Rep. Henry Reuss

Former Representative for Wisconsin’s 5^th District

Reuss was the representative for Wisconsin’s 5^th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1955 to 1982.

Bioguide

Photo of Rep. Henry Reuss [D-WI5, 1955-1982]

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Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Reuss is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1982 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 Reuss sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 4, 1977 to Dec 21, 1982. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Reuss was the primary sponsor of 7 bills that were enacted:

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Does 7 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

Reuss sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Finance and Financial Sector (35%) Government Operations and Politics (31%) Economics and Public Finance (10%) Private Legislation (8%) Taxation (8%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Reuss recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1955 to Dec 1982, Reuss missed 607 of 8,936 roll call votes, which is 6.8%. This is on par with the median of 7.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 1982. 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
1955 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Apr-Jun	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Jul-Aug	19	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Apr-Jun	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jul-Jul	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Apr-Jun	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jul-Aug	52	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jan-Mar	21	1	4.8%	76^th
1958 Apr-Jun	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jul-Aug	40	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 Jan-Apr	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 May-Aug	54	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 Sep-Sep	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1960 Feb-Apr	23	8	34.8%	97^th
1960 May-Aug	70	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 Jan-Apr	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 May-Aug	65	2	3.1%	65^th
1961 Sep-Sep	29	3	10.3%	95^th
1962 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Apr-Jun	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Jul-Sep	49	1	2.0%	56^th
1962 Oct-Oct	22	4	18.2%	92^nd
1963 Jan-Mar	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Apr-Jun	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jul-Sep	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Oct-Dec	50	3	6.0%	77^th
1964 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Apr-Jun	34	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jul-Sep	49	2	4.1%	70^th
1964 Oct-Oct	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	3	5.7%	36^th
1965 Jul-Sep	98	1	1.0%	13^th
1965 Oct-Oct	22	8	36.4%	91^st
1966 Jan-Mar	30	1	3.3%	25^th
1966 Apr-Jun	51	5	9.8%	48^th
1966 Jul-Sep	72	5	6.9%	31^st
1966 Oct-Oct	40	14	35.0%	71^st
1967 Jan-Mar	31	1	3.2%	51^st
1967 Apr-Jun	57	3	5.3%	79^th
1967 Jul-Sep	59	3	5.1%	73^rd
1967 Oct-Dec	98	2	2.0%	41^st
1968 Jan-Mar	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	79	1	1.3%	29^th
1968 Jul-Sep	91	1	1.1%	16^th
1968 Oct-Oct	25	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	1	6.2%	55^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	1	3.6%	24^th
1969 Jul-Sep	45	6	13.3%	65^th
1969 Oct-Dec	88	9	10.2%	45^th
1970 Jan-Mar	35	1	2.9%	21^st
1970 Apr-Jun	74	13	17.6%	55^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	1	1.3%	9^th
1970 Oct-Dec	81	17	21.0%	62^nd
1971 Jan-Mar	22	4	18.2%	80^th
1971 Apr-Jun	90	9	10.0%	34^th
1971 Jul-Sep	74	1	1.4%	11^th
1971 Oct-Dec	134	20	14.9%	60^th
1972 Jan-Mar	64	0	0.0%	0^th
1972 Apr-Jun	114	0	0.0%	0^th
1972 Jul-Sep	101	2	2.0%	14^th
1972 Oct-Oct	50	1	2.0%	14^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	2	5.6%	42^nd
1973 Apr-Jun	191	15	7.9%	49^th
1973 Jul-Sep	131	8	6.1%	57^th
1973 Oct-Dec	182	1	0.5%	8^th
1974 Jan-Mar	79	19	24.1%	94^th
1974 Apr-Jun	170	2	1.2%	5^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	1	0.7%	7^th
1974 Oct-Dec	141	8	5.7%	28^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	4	5.9%	49^th
1975 Apr-Jun	199	0	0.0%	0^th
1975 Jul-Sep	154	23	14.9%	86^th
1975 Oct-Dec	191	2	1.0%	13^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	7	6.6%	55^th
1976 Apr-Jun	267	3	1.1%	5^th
1976 Jul-Sep	281	9	3.2%	28^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Jan-Mar	100	9	9.0%	68^th
1977 Apr-Jun	273	5	1.8%	14^th
1977 Jul-Sep	198	7	3.5%	33^rd
1977 Oct-Dec	135	11	8.1%	57^th
1978 Jan-Mar	150	13	8.7%	56^th
1978 Apr-Jun	300	39	13.0%	72^nd
1978 Jul-Sep	308	4	1.3%	9^th
1978 Oct-Oct	76	3	3.9%	35^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	6	9.5%	72^nd
1979 Apr-Jun	221	3	1.4%	10^th
1979 Jul-Sep	198	15	7.6%	59^th
1979 Oct-Dec	190	6	3.2%	18^th
1980 Jan-Mar	148	5	3.4%	18^th
1980 Apr-Jun	197	92	46.7%	99^th
1980 Jul-Sep	192	4	2.1%	16^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	18	26.9%	85^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	3	20.0%	84^th
1981 Apr-Jun	90	8	8.9%	60^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	11	10.4%	74^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	33	23.2%	91^st
1982 Feb-Mar	48	0	0.0%	0^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	6	5.0%	51^st
1982 Jul-Sep	193	28	14.5%	78^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	16	16.2%	70^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