Sen. Clifford Case

Former Senator from New Jersey

Republican

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	State / District
1961-1978	Senator	New Jersey
1955-1960	Senator	New Jersey
1953-1954	Representative	New Jersey's 6^th District
1947-1952	Representative	New Jersey's 6^th District
1945-1946	Representative	New Jersey's 6^th District

Sponsorship Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Case sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into their position in the Senate.

Each dot in the chart below is a member of the Senate. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Case is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Bills Sponsored

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

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Voting Record

From Jan 1955 to Oct 1978, Case missed 448 of 8,210 roll call votes, which is 5.5%. This is better than the median of 10.6% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Oct 1978. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1955 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Apr-Jun	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Jul-Aug	23	1	4.3%	38^th
1956 Jan-Mar	47	2	4.3%	69^th
1956 Apr-Jun	50	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jul-Jul	33	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jan-Mar	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Apr-Jun	45	3	6.7%	50^th
1957 Jul-Aug	46	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Feb-Mar	38	2	5.3%	41^st
1958 Apr-Jun	85	1	1.2%	24^th
1958 Jul-Aug	76	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 Jan-Apr	57	3	5.3%	77^th
1959 May-Aug	128	6	4.7%	45^th
1959 Sep-Sep	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1960 Jan-Apr	79	8	10.1%	59^th
1960 May-Aug	123	2	1.6%	17^th
1960 Sep-Sep	5	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 Jan-Apr	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 May-Aug	137	1	0.7%	19^th
1961 Sep-Sep	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Jan-Mar	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Apr-Jun	62	2	3.2%	33^rd
1962 Jul-Sep	122	2	1.6%	15^th
1962 Oct-Oct	18	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jan-Mar	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Apr-Jun	73	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jul-Sep	61	3	4.9%	35^th
1963 Oct-Dec	87	3	3.4%	18^th
1964 Jan-Mar	60	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Apr-Jun	138	1	0.7%	29^th
1964 Jul-Sep	106	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Oct-Oct	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	32	1	3.1%	9^th
1965 Apr-Jun	106	8	7.5%	22^nd
1965 Jul-Sep	106	2	1.9%	16^th
1965 Oct-Oct	15	1	6.7%	28^th
1966 Jan-Mar	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1966 Apr-Jun	56	12	21.4%	68^th
1966 Jul-Sep	119	14	11.8%	62^nd
1966 Oct-Oct	35	12	34.3%	68^th
1967 Jan-Mar	53	2	3.8%	10^th
1967 Apr-Jun	70	20	28.6%	90^th
1967 Jul-Sep	81	3	3.7%	13^th
1967 Oct-Dec	111	1	0.9%	5^th
1968 Jan-Mar	69	3	4.3%	18^th
1968 Apr-Jun	96	13	13.5%	48^th
1968 Jul-Sep	89	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Oct-Oct	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Jan-Mar	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Apr-Jun	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Jul-Sep	44	1	2.3%	25^th
1969 Oct-Dec	156	16	10.3%	45^th
1970 Jan-Mar	100	0	0.0%	0^th
1970 Apr-Jun	91	0	0.0%	0^th
1970 Jul-Sep	122	1	0.8%	6^th
1970 Oct-Dec	106	4	3.8%	15^th
1971 Feb-Mar	25	4	16.0%	49^th
1971 Apr-Jun	89	3	3.4%	9^th
1971 Jul-Sep	109	5	4.6%	19^th
1971 Oct-Dec	202	9	4.5%	17^th
1972 Jan-Mar	119	6	5.0%	21^st
1972 Apr-Jun	130	11	8.5%	34^th
1972 Jul-Sep	206	6	2.9%	17^th
1972 Oct-Oct	75	7	9.3%	38^th
1973 Jan-Mar	67	0	0.0%	0^th
1973 Apr-Jun	192	10	5.2%	24^th
1973 Jul-Sep	167	6	3.6%	31^st
1973 Oct-Dec	168	4	2.4%	14^th
1974 Jan-Mar	94	0	0.0%	0^th
1974 Apr-Jun	179	10	5.6%	36^th
1974 Jul-Sep	138	18	13.0%	73^rd
1974 Oct-Dec	133	5	3.8%	18^th
1975 Jan-Mar	117	0	0.0%	0^th
1975 Apr-Jun	141	13	9.2%	51^st
1975 Jul-Sep	168	9	5.4%	28^th
1975 Oct-Dec	180	5	2.8%	12^th
1976 Jan-Mar	109	3	2.8%	23^rd
1976 Apr-Jun	263	30	11.4%	49^th
1976 Jul-Sep	314	17	5.4%	18^th
1976 Oct-Oct	13	7	53.8%	67^th
1977 Jan-Mar	92	6	6.5%	40^th
1977 Apr-Jun	178	12	6.7%	37^th
1977 Jul-Sep	233	31	13.3%	81^st
1977 Oct-Dec	132	5	3.8%	21^st
1978 Jan-Mar	78	5	6.4%	36^th
1978 Apr-Jun	119	7	5.9%	47^th
1978 Jul-Sep	236	25	10.6%	50^th
1978 Oct-Oct	86	15	17.4%	72^nd

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
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Sen. Clifford Case [R-NJ, 1961-1978] leaves office as Senator from New Jersey

Oct 15, 1978

Elections and Offices

Sen. Clifford Case [R-NJ, 1961-1978] takes office as Senator from New Jersey

Jan 3, 1961

Elections and Offices

Sen. Clifford Case [R-NJ, 1961-1978] leaves office as Senator from New Jersey

Sep 1, 1960

Elections and Offices

Sen. Clifford Case [R-NJ, 1961-1978] takes office as Senator from New Jersey

Jan 5, 1955

Elections and Offices

Sen. Clifford Case [R-NJ, 1961-1978] leaves office as Representative for New Jersey's 6th congressional district

Dec 2, 1954