Rep. William Jefferson

Former Representative from Louisiana's 2^nd District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1991-2009	Representative	Louisiana's 2^nd District

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Sponsorship Analysis

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

Use this chart to compare Jefferson to other members of the House of Representatives in the 110^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

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

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Voting Record

From Jan 1991 to Dec 2008, Jefferson missed 1,199 of 11,102 roll call votes, which is 10.8%. This is worse than the median of 3.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2008. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1991 Jan-Mar	62	15	24.2%	99^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	16	11.5%	95^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	6	7.4%	74^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	13	8.0%	88^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	4	6.1%	64^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	17	9.2%	88^th
1992 Jul-Sep	196	45	23.0%	95^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	8	19.5%	94^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	14	11.0%	94^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	8	4.2%	68^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	13	7.9%	93^rd
1993 Oct-Nov	134	5	3.7%	70^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	12	12.6%	94^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	23	10.5%	95^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	7	4.9%	68^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	2	3.9%	72^nd
1995 Jan-Mar	279	39	14.0%	98^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	31	16.4%	98^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	86	37.1%	99^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	16	8.6%	92^nd
1996 Jan-Mar	110	2	1.8%	50^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	23	12.6%	97^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	15	9.2%	94^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	1	1.4%	39^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	35	20.1%	99^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	4	1.7%	49^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	11	6.7%	86^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	27	30.3%	97^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	16	8.6%	88^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	22	11.1%	92^nd
1998 Oct-Dec	74	1	1.4%	38^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	4	5.2%	77^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	8	4.3%	76^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	64	31.4%	99^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	66	45.2%	100^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	12	12.6%	90^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	29	10.5%	91^st
2000 Jul-Sep	130	9	6.9%	82^nd
2000 Oct-Dec	101	14	13.9%	77^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	1	1.3%	36^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	10	7.4%	87^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	19	12.8%	96^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	7	4.6%	72^nd
2002 Jan-Mar	79	10	12.7%	93^rd
2002 Apr-Jun	203	19	9.4%	90^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	5	3.5%	57^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	1	1.6%	40^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	7	7.4%	85^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	18	7.5%	88^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	48	24.9%	98^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	2	1.3%	29^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	3	2.9%	42^nd
2004 Apr-Jun	221	12	5.4%	74^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	6	3.7%	56^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	2	3.4%	56^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	7	7.8%	81^st
2005 Apr-Jun	272	10	3.7%	65^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	11	7.5%	84^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	5	3.1%	56^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	1	1.2%	42^nd
2006 Apr-Jun	276	22	8.0%	92^nd
2006 Jul-Sep	159	24	15.1%	96^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	15	55.6%	97^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	16	7.5%	88^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	36	9.2%	89^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	21	6.6%	84^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	33	12.5%	90^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	30	20.1%	92^nd
2008 Apr-Jun	321	27	8.4%	80^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	23	11.2%	89^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	5	33.3%	93^rd

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
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Rep. William Jefferson [D-LA2, 1991-2009] leaves office as Representative for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district

Jan 03, 2009

Elections and Offices

Rep. William Jefferson [D-LA2, 1991-2009] takes office as Representative for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district

Jan 03, 1991