Edward Patten, former Representative for New Jersey's 15th Congressional District

Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Patten sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the House of Representatives.

Each dot in the chart below was a member of the House of Representatives in 1980. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Patten is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Patten sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (22%) Health (20%) Social Welfare (17%) International Affairs (9%) Private Legislation (9%) Taxation (8%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (8%) Environmental Protection (6%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

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From Jan 1963 to Dec 1980, Patten missed 313 of 7,362 roll call votes, which is 4.3%. This is better than the median of 8.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 1980. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1963 Jan-Mar	9	1	11.1%	90^th
1963 Apr-Jun	31	1	3.2%	63^rd
1963 Jul-Sep	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Oct-Dec	50	1	2.0%	29^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	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Oct-Oct	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1966 Jan-Mar	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1966 Apr-Jun	51	0	0.0%	0^th
1966 Jul-Sep	72	0	0.0%	0^th
1966 Oct-Oct	40	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Apr-Jun	57	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Jul-Sep	59	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	98	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jan-Mar	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	79	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jul-Sep	91	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Oct-Oct	25	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Jul-Sep	45	4	8.9%	44^th
1969 Oct-Dec	88	0	0.0%	0^th
1970 Jan-Mar	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1970 Apr-Jun	74	19	25.7%	75^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	0	0.0%	0^th
1970 Oct-Dec	81	1	1.2%	9^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1971 Apr-Jun	90	1	1.1%	4^th
1971 Jul-Sep	74	0	0.0%	0^th
1971 Oct-Dec	134	2	1.5%	8^th
1972 Jan-Mar	64	0	0.0%	0^th
1972 Apr-Jun	114	0	0.0%	0^th
1972 Jul-Sep	101	12	11.9%	61^st
1972 Oct-Oct	50	0	0.0%	0^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	8	22.2%	84^th
1973 Apr-Jun	191	6	3.1%	17^th
1973 Jul-Sep	131	0	0.0%	0^th
1973 Oct-Dec	182	1	0.5%	8^th
1974 Jan-Mar	79	5	6.3%	38^th
1974 Apr-Jun	170	6	3.5%	19^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	0	0.0%	0^th
1974 Oct-Dec	141	5	3.5%	21^st
1975 Jan-Mar	68	3	4.4%	38^th
1975 Apr-Jun	199	6	3.0%	27^th
1975 Jul-Sep	154	12	7.8%	63^rd
1975 Oct-Dec	191	6	3.1%	28^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	1	0.9%	14^th
1976 Apr-Jun	267	14	5.2%	28^th
1976 Jul-Sep	281	2	0.7%	6^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Jan-Mar	100	3	3.0%	30^th
1977 Apr-Jun	273	14	5.1%	37^th
1977 Jul-Sep	198	2	1.0%	12^th
1977 Oct-Dec	135	4	3.0%	26^th
1978 Jan-Mar	150	5	3.3%	25^th
1978 Apr-Jun	300	40	13.3%	71^st
1978 Jul-Sep	308	18	5.8%	40^th
1978 Oct-Oct	76	7	9.2%	67^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	10	15.9%	78^th
1979 Apr-Jun	221	7	3.2%	21^st
1979 Jul-Sep	198	3	1.5%	10^th
1979 Oct-Dec	190	24	12.6%	61^st
1980 Jan-Mar	148	17	11.5%	61^st
1980 Apr-Jun	197	24	12.2%	65^th
1980 Jul-Sep	192	12	6.3%	39^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	6	9.0%	41^st

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
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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