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Rep. Arthur Ravenel Jr.

Former Representative from South Carolina’s 1^st District, Republican

Bioguide

Ravenel, a Republican, was the representative for South Carolina's 1^st congressional district from 1987 to 1994.

Photo of Rep. Arthur Ravenel [R-SC1, 1987-1994]

Enacted Legislation

Ravenel was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:

H.R. 3960 (100th): Charles Pinckney National Historic Site Act

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We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if about one third or more of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Ravenel sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Foreign Trade and International Finance (83%) Armed Forces and National Security (10%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1987 to Nov 1994, Ravenel missed 96 of 3,897 roll call votes, which is 2.5%. This is on par with 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 Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1987 Jan-Mar	39	4	10.3%	81^st
1987 Apr-Jun	187	2	1.1%	16^th
1987 Jul-Sep	95	1	1.1%	23^rd
1987 Oct-Dec	167	5	3.0%	22^nd
1988 Feb-Mar	49	4	8.2%	69^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	1	0.6%	13^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	4	2.6%	33^rd
1988 Oct-Oct	89	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	1	1.0%	17^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	23	18.0%	98^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	0	0.0%	0^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	1	1.7%	31^st
1990 Apr-Jun	150	0	0.0%	0^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	0	0.0%	0^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	6	4.2%	60^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	0	0.0%	0^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	4	2.9%	48^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	3	3.7%	49^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	1	0.6%	17^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	0	0.0%	0^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	2	1.1%	21^st
1992 Jul-Sep	196	3	1.5%	34^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	4	9.8%	80^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	1	0.8%	23^rd
1993 Apr-Jun	190	1	0.5%	13^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	0	0.0%	0^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	0	0.0%	0^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	2	0.9%	25^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	14	9.9%	82^nd
1994 Oct-Nov	51	9	17.6%	92^nd

Primary Sources

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

Congress-Legislators, a community project collecting election information
The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
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
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills