Elwood Hillis, former Representative for Indiana's 5th Congressional District

Hillis was the representative for Indiana’s 5^th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1971 to 1986.

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Hillis is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1986 positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Hillis sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 5, 1981 to Oct 18, 1986. See full analysis methodology.

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Hillis sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Armed Forces and National Security (56%) Private Legislation (22%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (22%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Hillis recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1971 to Oct 1986, Hillis missed 1,085 of 8,422 roll call votes, which is 12.9%. This is much worse than the median of 6.2% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1986. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

Show the numbers...

Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1971 Jan-Mar	22	4	18.2%	77^th
1971 Apr-Jun	90	19	21.1%	82^nd
1971 Jul-Sep	74	11	14.9%	74^th
1971 Oct-Dec	134	23	17.2%	72^nd
1972 Jan-Mar	64	14	21.9%	81^st
1972 Apr-Jun	114	11	9.6%	43^rd
1972 Jul-Sep	101	22	21.8%	82^nd
1972 Oct-Oct	50	7	14.0%	47^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1973 Apr-Jun	191	24	12.6%	72^nd
1973 Jul-Sep	131	8	6.1%	56^th
1973 Oct-Dec	182	22	12.1%	75^th
1974 Jan-Mar	79	7	8.9%	47^th
1974 Apr-Jun	170	12	7.1%	37^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	8	5.4%	51^st
1974 Oct-Dec	141	31	22.0%	86^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	1	1.5%	18^th
1975 Apr-Jun	199	12	6.0%	53^rd
1975 Jul-Sep	154	11	7.1%	59^th
1975 Oct-Dec	191	23	12.0%	84^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	12	11.3%	72^nd
1976 Apr-Jun	267	40	15.0%	75^th
1976 Jul-Sep	281	19	6.8%	54^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	6	85.7%	93^rd
1977 Jan-Mar	100	11	11.0%	76^th
1977 Apr-Jun	273	58	21.2%	94^th
1977 Jul-Sep	198	5	2.5%	27^th
1977 Oct-Dec	135	26	19.3%	91^st
1978 Jan-Mar	150	14	9.3%	62^nd
1978 Apr-Jun	300	20	6.7%	44^th
1978 Jul-Sep	308	24	7.8%	54^th
1978 Oct-Oct	76	25	32.9%	93^rd
1979 Jan-Mar	63	5	7.9%	69^th
1979 Apr-Jun	221	31	14.0%	82^nd
1979 Jul-Sep	198	22	11.1%	72^nd
1979 Oct-Dec	190	22	11.6%	61^st
1980 Jan-Mar	148	27	18.2%	82^nd
1980 Apr-Jun	197	12	6.1%	40^th
1980 Jul-Sep	192	20	10.4%	63^rd
1980 Oct-Dec	67	15	22.4%	81^st
1981 Jan-Mar	13	3	23.1%	92^nd
1981 Apr-Jun	90	25	27.8%	96^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	6	5.7%	55^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	13	9.2%	63^rd
1982 Feb-Mar	48	2	4.2%	37^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	5	4.2%	49^th
1982 Jul-Sep	193	22	11.4%	76^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	12	12.1%	67^th
1983 Jan-Mar	43	10	23.3%	93^rd
1983 Apr-Jun	182	9	4.9%	39^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	13	10.0%	85^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	11	7.7%	60^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	15	28.3%	93^rd
1984 Apr-Jun	223	12	5.4%	43^rd
1984 Jul-Sep	96	6	6.2%	58^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	7	19.4%	85^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	18	50.0%	99^th
1985 Apr-Jun	154	9	5.8%	59^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	22	21.8%	97^th
1985 Oct-Dec	148	39	26.4%	98^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	12	19.7%	83^rd
1986 Apr-Jun	128	27	21.1%	94^th
1986 Jul-Sep	202	86	42.6%	98^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	17	28.3%	93^rd

Primary Sources

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

unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
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
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills

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