Rep. Henry P. Smith

Former Representative for New York’s 36^th District

Smith was the representative for New York’s 36^th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1973 to 1974.

He was previously the representative for New York’s 40^th congressional district as a Republican from 1965 to 1972.

Bioguide

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Enacted Legislation

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

H.J.Res. 426 (93rd): Joint resolution requesting the President to issue a proclamation designating the the week of April 23, 1973, as “Nicolaus Copernicus Week” marking the quinquecentennial of his birth.

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Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Smith sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Private Legislation (33%) Taxation (33%) Government Operations and Politics (33%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Smith recently introduced the following legislation:

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Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1965 to Dec 1974, Smith missed 297 of 3,042 roll call votes, which is 9.8%. This is on par with the median of 9.7% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 1974. 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
1965 Jan-Mar	28	3	10.7%	57^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	7	13.2%	64^th
1965 Jul-Sep	98	10	10.2%	59^th
1965 Oct-Oct	22	4	18.2%	58^th
1966 Jan-Mar	30	5	16.7%	70^th
1966 Apr-Jun	51	9	17.6%	71^st
1966 Jul-Sep	72	6	8.3%	32^nd
1966 Oct-Oct	40	25	62.5%	83^rd
1967 Jan-Mar	31	1	3.2%	48^th
1967 Apr-Jun	57	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Jul-Sep	59	1	1.7%	40^th
1967 Oct-Dec	98	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jan-Mar	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	79	1	1.3%	23^rd
1968 Jul-Sep	91	1	1.1%	17^th
1968 Oct-Oct	25	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	9	32.1%	92^nd
1969 Jul-Sep	45	3	6.7%	36^th
1969 Oct-Dec	88	10	11.4%	46^th
1970 Jan-Mar	35	2	5.7%	29^th
1970 Apr-Jun	74	5	6.8%	18^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	9	11.8%	47^th
1970 Oct-Dec	81	8	9.9%	29^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	4	18.2%	76^th
1971 Apr-Jun	90	6	6.7%	21^st
1971 Jul-Sep	74	14	18.9%	78^th
1971 Oct-Dec	134	24	17.9%	70^th
1972 Jan-Mar	64	3	4.7%	26^th
1972 Apr-Jun	114	13	11.4%	46^th
1972 Jul-Sep	101	8	7.9%	44^th
1972 Oct-Oct	50	14	28.0%	72^nd
1973 Jan-Mar	36	16	44.4%	95^th
1973 Apr-Jun	191	22	11.5%	61^st
1973 Jul-Sep	131	2	1.5%	20^th
1973 Oct-Dec	182	11	6.0%	38^th
1974 Jan-Mar	79	9	11.4%	59^th
1974 Apr-Jun	170	13	7.6%	37^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	6	4.1%	32^nd
1974 Oct-Dec	141	13	9.2%	41^st

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
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills