John Hostettler, former Representative for Indiana's 8th Congressional District

Hostettler was the representative for Indiana’s 8^th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1995 to 2006.

Photo of Rep. John Hostettler [R-IN8, 1995-2006]

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Hostettler is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2006 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 Hostettler sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2001 to Dec 8, 2006. See full analysis methodology.

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Hostettler sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (25%) Law (19%) Armed Forces and National Security (14%) Crime and Law Enforcement (10%) Families (10%) Labor and Employment (8%) Taxation (8%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (6%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Hostettler recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1995 to Dec 2006, Hostettler missed 139 of 7,172 roll call votes, which is 1.9%. This is better than the median of 2.9% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2006. 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
1995 Jan-Mar	279	2	0.7%	39^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	3	1.6%	43^rd
1995 Jul-Sep	232	3	1.3%	45^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	5	2.7%	59^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	12	10.9%	91^st
1996 Apr-Jun	182	6	3.3%	59^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	1	0.6%	21^st
1997 Jan-Mar	71	2	2.8%	58^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	1	0.6%	18^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	9	3.9%	76^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	1	1.1%	27^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	1	0.5%	19^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	6	7.8%	88^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	3	1.6%	44^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	1	0.7%	20^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	1	1.1%	22^nd
2000 Apr-Jun	277	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	6	5.9%	43^rd
2001 Jan-Mar	75	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	3	2.2%	46^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	3	2.0%	52^nd
2001 Oct-Dec	153	30	19.6%	98^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	1	1.3%	32^nd
2002 Apr-Jun	203	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	1	0.7%	23^rd
2002 Oct-Nov	61	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	3	1.3%	33^rd
2003 Jul-Sep	193	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	1	0.7%	19^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	2	1.9%	30^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	4	2.5%	44^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	1	1.7%	42^nd
2005 Jan-Mar	90	3	3.3%	50^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	3	1.1%	32^nd
2005 Jul-Sep	146	4	2.7%	59^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	8	4.9%	70^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	3	1.1%	29^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	3	1.9%	45^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	3	11.1%	74^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
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills

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