Brown was the representative for South Carolina’s 1st congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 2001 to 2010.
![Photo of Rep. Henry Brown [R-SC1, 2001-2010]](/static/legislator-photos/400049-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Brown is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2010 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 Brown sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 4, 2005 to Dec 21, 2010. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Brown was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 1454 (111th): Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010
- H.R. 3891 (110th): National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act Amendment of 2008
Does 2 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
Brown sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Foreign Trade and International Finance (37%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (16%) Armed Forces and National Security (15%) Government Operations and Politics (8%) Economics and Public Finance (7%) International Affairs (5%) Health (5%) Labor and Employment (5%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Brown recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 5414 (111th): To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of National Forest …
- H.R. 4634 (111th): Transparency in Job Loss from Fishery Closures Act of 2010
- H.Res. 951 (111th): Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the symbols and …
- H.R. 3885 (111th): Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act
- H.Con.Res. 187 (111th): Remembering the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Hugo, which struck Charleston, South Carolina …
- H.Res. 465 (111th): Recognizing the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association on the occasion of its 10th …
- H.R. 1454 (111th): Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2001 to Dec 2010, Brown missed 272 of 6,962 roll call votes, which is 3.9%. This is on par with the median of 3.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2010. 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.
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
- Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
