Sen. Frank Moss

Former Senator for Utah

Moss was a senator from Utah and was a Democrat. He served from 1959 to 1976.

Bioguide

Photo of Sen. Frank Moss [D-UT, 1959-1976]

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Moss is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the Senate in 1976 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 Moss sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 1973 to Oct 1, 1976. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Moss was the primary sponsor of 13 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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Does 13 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

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 at least about half 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

Moss sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Social Welfare (20%) Government Operations and Politics (20%) Health (19%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (11%) Private Legislation (10%) Energy (8%) Science, Technology, Communications (6%) Education (6%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Moss recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1959 to Oct 1976, Moss missed 1,152 of 6,547 roll call votes, which is 17.6%. This is worse than the median of 13.0% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Oct 1976. 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
1959 Jan-Apr	57	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 May-Aug	128	18	14.1%	73^rd
1959 Sep-Sep	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1960 Jan-Apr	79	23	29.1%	88^th
1960 May-Aug	123	4	3.3%	15^th
1960 Sep-Sep	5	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 Jan-Apr	31	4	12.9%	89^th
1961 May-Aug	137	9	6.6%	59^th
1961 Sep-Sep	36	14	38.9%	97^th
1962 Jan-Mar	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Apr-Jun	62	7	11.3%	58^th
1962 Jul-Sep	122	30	24.6%	84^th
1962 Oct-Oct	18	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jan-Mar	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Apr-Jun	73	17	23.3%	93^rd
1963 Jul-Sep	61	8	13.1%	51^st
1963 Oct-Dec	87	5	5.7%	13^th
1964 Jan-Mar	60	7	11.7%	76^th
1964 Apr-Jun	138	10	7.2%	84^th
1964 Jul-Sep	106	8	7.5%	44^th
1964 Oct-Oct	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	32	19	59.4%	98^th
1965 Apr-Jun	106	23	21.7%	80^th
1965 Jul-Sep	106	11	10.4%	52^nd
1965 Oct-Oct	15	6	40.0%	80^th
1966 Jan-Mar	28	10	35.7%	94^th
1966 Apr-Jun	56	10	17.9%	46^th
1966 Jul-Sep	119	16	13.4%	52^nd
1966 Oct-Oct	35	14	40.0%	69^th
1967 Jan-Mar	53	9	17.0%	52^nd
1967 Apr-Jun	70	8	11.4%	44^th
1967 Jul-Sep	81	17	21.0%	74^th
1967 Oct-Dec	111	27	24.3%	67^th
1968 Jan-Mar	69	10	14.5%	54^th
1968 Apr-Jun	96	17	17.7%	48^th
1968 Jul-Sep	89	11	12.4%	31^st
1968 Oct-Oct	27	3	11.1%	31^st
1969 Jan-Mar	17	3	17.6%	74^th
1969 Apr-Jun	26	17	65.4%	98^th
1969 Jul-Sep	44	4	9.1%	51^st
1969 Oct-Dec	158	18	11.4%	43^rd
1970 Jan-Mar	100	28	28.0%	80^th
1970 Apr-Jun	92	8	8.7%	35^th
1970 Jul-Sep	123	70	56.9%	91^st
1970 Oct-Dec	106	47	44.3%	79^th
1971 Feb-Mar	25	6	24.0%	68^th
1971 Apr-Jun	89	18	20.2%	56^th
1971 Jul-Sep	109	32	29.4%	90^th
1971 Oct-Dec	202	26	12.9%	47^th
1972 Jan-Mar	119	27	22.7%	71^st
1972 Apr-Jun	130	47	36.2%	84^th
1972 Jul-Sep	206	27	13.1%	60^th
1972 Oct-Oct	75	0	0.0%	0^th
1973 Jan-Mar	67	3	4.5%	30^th
1973 Apr-Jun	192	18	9.4%	41^st
1973 Jul-Sep	167	39	23.4%	89^th
1973 Oct-Dec	168	25	14.9%	61^st
1974 Jan-Mar	94	14	14.9%	66^th
1974 Apr-Jun	179	24	13.4%	71^st
1974 Jul-Sep	138	12	8.7%	43^rd
1974 Oct-Dec	133	32	24.1%	75^th
1975 Jan-Mar	118	0	0.0%	0^th
1975 Apr-Jun	141	14	9.9%	49^th
1975 Jul-Sep	170	33	19.4%	85^th
1975 Oct-Dec	182	26	14.3%	72^nd
1976 Jan-Mar	109	16	14.7%	65^th
1976 Apr-Jun	263	55	20.9%	78^th
1976 Jul-Sep	315	88	27.9%	81^st
1976 Oct-Oct	13	0	0.0%	0^th

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
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills