Rep. Hamilton Fish Jr.

Former Representative for New York’s 19^th District

Fish was the representative for New York’s 19^th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1993 to 1994.

He was previously the representative for New York’s 21^st congressional district as a Republican from 1983 to 1992; the representative for New York’s 25^th congressional district as a Republican from 1973 to 1982; and the representative for New York’s 28^th congressional district as a Republican from 1969 to 1972.

Bioguide

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Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Fish is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1994 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 Fish sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 1989 to Nov 29, 1994. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Fish was the primary sponsor of 20 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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Does 20 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

Fish sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Private Legislation (24%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (21%) Armed Forces and National Security (15%) Finance and Financial Sector (12%) Government Operations and Politics (9%) Crime and Law Enforcement (9%) Law (6%) Commerce (6%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Fish recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1969 to Nov 1994, Fish missed 1,312 of 12,764 roll call votes, which is 10.3%. This is much worse than the median of 3.4% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Nov 1994. 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.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1969 Jan-Mar	16	1	6.2%	39^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	7	25.0%	91^st
1969 Jul-Sep	45	6	13.3%	59^th
1969 Oct-Dec	88	3	3.4%	24^th
1970 Jan-Mar	35	10	28.6%	82^nd
1970 Apr-Jun	74	15	20.3%	55^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	32	42.1%	91^st
1970 Oct-Dec	81	18	22.2%	61^st
1971 Jan-Mar	22	5	22.7%	66^th
1971 Apr-Jun	90	20	22.2%	82^nd
1971 Jul-Sep	74	11	14.9%	76^th
1971 Oct-Dec	134	24	17.9%	66^th
1972 Jan-Mar	64	5	7.8%	34^th
1972 Apr-Jun	114	33	28.9%	84^th
1972 Jul-Sep	101	10	9.9%	63^rd
1972 Oct-Oct	50	14	28.0%	82^nd
1973 Jan-Mar	36	2	5.6%	39^th
1973 Apr-Jun	191	27	14.1%	78^th
1973 Jul-Sep	131	7	5.3%	55^th
1973 Oct-Dec	182	14	7.7%	56^th
1974 Jan-Mar	79	13	16.5%	82^nd
1974 Apr-Jun	170	14	8.2%	44^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	13	8.8%	67^th
1974 Oct-Dec	141	13	9.2%	55^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	1	1.5%	25^th
1975 Apr-Jun	199	4	2.0%	21^st
1975 Jul-Sep	154	7	4.5%	41^st
1975 Oct-Dec	191	23	12.0%	85^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	6	5.7%	51^st
1976 Apr-Jun	267	17	6.4%	37^th
1976 Jul-Sep	281	21	7.5%	54^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	3	42.9%	88^th
1977 Jan-Mar	100	4	4.0%	39^th
1977 Apr-Jun	273	65	23.8%	98^th
1977 Jul-Sep	198	7	3.5%	34^th
1977 Oct-Dec	135	14	10.4%	71^st
1978 Jan-Mar	150	13	8.7%	60^th
1978 Apr-Jun	300	11	3.7%	29^th
1978 Jul-Sep	308	33	10.7%	64^th
1978 Oct-Oct	76	6	7.9%	60^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	2	3.2%	50^th
1979 Apr-Jun	221	26	11.8%	78^th
1979 Jul-Sep	198	46	23.2%	94^th
1979 Oct-Dec	190	23	12.1%	63^rd
1980 Jan-Mar	148	29	19.6%	85^th
1980 Apr-Jun	197	31	15.7%	80^th
1980 Jul-Sep	192	36	18.8%	87^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	13	19.4%	73^rd
1981 Jan-Mar	15	4	26.7%	92^nd
1981 Apr-Jun	90	11	12.2%	81^st
1981 Jul-Sep	106	5	4.7%	49^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	11	7.7%	60^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	10	20.8%	82^nd
1982 Apr-Jun	119	21	17.6%	90^th
1982 Jul-Sep	193	17	8.8%	71^st
1982 Oct-Dec	99	10	10.1%	62^nd
1983 Jan-Mar	43	1	2.3%	18^th
1983 Apr-Jun	182	25	13.7%	82^nd
1983 Jul-Sep	130	5	3.8%	52^nd
1983 Oct-Nov	143	13	9.1%	71^st
1984 Jan-Mar	53	2	3.8%	41^st
1984 Apr-Jun	223	30	13.5%	83^rd
1984 Jul-Sep	96	2	2.1%	35^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	4	11.1%	72^nd
1985 Jan-Mar	36	1	2.8%	23^rd
1985 Apr-Jun	154	39	25.3%	99^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	13	12.9%	91^st
1985 Oct-Dec	148	2	1.4%	26^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	9	14.8%	81^st
1986 Apr-Jun	128	10	7.8%	80^th
1986 Jul-Sep	202	10	5.0%	66^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	5	8.3%	73^rd
1987 Jan-Mar	39	1	2.6%	38^th
1987 Apr-Jun	187	9	4.8%	56^th
1987 Jul-Sep	95	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	7	4.2%	31^st
1988 Feb-Mar	49	3	6.1%	58^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	0	0.0%	0^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	12	7.9%	72^nd
1988 Oct-Oct	89	2	2.2%	50^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	2	14.3%	84^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	1	1.0%	17^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	10	7.8%	90^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	15	12.4%	92^nd
1990 Jan-Mar	60	2	3.3%	56^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	12	8.0%	83^rd
1990 Jul-Sep	183	12	6.6%	82^nd
1990 Oct-Oct	143	12	8.4%	80^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	5	8.1%	85^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	3	2.2%	35^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	3	3.7%	49^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	15	9.3%	89^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	0	0.0%	0^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	2	1.1%	21^st
1992 Jul-Sep	196	14	7.1%	83^rd
1992 Oct-Oct	41	3	7.3%	67^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	7	5.5%	77^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	3	1.6%	32^nd
1993 Jul-Sep	164	2	1.2%	36^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	1	0.7%	28^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	7	7.4%	76^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	100	45.7%	99^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	19	13.4%	89^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	10	19.6%	94^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
The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
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