Sen. George Aiken

Former Senator from Vermont

Elected Positions

Dates	Title / State / District
1957-1974	Senator, Vermont
1941-1956	Senator, Vermont

Sponsorship Analysis

Aiken was a centrist Republican according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Aiken’s time serving in the Senate. Aiken’s bills had a total of 74 cosponsors in the 93^rd Congress.

Use this chart to compare Aiken to other members of the Senate in the 93^rd Congress on leadership and ideology.

This chart is based on principal components analysis for ideology and PageRank for leadership. See analysis methodology.

Bills Sponsored

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Voting Record

From Mar 1941 to Dec 1974, Aiken missed 458 of 7,528 roll call votes, which is 6.1%. This is better than the median of 11.9% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Dec 1974. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1941 Jan-Mar	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Apr-Jun	24	3	12.5%	67^th
1941 Jul-Sep	19	5	26.3%	67^th
1941 Oct-Dec	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Jan-Mar	23	2	8.7%	0^th
1942 Apr-Jun	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Jul-Sep	19	3	15.8%	50^th
1942 Oct-Dec	24	2	8.3%	0^th
1943 Jan-Mar	20	1	5.0%	0^th
1943 Apr-Jun	51	2	3.9%	0^th
1943 Jul-Sep	19	1	5.3%	25^th
1943 Oct-Dec	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Jan-Mar	50	1	2.0%	0^th
1944 Apr-Jun	23	2	8.7%	50^th
1944 Aug-Sep	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Nov-Dec	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Jan-Mar	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Apr-Jun	40	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Jul-Sep	27	1	3.7%	25^th
1945 Oct-Dec	23	2	8.7%	50^th
1946 Jan-Mar	13	1	7.7%	38^th
1946 Apr-Jun	75	2	2.7%	38^th
1946 Jul-Aug	47	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Jan-Mar	34	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Apr-Jun	56	1	1.8%	38^th
1947 Jul-Jul	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Nov-Dec	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Feb-Mar	28	1	3.6%	33^rd
1948 Apr-Jun	73	1	1.4%	56^th
1948 Aug-Aug	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jan-Mar	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Apr-Jun	70	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jul-Sep	64	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Oct-Oct	18	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jan-Mar	51	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Apr-Jun	78	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jul-Sep	72	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Dec-Dec	10	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Mar	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Apr-Jun	69	1	1.4%	50^th
1951 Jul-Sep	92	1	1.1%	25^th
1951 Oct-Oct	16	2	12.5%	58^th
1952 Jan-Mar	12	6	50.0%	92^nd
1952 Apr-Jun	91	5	5.5%	67^th
1952 Jul-Jul	6	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jan-Mar	6	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Apr-Jun	43	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jul-Jul	37	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Jan-Mar	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Apr-Jun	48	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Jul-Sep	91	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Dec-Dec	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Apr-Jun	38	3	7.9%	61^st
1955 Jul-Aug	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jan-Mar	47	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Apr-Jun	50	1	2.0%	41^st
1956 Jul-Jul	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jan-Mar	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Apr-Jun	43	1	2.3%	12^th
1957 Jul-Aug	46	1	2.2%	52^nd
1958 Feb-Mar	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Apr-Jun	85	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jul-Aug	76	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 Jan-Apr	57	1	1.8%	38^th
1959 May-Aug	127	1	0.8%	11^th
1959 Sep-Sep	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1960 Jan-Apr	76	9	11.8%	74^th
1960 May-Aug	121	0	0.0%	0^th
1960 Sep-Sep	5	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 Jan-Apr	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 May-Aug	127	4	3.1%	64^th
1961 Sep-Sep	34	1	2.9%	40^th
1962 Jan-Mar	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Apr-Jun	62	1	1.6%	14^th
1962 Jul-Sep	121	8	6.6%	56^th
1962 Oct-Oct	15	4	26.7%	91^st
1963 Jan-Mar	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Apr-Jun	70	4	5.7%	61^st
1963 Jul-Sep	56	1	1.8%	14^th
1963 Oct-Dec	81	6	7.4%	65^th
1964 Jan-Mar	59	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Apr-Jun	136	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jul-Sep	105	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Oct-Oct	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	32	1	3.1%	8^th
1965 Apr-Jun	106	4	3.8%	10^th
1965 Jul-Sep	105	6	5.7%	42^nd
1965 Oct-Oct	15	1	6.7%	29^th
1966 Jan-Mar	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1966 Apr-Jun	56	10	17.9%	63^rd
1966 Jul-Sep	118	5	4.2%	31^st
1966 Oct-Oct	33	2	6.1%	24^th
1967 Jan-Mar	53	6	11.3%	42^nd
1967 Apr-Jun	67	20	29.9%	92^nd
1967 Jul-Sep	73	8	11.0%	50^th
1967 Oct-Dec	108	20	18.5%	70^th
1968 Jan-Mar	69	1	1.4%	3^rd
1968 Apr-Jun	96	13	13.5%	40^th
1968 Jul-Sep	86	15	17.4%	58^th
1968 Oct-Oct	26	18	69.2%	77^th
1969 Jan-Mar	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Apr-Jun	24	8	33.3%	91^st
1969 Jul-Sep	44	1	2.3%	24^th
1969 Oct-Dec	153	7	4.6%	15^th
1970 Jan-Mar	99	7	7.1%	37^th
1970 Apr-Jun	90	1	1.1%	7^th
1970 Jul-Sep	121	29	24.0%	64^th
1970 Oct-Dec	105	35	33.3%	72^nd
1971 Feb-Mar	25	0	0.0%	0^th
1971 Apr-Jun	89	15	16.9%	52^nd
1971 Jul-Sep	109	13	11.9%	46^th
1971 Oct-Dec	202	5	2.5%	9^th
1972 Jan-Mar	119	5	4.2%	21^st
1972 Apr-Jun	128	13	10.2%	37^th
1972 Jul-Sep	206	1	0.5%	1^st
1972 Oct-Oct	75	0	0.0%	0^th
1973 Jan-Mar	67	1	1.5%	13^th
1973 Apr-Jun	190	4	2.1%	8^th
1973 Jul-Sep	166	6	3.6%	26^th
1973 Oct-Dec	168	19	11.3%	51^st
1974 Jan-Mar	90	25	27.8%	93^rd
1974 Apr-Jun	178	15	8.4%	51^st
1974 Jul-Sep	138	6	4.3%	20^th
1974 Oct-Dec	133	20	15.0%	51^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
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Sen. George Aiken [R-VT, 1957-1974] leaves office as Senator from Vermont

Dec 20, 1974

Elections and Offices

Sen. George Aiken [R-VT, 1957-1974] takes office as Senator from Vermont

Jan 03, 1957

Elections and Offices

Sen. George Aiken [R-VT, 1957-1974] leaves office as Senator from Vermont

Jul 27, 1956

Elections and Offices

Sen. George Aiken [R-VT, 1957-1974] takes office as Senator from Vermont

Jan 03, 1941