Rep. William Dickinson

Former Representative from Alabama's 2^nd District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1965-1992	Representative	Alabama's 2^nd District

Sponsorship Analysis

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

Use this chart to compare Dickinson to other members of the House of Representatives in the 102^nd 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 1965 to Oct 1992, Dickinson missed 1,272 of 12,328 roll call votes, which is 10.3%. This is worse than the median of 4.3% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1992. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1965 Jan-Mar	25	3	12.0%	88^th
1965 Apr-Jun	49	11	22.4%	91^st
1965 Jul-Sep	97	8	8.2%	71^st
1965 Oct-Oct	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1966 Jan-Mar	28	1	3.6%	51^st
1966 Apr-Jun	50	7	14.0%	66^th
1966 Jul-Sep	66	22	33.3%	94^th
1966 Oct-Oct	34	30	88.2%	97^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	2	6.5%	91^st
1967 Apr-Jun	57	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Jul-Sep	56	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	87	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jan-Mar	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	74	1	1.4%	71^st
1968 Jul-Sep	87	1	1.1%	51^st
1968 Oct-Oct	21	6	28.6%	96^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	1	6.3%	52^nd
1969 Apr-Jun	28	7	25.0%	91^st
1969 Jul-Sep	44	5	11.4%	66^th
1969 Oct-Dec	88	7	8.0%	40^th
1970 Jan-Mar	35	4	11.4%	56^th
1970 Apr-Jun	74	22	29.7%	87^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	12	15.8%	71^st
1970 Oct-Dec	81	11	13.6%	51^st
1971 Jan-Mar	22	1	4.5%	27^th
1971 Apr-Jun	88	12	13.6%	58^th
1971 Jul-Sep	72	2	2.8%	27^th
1971 Oct-Dec	133	8	6.0%	27^th
1972 Jan-Mar	61	7	11.5%	59^th
1972 Apr-Jun	110	19	17.3%	76^th
1972 Jul-Sep	100	9	9.0%	60^th
1972 Oct-Oct	47	17	36.2%	89^th
1973 Jan-Mar	34	6	17.6%	78^th
1973 Apr-Jun	189	16	8.5%	56^th
1973 Jul-Sep	129	6	4.7%	56^th
1973 Oct-Dec	180	15	8.3%	62^nd
1974 Jan-Mar	74	9	12.2%	69^th
1974 Apr-Jun	168	33	19.6%	87^th
1974 Jul-Sep	146	5	3.4%	37^th
1974 Oct-Dec	140	20	14.3%	77^th
1975 Jan-Mar	65	10	15.4%	89^th
1975 Apr-Jun	199	14	7.0%	64^th
1975 Jul-Sep	143	23	16.1%	89^th
1975 Oct-Dec	188	9	4.8%	55^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	1	0.9%	16^th
1976 Apr-Jun	265	32	12.1%	73^rd
1976 Jul-Sep	275	15	5.5%	50^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Jan-Mar	99	16	16.2%	87^th
1977 Apr-Jun	270	20	7.4%	57^th
1977 Jul-Sep	192	38	19.8%	92^nd
1977 Oct-Dec	127	18	14.2%	88^th
1978 Jan-Mar	146	4	2.7%	30^th
1978 Apr-Jun	298	16	5.4%	39^th
1978 Jul-Sep	306	61	19.9%	89^th
1978 Oct-Oct	71	43	60.6%	98^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	12	19.0%	87^th
1979 Apr-Jun	219	10	4.6%	39^th
1979 Jul-Sep	197	13	6.6%	62^nd
1979 Oct-Dec	188	21	11.2%	64^th
1980 Jan-Mar	148	3	2.0%	13^th
1980 Apr-Jun	194	12	6.2%	46^th
1980 Jul-Sep	187	19	10.2%	69^th
1980 Oct-Dec	62	20	32.3%	92^nd
1981 Jan-Mar	15	1	6.7%	46^th
1981 Apr-Jun	85	27	31.8%	98^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	5	4.7%	51^st
1981 Oct-Dec	141	11	7.8%	62^nd
1982 Feb-Mar	48	10	20.8%	82^nd
1982 Apr-Jun	119	14	11.8%	84^th
1982 Jul-Sep	193	10	5.2%	47^th
1982 Oct-Dec	98	23	23.5%	91^st
1983 Jan-Mar	43	5	11.6%	70^th
1983 Apr-Jun	180	23	12.8%	82^nd
1983 Jul-Sep	128	3	2.3%	44^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	15	10.5%	79^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	1	1.9%	24^th
1984 Apr-Jun	216	15	6.9%	57^th
1984 Jul-Sep	95	4	4.2%	50^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	12	33.3%	94^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Apr-Jun	154	4	2.6%	31^st
1985 Jul-Sep	101	4	4.0%	51^st
1985 Oct-Dec	148	21	14.2%	96^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	13	21.3%	91^st
1986 Apr-Jun	128	5	3.9%	53^rd
1986 Jul-Sep	201	15	7.5%	77^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	4	6.7%	66^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	7	17.9%	91^st
1987 Apr-Jun	187	3	1.6%	23^rd
1987 Jul-Sep	95	13	13.7%	91^st
1987 Oct-Dec	166	16	9.6%	77^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	5	10.2%	75^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	5	3.1%	45^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	11	7.2%	72^nd
1988 Oct-Oct	89	11	12.4%	86^th
1989 Jan-Mar	13	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Apr-Jun	101	8	7.9%	85^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	5	3.9%	63^rd
1989 Oct-Nov	121	13	10.7%	87^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	6	10.0%	85^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	10	6.7%	77^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	6	3.3%	53^rd
1990 Oct-Oct	143	12	8.4%	78^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	4	6.5%	75^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	11	7.9%	81^st
1991 Jul-Sep	81	3	3.7%	44^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	23	14.2%	95^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	22	33.3%	97^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	20	10.8%	81^st
1992 Jul-Sep	196	36	18.4%	89^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	1	2.4%	38^th

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
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Rep. William Dickinson [R-AL2, 1965-1992] leaves office as Representative for Alabama's 2nd congressional district

Oct 09, 1992

Elections and Offices

Rep. William Dickinson [R-AL2, 1965-1992] takes office as Representative for Alabama's 2nd congressional district

Jan 04, 1965