Rep. Peter Rodino Jr.

Former Representative from New Jersey's 10^th District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title / State / District
1961-1988	Representative, New Jersey's 10^th District
1959-1960	Representative, New Jersey's 10^th District
1957-1958	Representative, New Jersey's 10^th District
1953-1956	Representative, New Jersey's 10^th District
1949-1952	Representative, New Jersey's 10^th District

Sponsorship Analysis

Rodino was a far-left Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Rodino’s time serving in the House of Representatives. Rodino’s bills had a total of 302 cosponsors in the 100^th Congress.

Use this chart to compare Rodino to other members of the House of Representatives in the 100^th Congress on leadership and ideology.

This chart is based on principal components analysis for ideology and PageRank for leadership. See analysis methodology.

Bills Sponsored

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

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Voting Record

From Jan 1949 to Oct 1988, Rodino missed 1,518 of 11,981 roll call votes, which is 12.7%. This is worse than the median of 5.3% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1988. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1949 Jan-Mar	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Apr-Jun	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jul-Sep	43	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Oct-Oct	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jan-Mar	53	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Apr-Jun	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jul-Sep	55	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	37	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jul-Sep	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Oct-Oct	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Jan-Mar	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Apr-Jun	39	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	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jul-Aug	30	0	0.0%	0^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	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Jul-Aug	19	0	0.0%	0^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	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Apr-Jun	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jul-Aug	50	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Apr-Jun	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jul-Aug	40	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 Jan-Apr	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 May-Aug	52	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 Sep-Sep	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1960 Feb-Apr	23	0	0.0%	0^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	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Jan-Mar	20	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	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jul-Sep	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Oct-Dec	40	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Apr-Jun	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jul-Sep	45	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Oct-Oct	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	28	1	3.6%	31^st
1965 Apr-Jun	53	8	15.1%	73^rd
1965 Jul-Sep	98	2	2.0%	29^th
1965 Oct-Oct	21	2	9.5%	71^st
1966 Jan-Mar	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1966 Apr-Jun	48	6	12.5%	59^th
1966 Jul-Sep	70	13	18.6%	67^th
1966 Oct-Oct	39	2	5.1%	24^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Apr-Jun	54	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Jul-Sep	58	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	94	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jan-Mar	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	78	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jul-Sep	91	2	2.2%	42^nd
1968 Oct-Oct	25	1	4.0%	42^nd
1969 Jan-Mar	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	3	10.7%	55^th
1969 Jul-Sep	44	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Oct-Dec	86	10	11.6%	59^th
1970 Jan-Mar	35	2	5.7%	30^th
1970 Apr-Jun	74	7	9.5%	25^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	1	1.3%	10^th
1970 Oct-Dec	80	6	7.5%	27^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	4	18.2%	79^th
1971 Apr-Jun	89	9	10.1%	44^th
1971 Jul-Sep	72	2	2.8%	22^nd
1971 Oct-Dec	131	19	14.5%	69^th
1972 Jan-Mar	64	1	1.6%	15^th
1972 Apr-Jun	113	36	31.9%	87^th
1972 Jul-Sep	101	1	1.0%	8^th
1972 Oct-Oct	50	2	4.0%	25^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1973 Apr-Jun	189	10	5.3%	34^th
1973 Jul-Sep	130	4	3.1%	38^th
1973 Oct-Dec	180	7	3.9%	30^th
1974 Jan-Mar	77	6	7.8%	43^rd
1974 Apr-Jun	169	7	4.1%	25^th
1974 Jul-Sep	146	4	2.7%	34^th
1974 Oct-Dec	138	7	5.1%	31^st
1975 Jan-Mar	68	8	11.8%	82^nd
1975 Apr-Jun	190	21	11.1%	74^th
1975 Jul-Sep	137	15	10.9%	76^th
1975 Oct-Dec	190	5	2.6%	34^th
1976 Jan-Mar	101	12	11.9%	77^th
1976 Apr-Jun	256	40	15.6%	80^th
1976 Jul-Sep	278	9	3.2%	33^rd
1976 Oct-Oct	7	2	28.6%	80^th
1977 Jan-Mar	99	6	6.1%	60^th
1977 Apr-Jun	272	14	5.1%	42^nd
1977 Jul-Sep	198	11	5.6%	53^rd
1977 Oct-Dec	134	2	1.5%	21^st
1978 Jan-Mar	146	10	6.8%	53^rd
1978 Apr-Jun	284	273	96.1%	99^th
1978 Jul-Sep	284	193	68.0%	99^th
1978 Oct-Oct	75	12	16.0%	83^rd
1979 Jan-Mar	63	7	11.1%	77^th
1979 Apr-Jun	204	64	31.4%	98^th
1979 Jul-Sep	188	55	29.3%	98^th
1979 Oct-Dec	179	54	30.2%	97^th
1980 Jan-Mar	140	60	42.9%	99^th
1980 Apr-Jun	186	63	33.9%	98^th
1980 Jul-Sep	179	48	26.8%	96^th
1980 Oct-Dec	63	29	46.0%	97^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1981 Apr-Jun	89	3	3.4%	26^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	3	2.8%	36^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	4	2.8%	23^rd
1982 Feb-Mar	48	11	22.9%	85^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	3	2.5%	31^st
1982 Jul-Sep	192	7	3.6%	36^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	3	3.0%	20^th
1983 Jan-Mar	43	5	11.6%	70^th
1983 Apr-Jun	178	25	14.0%	87^th
1983 Jul-Sep	125	16	12.8%	93^rd
1983 Oct-Nov	141	15	10.6%	79^th
1984 Jan-Mar	52	2	3.8%	48^th
1984 Apr-Jun	217	33	15.2%	91^st
1984 Jul-Sep	93	16	17.2%	91^st
1984 Oct-Oct	36	1	2.8%	29^th
1985 Jan-Mar	34	11	32.4%	98^th
1985 Apr-Jun	150	18	12.0%	90^th
1985 Jul-Sep	100	6	6.0%	68^th
1985 Oct-Dec	146	16	11.0%	90^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	0	0.0%	0^th
1986 Apr-Jun	124	37	29.8%	98^th
1986 Jul-Sep	200	8	4.0%	57^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	7	11.7%	80^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	2	5.1%	58^th
1987 Apr-Jun	187	18	9.6%	81^st
1987 Jul-Sep	95	6	6.3%	68^th
1987 Oct-Dec	164	10	6.1%	51^st
1988 Feb-Mar	49	3	6.1%	53^rd
1988 Apr-Jun	157	13	8.3%	74^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	14	9.2%	75^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	4	4.5%	57^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
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Rep. Peter Rodino [D-NJ10, 1961-1988] leaves office as Representative for New Jersey's 10th congressional district

Oct 22, 1988

Elections and Offices

Rep. Peter Rodino [D-NJ10, 1961-1988] takes office as Representative for New Jersey's 10th congressional district

Jan 03, 1961

Elections and Offices

Rep. Peter Rodino [D-NJ10, 1961-1988] leaves office as Representative for New Jersey's 10th congressional district

Sep 01, 1960

Elections and Offices

Rep. Peter Rodino [D-NJ10, 1961-1988] takes office as Representative for New Jersey's 10th congressional district

Jan 07, 1959

Elections and Offices

Rep. Peter Rodino [D-NJ10, 1961-1988] leaves office as Representative for New Jersey's 10th congressional district

Aug 24, 1958