John Hammerschmidt, former Representative for Arkansas's 3rd Congressional District

Hammerschmidt was the representative for Arkansas’s 3^rd congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1967 to 1992.

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Hammerschmidt is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1992 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 Hammerschmidt sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 1987 to Oct 9, 1992. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Hammerschmidt was the primary sponsor of 14 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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Does 14 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

Hammerschmidt sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Taxation (21%) Armed Forces and National Security (21%) Social Welfare (21%) Health (9%) Transportation and Public Works (9%) Government Operations and Politics (8%) Environmental Protection (8%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (4%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Hammerschmidt recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1967 to Oct 1992, Hammerschmidt missed 569 of 12,120 roll call votes, which is 4.7%. This is on par with the median of 4.4% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1992. 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
1967 Jan-Mar	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Apr-Jun	57	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Jul-Sep	59	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	98	2	2.0%	42^nd
1968 Jan-Mar	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	79	1	1.3%	36^th
1968 Jul-Sep	91	1	1.1%	18^th
1968 Oct-Oct	25	3	12.0%	58^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	3	10.7%	55^th
1969 Jul-Sep	45	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Oct-Dec	88	4	4.5%	29^th
1970 Jan-Mar	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1970 Apr-Jun	74	7	9.5%	25^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	0	0.0%	0^th
1970 Oct-Dec	81	3	3.7%	13^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1971 Apr-Jun	90	5	5.6%	18^th
1971 Jul-Sep	74	6	8.1%	58^th
1971 Oct-Dec	134	9	6.7%	30^th
1972 Jan-Mar	64	0	0.0%	0^th
1972 Apr-Jun	114	0	0.0%	0^th
1972 Jul-Sep	101	3	3.0%	13^th
1972 Oct-Oct	50	1	2.0%	17^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	1	2.8%	26^th
1973 Apr-Jun	191	16	8.4%	53^rd
1973 Jul-Sep	131	9	6.9%	66^th
1973 Oct-Dec	182	13	7.1%	53^rd
1974 Jan-Mar	79	1	1.3%	13^th
1974 Apr-Jun	170	16	9.4%	50^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	13	8.8%	69^th
1974 Oct-Dec	141	22	15.6%	78^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	4	5.9%	57^th
1975 Apr-Jun	199	13	6.5%	57^th
1975 Jul-Sep	154	0	0.0%	0^th
1975 Oct-Dec	191	10	5.2%	52^nd
1976 Jan-Mar	106	5	4.7%	47^th
1976 Apr-Jun	267	6	2.2%	11^th
1976 Jul-Sep	281	8	2.8%	25^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Jan-Mar	100	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Apr-Jun	273	31	11.4%	74^th
1977 Jul-Sep	198	10	5.1%	49^th
1977 Oct-Dec	135	6	4.4%	41^st
1978 Jan-Mar	150	9	6.0%	42^nd
1978 Apr-Jun	300	17	5.7%	38^th
1978 Jul-Sep	308	6	1.9%	15^th
1978 Oct-Oct	76	4	5.3%	47^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	0	0.0%	0^th
1979 Apr-Jun	221	25	11.3%	77^th
1979 Jul-Sep	198	12	6.1%	51^st
1979 Oct-Dec	190	1	0.5%	4^th
1980 Jan-Mar	148	13	8.8%	51^st
1980 Apr-Jun	197	15	7.6%	50^th
1980 Jul-Sep	192	3	1.6%	12^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	2	3.0%	20^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1981 Apr-Jun	90	1	1.1%	9^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	1	0.9%	14^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	1	0.7%	6^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	1	2.1%	27^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	3	2.5%	31^st
1982 Jul-Sep	193	6	3.1%	29^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	1	1.0%	9^th
1983 Jan-Mar	43	4	9.3%	62^nd
1983 Apr-Jun	182	0	0.0%	0^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	13	10.0%	88^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	3	2.1%	19^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	2	3.8%	39^th
1984 Apr-Jun	223	28	12.6%	82^nd
1984 Jul-Sep	96	10	10.4%	80^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	1	2.8%	29^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	2	5.6%	36^th
1985 Apr-Jun	154	1	0.6%	10^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	4	4.0%	50^th
1985 Oct-Dec	148	2	1.4%	23^rd
1986 Jan-Mar	61	6	9.8%	62^nd
1986 Apr-Jun	128	1	0.8%	14^th
1986 Jul-Sep	202	4	2.0%	34^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	1	2.6%	36^th
1987 Apr-Jun	187	3	1.6%	23^rd
1987 Jul-Sep	95	11	11.6%	87^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	2	1.2%	10^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	4	8.2%	67^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	5	3.1%	43^rd
1988 Jul-Sep	152	3	2.0%	25^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	12	13.5%	88^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	8	7.6%	81^st
1989 Jul-Sep	128	6	4.7%	70^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	1	0.8%	13^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	3	5.0%	67^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	18	12.0%	90^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	4	2.2%	40^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	2	1.4%	28^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	15	24.2%	97^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	13	9.4%	86^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	0	0.0%	0^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	4	2.5%	47^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	3	4.5%	54^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	10	5.4%	60^th
1992 Jul-Sep	196	5	2.6%	42^nd
1992 Oct-Oct	41	2	4.9%	51^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
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

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