Mahon was the representative for Texas’s 19th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1935 to 1978.
![Photo of Rep. George Mahon [D-TX19, 1935-1978]](/static/legislator-photos/407093-200px.jpeg)
Enacted Legislation
Mahon was the primary sponsor of 80 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.J.Res. 1139 (95th): A resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1979, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 13635 (95th): Department of Defense Appropriation Act
- H.J.Res. 1088 (95th): A resolution providing financial assistance for the City of New York.
- H.R. 13467 (95th): Second Supplemental Appropriations Act
- H.J.Res. 945 (95th): Joint resolution making an urgent appropriation for the black lung program of the Department of Labor, and for other purposes, for the fiscal year ending September 30, ...
- H.J.Res. 1024 (95th): A resolution making urgent supplemental appropriations for the Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, and for other purposes for the fiscal year ending September 30, ...
- H.J.Res. 944 (95th): A resolution making urgent grain inspection supplemental appropriations for the Department of Agriculture, Federal Grain Inspection Service for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978.
Does 80 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 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Mahon sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Economics and Public Finance (43%) Government Operations and Politics (22%) Armed Forces and National Security (9%) Arts, Culture, Religion (9%)
Recent Bills
Some of Mahon’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.Con.Res. 742 (95th): A resolution providing for the printing of prayers offered by Reverend Edward ...
- H.J.Res. 1139 (95th): A resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1979, and for ...
- H.R. 13635 (95th): Department of Defense Appropriation Act
- H.J.Res. 1088 (95th): A resolution providing financial assistance for the City of New York.
- H.R. 13467 (95th): Second Supplemental Appropriations Act
- H.J.Res. 1024 (95th): A resolution making urgent supplemental appropriations for the Department of Agriculture, Agricultural ...
- H.J.Res. 945 (95th): Joint resolution making an urgent appropriation for the black lung program of ...
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 1935 to Oct 1978, Mahon missed 146 of 8,749 roll call votes, which is 1.7%. This is better than the median of 8.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1978. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.
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
