Rep. William Poage

Former Representative from Texas's 11^th District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1961-1978	Representative	Texas's 11^th District
1959-1960	Representative	Texas's 11^th District
1957-1958	Representative	Texas's 11^th District
1953-1956	Representative	Texas's 11^th District
1947-1952	Representative	Texas's 11^th District
1939-1946	Representative	Texas's 11^th District
1937-1938	Representative	Texas's 11^th District

Sponsorship Analysis

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

Use this chart to compare Poage to other members of the House of Representatives in the 95^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

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Voting Record

From Jan 1937 to Oct 1978, Poage missed 712 of 8,486 roll call votes, which is 8.4%. This is worse than the median of 8.0% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1978. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1937 Jan-Mar	19	0	0.0%	0^th
1937 Apr-Jun	41	11	26.8%	67^th
1937 Jul-Aug	28	5	17.9%	50^th
1937 Dec-Dec	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1938 Jan-Jun	61	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Jan-Mar	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Apr-Jun	41	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Jul-Aug	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Oct-Nov	6	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Jan-Mar	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Apr-Jun	63	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Jul-Sep	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Oct-Dec	8	1	12.5%	50^th
1941 Jan-Mar	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Apr-Jun	29	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Jul-Aug	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Apr-Jun	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Jul-Sep	11	2	18.2%	56^th
1942 Oct-Nov	5	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Jan-Mar	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Apr-Jun	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1943 Jul-Sep	13	6	46.2%	89^th
1943 Oct-Dec	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Jan-Mar	23	1	4.3%	22^nd
1944 Apr-Jun	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Sep-Sep	3	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Nov-Dec	7	1	14.3%	25^th
1945 Jan-Mar	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Apr-Jun	40	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Jul-Sep	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Oct-Dec	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Jan-Mar	33	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Apr-Jun	53	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Jul-Aug	43	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Jan-Mar	24	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Apr-Jun	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Jul-Jul	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Nov-Dec	6	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Jan-Mar	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Apr-Jun	54	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Aug-Aug	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jan-Mar	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Apr-Jun	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jul-Sep	43	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Oct-Oct	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jan-Mar	53	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Apr-Jun	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jul-Sep	59	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Dec-Dec	6	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Jan	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Apr-Jun	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jul-Sep	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Oct-Oct	18	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Jan-Mar	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Apr-Jun	40	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Jul-Jul	10	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Apr-Jun	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jul-Aug	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Jan-Mar	14	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Apr-Jun	24	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Jul-Aug	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Apr-Jun	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Jul-Aug	19	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Apr-Jun	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jul-Jul	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Apr-Jun	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jul-Aug	51	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Apr-Jun	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jul-Aug	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 Jan-Apr	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 May-Aug	54	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 Sep-Sep	14	0	0.0%	0^th
1960 Feb-Apr	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1960 May-Aug	69	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 Jan-Apr	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 May-Aug	65	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 Sep-Sep	28	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	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jul-Sep	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Oct-Dec	50	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	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Oct-Oct	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jul-Sep	98	16	16.3%	83^rd
1965 Oct-Oct	21	3	14.3%	66^th
1966 Jan-Mar	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1966 Apr-Jun	51	5	9.8%	49^th
1966 Jul-Sep	72	11	15.3%	64^th
1966 Oct-Oct	39	5	12.8%	41^st
1967 Jan-Mar	31	1	3.2%	58^th
1967 Apr-Jun	57	3	5.3%	98^th
1967 Jul-Sep	59	13	22.0%	99^th
1967 Oct-Dec	96	11	11.5%	99^th
1968 Jan-Mar	38	1	2.6%	86^th
1968 Apr-Jun	78	7	9.0%	98^th
1968 Jul-Sep	91	10	11.0%	95^th
1968 Oct-Oct	25	5	20.0%	76^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	1	3.6%	23^rd
1969 Jul-Sep	45	6	13.3%	69^th
1969 Oct-Dec	88	25	28.4%	92^nd
1970 Jan-Mar	35	2	5.7%	36^th
1970 Apr-Jun	74	11	14.9%	46^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	7	9.2%	41^st
1970 Oct-Dec	81	19	23.5%	75^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	6	27.3%	94^th
1971 Apr-Jun	90	13	14.4%	62^nd
1971 Jul-Sep	72	19	26.4%	92^nd
1971 Oct-Dec	133	34	25.6%	88^th
1972 Jan-Mar	64	11	17.2%	83^rd
1972 Apr-Jun	113	32	28.3%	89^th
1972 Jul-Sep	101	8	7.9%	50^th
1972 Oct-Oct	50	0	0.0%	0^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	1	2.8%	24^th
1973 Apr-Jun	189	15	7.9%	50^th
1973 Jul-Sep	130	0	0.0%	0^th
1973 Oct-Dec	180	19	10.6%	70^th
1974 Jan-Mar	77	5	6.5%	39^th
1974 Apr-Jun	169	28	16.6%	80^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	2	1.4%	14^th
1974 Oct-Dec	141	23	16.3%	77^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	1	1.5%	18^th
1975 Apr-Jun	199	12	6.0%	53^rd
1975 Jul-Sep	146	11	7.5%	63^rd
1975 Oct-Dec	191	10	5.2%	53^rd
1976 Jan-Mar	106	4	3.8%	40^th
1976 Apr-Jun	267	4	1.5%	8^th
1976 Jul-Sep	280	16	5.7%	46^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Jan-Mar	100	18	18.0%	91^st
1977 Apr-Jun	273	151	55.3%	99^th
1977 Jul-Sep	198	7	3.5%	33^rd
1977 Oct-Dec	134	9	6.7%	54^th
1978 Jan-Mar	149	17	11.4%	69^th
1978 Apr-Jun	300	17	5.7%	36^th
1978 Jul-Sep	308	24	7.8%	48^th
1978 Oct-Oct	75	6	8.0%	56^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

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 Poage [D-TX11, 1961-1978] leaves office as Representative for Texas's 11th congressional district

Oct 15, 1978

Elections and Offices

Rep. William Poage [D-TX11, 1961-1978] takes office as Representative for Texas's 11th congressional district

Jan 03, 1961

Elections and Offices

Rep. William Poage [D-TX11, 1961-1978] leaves office as Representative for Texas's 11th congressional district

Sep 01, 1960

Elections and Offices

Rep. William Poage [D-TX11, 1961-1978] takes office as Representative for Texas's 11th congressional district

Jan 07, 1959

Elections and Offices

Rep. William Poage [D-TX11, 1961-1978] leaves office as Representative for Texas's 11th congressional district

Aug 24, 1958