Elections and Offices
Sen. Paul Simon [D-IL, 1985-1996] leaves office as Senator from Illinois
Oct 4, 1996Sen. Paul Simon
Former Senator from Illinois
Democrat
Elected Positions
| Dates | Title | State / District |
|---|---|---|
| Senator | Illinois | |
| Representative | Illinois's 22nd District | |
| Representative | Illinois's 24th District |
See Also: Bioguide
Sponsorship Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Simon sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the Senate.
Each dot in the chart below is a member of the Senate. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Simon is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
Bills Sponsored
Some of Simon’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- S. 2161 (104th): Federal Aviation Reauthorization Act of 1996
- S. 2095 (104th): Government Corporation and Government Sponsored Enterprise Standards Act
- S. 1997 (104th): Presidential Succession Clarification Act
- S. 1872 (104th): A bill to amend section 922(x)(5) of title 18, United States Code, ...
- S. 1532 (104th): A bill to provide for the continuing operation of the Office of ...
- S. 1496 (104th): A bill to grant certain patent rights for certain non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ...
- S. 1490 (104th): Pension Audit Improvement Act of 1995
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Voting Record
From Jan 1985 to Oct 1996, Simon missed 417 of 4,370 roll call votes, which is 9.5%. This is worse than the median of 2.6% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Oct 1996. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- 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
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
- THOMAS, for sponsored bills
Recent Legislative Activity
Elections and Offices
Sen. Paul Simon [D-IL, 1985-1996] takes office as Senator from Illinois
Jan 3, 1985