Rep. William Ford

Former Representative from Michigan's 13^th District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1993-1994	Representative	Michigan's 13^th District
1965-1992	Representative	Michigan's 15^th District

Sponsorship Analysis

Ford was a moderate Democratic leader according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Ford’s time serving in the House of Representatives.

Use this chart to compare Ford to other members of the House of Representatives in the 103^rd 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 Nov 1994, Ford missed 2,105 of 13,447 roll call votes, which is 15.7%. This is worse than the median of 3.4% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Nov 1994. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1965 Jan-Mar	28	2	7.1%	43^rd
1965 Apr-Jun	53	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jul-Sep	97	5	5.2%	48^th
1965 Oct-Oct	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1966 Jan-Mar	30	1	3.3%	22^nd
1966 Apr-Jun	50	3	6.0%	35^th
1966 Jul-Sep	72	15	20.8%	70^th
1966 Oct-Oct	37	2	5.4%	39^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Apr-Jun	57	1	1.8%	69^th
1967 Jul-Sep	58	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	76	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jul-Sep	84	4	4.8%	86^th
1968 Oct-Oct	25	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Apr-Jun	27	3	11.1%	63^rd
1969 Jul-Sep	44	4	9.1%	50^th
1969 Oct-Dec	83	15	18.1%	73^rd
1970 Jan-Mar	35	5	14.3%	58^th
1970 Apr-Jun	72	15	20.8%	61^st
1970 Jul-Sep	76	8	10.5%	42^nd
1970 Oct-Dec	70	16	22.9%	67^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	1	4.5%	24^th
1971 Apr-Jun	87	15	17.2%	76^th
1971 Jul-Sep	70	12	17.1%	87^th
1971 Oct-Dec	131	23	17.6%	76^th
1972 Jan-Mar	61	2	3.3%	26^th
1972 Apr-Jun	111	34	30.6%	87^th
1972 Jul-Sep	100	23	23.0%	82^nd
1972 Oct-Oct	50	5	10.0%	49^th
1973 Jan-Mar	35	9	25.7%	89^th
1973 Apr-Jun	189	27	14.3%	80^th
1973 Jul-Sep	130	14	10.8%	84^th
1973 Oct-Dec	180	17	9.4%	67^th
1974 Jan-Mar	77	8	10.4%	55^th
1974 Apr-Jun	169	20	11.8%	58^th
1974 Jul-Sep	147	27	18.4%	91^st
1974 Oct-Dec	140	19	13.6%	80^th
1975 Jan-Mar	67	4	6.0%	70^th
1975 Apr-Jun	197	38	19.3%	91^st
1975 Jul-Sep	146	18	12.3%	83^rd
1975 Oct-Dec	182	48	26.4%	96^th
1976 Jan-Mar	104	18	17.3%	89^th
1976 Apr-Jun	264	35	13.3%	75^th
1976 Jul-Sep	276	32	11.6%	78^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	1	14.3%	74^th
1977 Jan-Mar	98	16	16.3%	89^th
1977 Apr-Jun	263	55	20.9%	98^th
1977 Jul-Sep	188	48	25.5%	98^th
1977 Oct-Dec	128	19	14.8%	89^th
1978 Jan-Mar	148	29	19.6%	91^st
1978 Apr-Jun	292	65	22.3%	83^rd
1978 Jul-Sep	303	47	15.5%	83^rd
1978 Oct-Oct	75	17	22.7%	90^th
1979 Jan-Mar	62	9	14.5%	83^rd
1979 Apr-Jun	217	50	23.0%	96^th
1979 Jul-Sep	197	48	24.4%	96^th
1979 Oct-Dec	188	38	20.2%	85^th
1980 Jan-Mar	145	35	24.1%	92^nd
1980 Apr-Jun	195	49	25.1%	93^rd
1980 Jul-Sep	189	47	24.9%	96^th
1980 Oct-Dec	64	27	42.2%	95^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	4	26.7%	92^nd
1981 Apr-Jun	89	24	27.0%	97^th
1981 Jul-Sep	105	28	26.7%	99^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	32	22.5%	96^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	11	22.9%	84^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	18	15.1%	89^th
1982 Jul-Sep	189	37	19.6%	94^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	18	18.2%	83^rd
1983 Jan-Mar	43	4	9.3%	64^th
1983 Apr-Jun	178	31	17.4%	92^nd
1983 Jul-Sep	130	15	11.5%	90^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	43	30.1%	98^th
1984 Jan-Mar	52	9	17.3%	88^th
1984 Apr-Jun	220	40	18.2%	94^th
1984 Jul-Sep	95	17	17.9%	92^nd
1984 Oct-Oct	36	9	25.0%	93^rd
1985 Jan-Mar	34	13	38.2%	99^th
1985 Apr-Jun	152	31	20.4%	98^th
1985 Jul-Sep	97	13	13.4%	94^th
1985 Oct-Dec	148	25	16.9%	98^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	7	11.5%	73^rd
1986 Apr-Jun	128	4	3.1%	48^th
1986 Jul-Sep	201	22	10.9%	90^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	8	13.3%	85^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	1	2.6%	39^th
1987 Apr-Jun	187	7	3.7%	50^th
1987 Jul-Sep	95	10	10.5%	85^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	16	9.6%	74^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	12	24.5%	96^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	14	8.7%	81^st
1988 Jul-Sep	150	11	7.3%	74^th
1988 Oct-Oct	88	20	22.7%	96^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	5	4.8%	65^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	11	8.6%	92^nd
1989 Oct-Nov	120	6	5.0%	68^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	4	6.7%	78^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	19	12.7%	92^nd
1990 Jul-Sep	183	63	34.4%	99^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	52	36.4%	100^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	4	6.5%	78^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	9	6.5%	77^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	12	14.8%	91^st
1991 Oct-Nov	162	19	11.7%	94^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	7	10.6%	86^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	13	7.0%	78^th
1992 Jul-Sep	196	12	6.1%	76^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	5	12.2%	84^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	11	8.7%	89^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	10	5.3%	69^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	14	8.5%	91^st
1993 Oct-Nov	134	6	4.5%	77^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	14	14.7%	91^st
1994 Apr-Jun	219	61	27.9%	98^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	35	24.6%	96^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	11	21.6%	95^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 Ford [D-MI13, 1993-1994] leaves office as Representative for Michigan's 13th congressional district

Dec 01, 1994

Elections and Offices

Rep. William Ford [D-MI13, 1993-1994] takes office as Representative for Michigan's 13th congressional district

Jan 05, 1993

Elections and Offices

Rep. William Ford [D-MI13, 1993-1994] leaves office as Representative for Michigan's 15th congressional district

Oct 09, 1992

Elections and Offices

Rep. William Ford [D-MI13, 1993-1994] takes office as Representative for Michigan's 15th congressional district

Jan 04, 1965