John Ashbrook, former Representative for Ohio's 17th Congressional District

Ashbrook was the representative for Ohio’s 17^th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1961 to 1982.

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Ashbrook 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 Ashbrook sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 4, 1977 to Dec 21, 1982. See full analysis methodology.

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Ashbrook sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (18%) Taxation (17%) Education (17%) Crime and Law Enforcement (14%) Labor and Employment (12%) International Affairs (10%) Immigration (7%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (6%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Ashbrook recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1961 to Apr 1982, Ashbrook missed 1,131 of 8,006 roll call votes, which is 14.1%. This is much worse than the median of 7.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Apr 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
1961 Jan-Apr	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 May-Aug	65	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 Sep-Sep	29	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Jan-Mar	21	1	4.8%	64^th
1962 Apr-Jun	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Jul-Sep	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Oct-Oct	22	0	0.0%	0^th
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	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Apr-Jun	34	1	2.9%	54^th
1964 Jul-Sep	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Oct-Oct	4	1	25.0%	81^st
1965 Jan-Mar	28	1	3.6%	29^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	11	20.8%	88^th
1965 Jul-Sep	98	28	28.6%	95^th
1965 Oct-Oct	22	2	9.1%	43^rd
1966 Jan-Mar	30	6	20.0%	83^rd
1966 Apr-Jun	51	2	3.9%	23^rd
1966 Jul-Sep	72	12	16.7%	61^st
1966 Oct-Oct	40	8	20.0%	58^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	1	3.2%	51^st
1967 Apr-Jun	57	3	5.3%	79^th
1967 Jul-Sep	59	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	98	2	2.0%	41^st
1968 Jan-Mar	38	1	2.6%	61^st
1968 Apr-Jun	79	3	3.8%	68^th
1968 Jul-Sep	91	7	7.7%	76^th
1968 Oct-Oct	25	4	16.0%	66^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	2	12.5%	77^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	7	25.0%	86^th
1969 Jul-Sep	45	14	31.1%	97^th
1969 Oct-Dec	88	21	23.9%	87^th
1970 Jan-Mar	35	10	28.6%	85^th
1970 Apr-Jun	74	18	24.3%	70^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	12	15.8%	65^th
1970 Oct-Dec	81	22	27.2%	74^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1971 Apr-Jun	90	35	38.9%	97^th
1971 Jul-Sep	74	9	12.2%	63^rd
1971 Oct-Dec	134	29	21.6%	82^nd
1972 Jan-Mar	64	24	37.5%	92^nd
1972 Apr-Jun	114	22	19.3%	73^rd
1972 Jul-Sep	101	13	12.9%	63^rd
1972 Oct-Oct	50	12	24.0%	70^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	8	22.2%	85^th
1973 Apr-Jun	191	102	53.4%	97^th
1973 Jul-Sep	131	12	9.2%	72^nd
1973 Oct-Dec	182	23	12.6%	78^th
1974 Jan-Mar	79	12	15.2%	77^th
1974 Apr-Jun	170	27	15.9%	76^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	8	5.4%	52^nd
1974 Oct-Dec	141	16	11.3%	57^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	14	20.6%	90^th
1975 Apr-Jun	199	19	9.5%	67^th
1975 Jul-Sep	154	9	5.8%	50^th
1975 Oct-Dec	191	12	6.3%	58^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	12	11.3%	72^nd
1976 Apr-Jun	267	20	7.5%	42^nd
1976 Jul-Sep	281	12	4.3%	36^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Jan-Mar	100	6	6.0%	51^st
1977 Apr-Jun	273	42	15.4%	85^th
1977 Jul-Sep	198	1	0.5%	7^th
1977 Oct-Dec	135	11	8.1%	57^th
1978 Jan-Mar	150	14	9.3%	61^st
1978 Apr-Jun	300	56	18.7%	85^th
1978 Jul-Sep	308	67	21.8%	89^th
1978 Oct-Oct	76	4	5.3%	48^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	20	31.7%	94^th
1979 Apr-Jun	221	17	7.7%	53^rd
1979 Jul-Sep	198	27	13.6%	80^th
1979 Oct-Dec	190	32	16.8%	80^th
1980 Jan-Mar	148	48	32.4%	96^th
1980 Apr-Jun	197	22	11.2%	65^th
1980 Jul-Sep	192	22	11.5%	66^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	9	13.4%	59^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	1	6.7%	44^th
1981 Apr-Jun	90	14	15.6%	80^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	9	8.5%	69^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	22	15.5%	82^nd
1982 Feb-Mar	48	34	70.8%	99^th
1982 Apr-Jun	3	3	100.0%	100^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
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills

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