Olin Teague, former Representative for Texas's 6th Congressional District

Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Teague sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the House of Representatives.

Each dot in the chart below was a member of the House of Representatives in 1978. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Teague is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Teague sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (22%) Armed Forces and National Security (18%) Science, Technology, Communications (16%) Education (13%) Economics and Public Finance (11%) Energy (9%) Law (7%) Labor and Employment (5%)

Recent Bills

Some of Teague’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

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From Jan 1947 to Oct 1978, Teague missed 2,649 of 7,614 roll call votes, which is 34.8%. This is much worse than the median of 8.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1978. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1947 Jan-Mar	24	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Apr-Jun	32	2	6.3%	82^nd
1947 Jul-Jul	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Nov-Dec	6	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Apr-Jun	54	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Aug-Aug	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jan-Mar	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Apr-Jun	27	1	3.7%	70^th
1949 Jul-Sep	43	3	7.0%	70^th
1949 Oct-Oct	16	1	6.3%	87^th
1950 Jan-Mar	54	3	5.6%	74^th
1950 Apr-Jun	30	2	6.7%	91^st
1950 Jul-Sep	59	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Dec-Dec	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Jan	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Apr-Jun	40	4	10.0%	87^th
1951 Jul-Sep	39	1	2.6%	74^th
1951 Oct-Oct	18	1	5.6%	57^th
1952 Jan-Mar	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Apr-Jun	40	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Jul-Jul	10	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jan-Mar	13	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Apr-Jun	28	1	3.6%	38^th
1953 Jul-Aug	30	1	3.3%	75^th
1954 Jan-Mar	14	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Apr-Jun	24	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Jul-Aug	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Apr-Jun	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Jul-Aug	19	1	5.3%	78^th
1956 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Apr-Jun	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jul-Jul	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jan-Mar	12	2	16.7%	98^th
1957 Apr-Jun	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jul-Aug	52	1	1.9%	50^th
1958 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Apr-Jun	32	3	9.4%	90^th
1958 Jul-Aug	40	3	7.5%	88^th
1959 Jan-Apr	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 May-Aug	54	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 Sep-Sep	17	2	11.8%	89^th
1960 Feb-Apr	23	1	4.3%	80^th
1960 May-Aug	70	0	0.0%	0^th
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	0	0.0%	0^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	2	6.5%	86^th
1963 Jul-Sep	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Oct-Dec	50	2	4.0%	45^th
1964 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Apr-Jun	34	4	11.8%	97^th
1964 Jul-Sep	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Oct-Oct	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	28	5	17.9%	85^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	14	26.4%	89^th
1965 Jul-Sep	98	16	16.3%	80^th
1965 Oct-Oct	22	2	9.1%	40^th
1966 Jan-Mar	30	17	56.7%	99^th
1966 Apr-Jun	51	13	25.5%	79^th
1966 Jul-Sep	72	9	12.5%	48^th
1966 Oct-Oct	40	7	17.5%	48^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	3	9.7%	92^nd
1967 Apr-Jun	57	3	5.3%	80^th
1967 Jul-Sep	59	2	3.4%	61^st
1967 Oct-Dec	98	4	4.1%	69^th
1968 Jan-Mar	38	2	5.3%	83^rd
1968 Apr-Jun	79	8	10.1%	95^th
1968 Jul-Sep	91	9	9.9%	81^st
1968 Oct-Oct	25	7	28.0%	82^nd
1969 Jan-Mar	16	4	25.0%	93^rd
1969 Apr-Jun	28	1	3.6%	23^rd
1969 Jul-Sep	45	19	42.2%	98^th
1969 Oct-Dec	88	38	43.2%	96^th
1970 Jan-Mar	35	19	54.3%	97^th
1970 Apr-Jun	74	14	18.9%	60^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	12	15.8%	63^rd
1970 Oct-Dec	81	35	43.2%	93^rd
1971 Jan-Mar	22	2	9.1%	55^th
1971 Apr-Jun	90	26	28.9%	93^rd
1971 Jul-Sep	74	25	33.8%	95^th
1971 Oct-Dec	134	41	30.6%	90^th
1972 Jan-Mar	64	7	10.9%	56^th
1972 Apr-Jun	114	27	23.7%	79^th
1972 Jul-Sep	101	27	26.7%	89^th
1972 Oct-Oct	50	12	24.0%	69^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	10	27.8%	91^st
1973 Apr-Jun	191	96	50.3%	97^th
1973 Jul-Sep	131	39	29.8%	96^th
1973 Oct-Dec	182	30	16.5%	83^rd
1974 Jan-Mar	79	28	35.4%	99^th
1974 Apr-Jun	170	57	33.5%	97^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	78	52.7%	99^th
1974 Oct-Dec	141	63	44.7%	98^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	5	7.4%	57^th
1975 Apr-Jun	199	85	42.7%	99^th
1975 Jul-Sep	154	93	60.4%	99^th
1975 Oct-Dec	191	74	38.7%	98^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	21	19.8%	92^nd
1976 Apr-Jun	267	84	31.5%	96^th
1976 Jul-Sep	281	72	25.6%	94^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	3	42.9%	88^th
1977 Jan-Mar	100	99	99.0%	100^th
1977 Apr-Jun	273	243	89.0%	100^th
1977 Jul-Sep	198	161	81.3%	99^th
1977 Oct-Dec	135	74	54.8%	99^th
1978 Jan-Mar	150	134	89.3%	100^th
1978 Apr-Jun	300	268	89.3%	99^th
1978 Jul-Sep	308	286	92.9%	100^th
1978 Oct-Oct	76	75	98.7%	99^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
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
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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