Rep. James Clarke

Former Representative for North Carolina’s 11^th District

Clarke was the representative for North Carolina’s 11^th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1987 to 1990.

He was previously the representative for North Carolina’s 11^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1983 to 1984.

Bioguide

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Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Clarke is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1990 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 Clarke sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 1985 to Oct 27, 1990. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Clarke was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:

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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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Clarke sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Public Lands and Natural Resources (100%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Clarke recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1983 to Oct 1990, Clarke missed 130 of 2,749 roll call votes, which is 4.7%. This is on par with the median of 4.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1990. 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
1983 Jan-Mar	43	1	2.3%	17^th
1983 Apr-Jun	182	9	4.9%	40^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	4	3.1%	40^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	9	6.3%	55^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	1	1.9%	23^rd
1984 Apr-Jun	223	19	8.5%	65^th
1984 Jul-Sep	96	10	10.4%	78^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	3	8.3%	58^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Apr-Jun	187	12	6.4%	64^th
1987 Jul-Sep	95	2	2.1%	38^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	22	13.2%	88^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	3	6.1%	56^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	8	5.0%	56^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	3	2.0%	25^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	10	11.2%	81^st
1989 Jan-Mar	14	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	1	1.0%	16^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	2	1.6%	33^rd
1989 Oct-Nov	121	3	2.5%	30^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	0	0.0%	0^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	1	0.7%	18^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	4	2.2%	39^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	3	2.1%	35^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