
1981 Jan-Mar	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1981 Apr-Jun	89	1	1.1%	11^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	15	14.2%	88^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	4	2.8%	28^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	0	0.0%	0^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	0	0.0%	0^th
1982 Jul-Sep	193	9	4.7%	45^th
1982 Oct-Dec	97	7	7.2%	54^th
1983 Jan-Mar	43	0	0.0%	0^th
1983 Apr-Jun	182	13	7.1%	59^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	10	7.7%	77^th
1983 Oct-Nov	141	8	5.7%	62^nd
1984 Jan-Mar	52	4	7.7%	69^th
1984 Apr-Jun	223	46	20.6%	94^th
1984 Jul-Sep	95	2	2.1%	33^rd
1984 Oct-Oct	36	1	2.8%	28^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	1	2.8%	22^nd
1985 Apr-Jun	154	3	1.9%	20^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	27	26.7%	98^th
1985 Oct-Dec	148	10	6.8%	74^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	16	26.2%	94^th
1986 Apr-Jun	128	2	1.6%	30^th
1986 Jul-Sep	201	9	4.5%	62^nd
1986 Oct-Oct	60	2	3.3%	47^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	6	15.4%	85^th
1987 Apr-Jun	185	35	18.9%	96^th
1987 Jul-Sep	95	10	10.5%	84^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	8	4.8%	39^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	2	4.1%	38^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	17	10.6%	86^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	12	7.9%	75^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	17	19.1%	94^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	2	14.3%	84^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	1	1.0%	19^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	1	0.8%	19^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	5	4.1%	55^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	2	3.3%	58^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	4	2.7%	48^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	13	7.1%	83^rd
1990 Oct-Oct	143	5	3.5%	53^rd
1991 Jan-Mar	62	2	3.2%	52^nd
1991 Apr-Jun	139	10	7.2%	81^st
1991 Jul-Sep	81	1	1.2%	12^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	6	3.7%	65^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	4	6.1%	64^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	18	9.7%	86^th
1992 Jul-Sep	196	9	4.6%	65^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	4	3.1%	58^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	2	1.1%	21^st
1993 Jul-Sep	164	19	11.6%	96^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	3	2.2%	57^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	0	0.0%	0^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	18	8.2%	89^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	0	0.0%	0^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	8	15.7%	94^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	3	1.1%	44^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	1	0.4%	15^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	8	4.3%	71^st
1996 Jan-Mar	110	6	5.5%	75^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	23	12.6%	93^rd
1996 Jul-Sep	163	7	4.3%	71^st

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. Tom Bevill [D-AL4, 1973-1996] leaves office as Representative for Alabama's 4th congressional district

Oct 04, 1996

Elections and Offices

Rep. Tom Bevill [D-AL4, 1973-1996] takes office as Representative for Alabama's 4th congressional district

Jan 03, 1973

Elections and Offices

Rep. Tom Bevill [D-AL4, 1973-1996] leaves office as Representative for Alabama's 7th congressional district

Oct 18, 1972

Elections and Offices

Rep. Tom Bevill [D-AL4, 1973-1996] takes office as Representative for Alabama's 7th congressional district

Jan 10, 1967