Robert Nix Sr., former Representative for Pennsylvania's 2nd Congressional District

Nix was the representative for Pennsylvania’s 2^nd congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1963 to 1978.

He was previously the representative for Pennsylvania’s 4^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1957 to 1962.

Photo of Rep. Robert Nix [D-PA2, 1963-1978]

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Nix is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1978 positioned according to our liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Nix sponsored and cosponsored. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Nix was the primary sponsor of 4 bills that were enacted:

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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

Nix sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (34%) Crime and Law Enforcement (18%) Labor and Employment (12%) Social Welfare (12%) Agriculture and Food (7%) Private Legislation (6%) Health (6%) Commerce (6%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jun 1958 to Oct 1978, Nix missed 1,269 of 6,562 roll call votes, which is 19.3%. 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
1958 Apr-Jun	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jul-Aug	40	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 Jan-Apr	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 May-Aug	54	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	2	2.9%	83^rd
1961 Jan-Apr	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 May-Aug	65	1	1.5%	49^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	1	11.1%	92^nd
1963 Apr-Jun	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jul-Sep	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Oct-Dec	50	2	4.0%	45^th
1964 Jan-Mar	26	1	3.8%	64^th
1964 Apr-Jun	34	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jul-Sep	49	5	10.2%	94^th
1964 Oct-Oct	4	1	25.0%	82^nd
1965 Jan-Mar	28	5	17.9%	85^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	24	45.3%	99^th
1965 Jul-Sep	98	24	24.5%	92^nd
1965 Oct-Oct	22	8	36.4%	85^th
1966 Jan-Mar	30	12	40.0%	97^th
1966 Apr-Jun	51	35	68.6%	99^th
1966 Jul-Sep	72	16	22.2%	71^st
1966 Oct-Oct	40	33	82.5%	92^nd
1967 Jan-Mar	31	2	6.5%	82^nd
1967 Apr-Jun	57	1	1.8%	46^th
1967 Jul-Sep	59	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	98	4	4.1%	69^th
1968 Jan-Mar	38	1	2.6%	62^nd
1968 Apr-Jun	79	3	3.8%	69^th
1968 Jul-Sep	91	5	5.5%	62^nd
1968 Oct-Oct	25	3	12.0%	51^st
1969 Jan-Mar	16	1	6.2%	57^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	3	10.7%	53^rd
1969 Jul-Sep	45	9	20.0%	83^rd
1969 Oct-Dec	88	10	11.4%	47^th
1970 Jan-Mar	35	6	17.1%	71^st
1970 Apr-Jun	74	18	24.3%	74^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	11	14.5%	60^th
1970 Oct-Dec	81	10	12.3%	40^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	7	31.8%	94^th
1971 Apr-Jun	90	21	23.3%	83^rd
1971 Jul-Sep	74	7	9.5%	55^th
1971 Oct-Dec	134	15	11.2%	48^th
1972 Jan-Mar	64	10	15.6%	73^rd
1972 Apr-Jun	114	24	21.1%	76^th
1972 Jul-Sep	101	5	5.0%	29^th
1972 Oct-Oct	50	6	12.0%	46^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	10	27.8%	91^st
1973 Apr-Jun	191	29	15.2%	79^th
1973 Jul-Sep	131	21	16.0%	87^th
1973 Oct-Dec	182	43	23.6%	90^th
1974 Jan-Mar	79	19	24.1%	93^rd
1974 Apr-Jun	170	59	34.7%	98^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	9	6.1%	54^th
1974 Oct-Dec	141	10	7.1%	38^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	6	8.8%	62^nd
1975 Apr-Jun	199	28	14.1%	83^rd
1975 Jul-Sep	154	14	9.1%	68^th
1975 Oct-Dec	191	12	6.3%	56^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	41	38.7%	98^th
1976 Apr-Jun	267	114	42.7%	99^th
1976 Jul-Sep	281	98	34.9%	97^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	7	100.0%	93^rd
1977 Jan-Mar	100	9	9.0%	65^th
1977 Apr-Jun	273	24	8.8%	58^th
1977 Jul-Sep	198	13	6.6%	53^rd
1977 Oct-Dec	135	13	9.6%	63^rd
1978 Jan-Mar	150	40	26.7%	93^rd
1978 Apr-Jun	300	193	64.3%	98^th
1978 Jul-Sep	308	100	32.5%	91^st
1978 Oct-Oct	76	5	6.6%	50^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
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
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills

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