Rep. Geraldine Ferraro

Former Representative for New York’s 9^th District

Ferraro was the representative for New York’s 9^th congressional district and was a Democrat. She served from 1979 to 1984.

Bioguide

Photo of Rep. Geraldine Ferraro [D-NY9, 1979-1984]

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Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Ferraro is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1984 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 Ferraro sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 15, 1979 to Oct 11, 1984. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Ferraro was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:

H.R. 6254 (97th): A bill to amend title 3, United States Code, to clarify the function of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division with respect to certain foreign diplomatic …

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Does 1 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

Ferraro sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Labor and Employment (21%) International Affairs (14%) Health (14%) Transportation and Public Works (14%) Economics and Public Finance (12%) Government Operations and Politics (9%) Social Welfare (9%) Taxation (7%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Ferraro recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1979 to Oct 1984, Ferraro missed 402 of 2,994 roll call votes, which is 13.4%. This is much worse than the median of 7.0% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1984. 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
1979 Jan-Mar	63	16	25.4%	91^st
1979 Apr-Jun	221	21	9.5%	64^th
1979 Jul-Sep	198	19	9.6%	67^th
1979 Oct-Dec	190	15	7.9%	41^st
1980 Jan-Mar	148	15	10.1%	58^th
1980 Apr-Jun	197	14	7.1%	46^th
1980 Jul-Sep	192	22	11.5%	68^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	10	14.9%	64^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	4	26.7%	92^nd
1981 Apr-Jun	90	13	14.4%	80^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	2	1.9%	27^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	6	4.2%	32^nd
1982 Feb-Mar	48	2	4.2%	39^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	14	11.8%	83^rd
1982 Jul-Sep	193	10	5.2%	44^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	14	14.1%	72^nd
1983 Jan-Mar	43	2	4.7%	31^st
1983 Apr-Jun	182	16	8.8%	59^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	5	3.8%	46^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	14	9.8%	70^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	3	5.7%	45^th
1984 Apr-Jun	223	54	24.2%	95^th
1984 Jul-Sep	96	76	79.2%	100^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	35	97.2%	100^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