Silvio Conte, former Representative for Massachusetts's 1st Congressional District

Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Conte 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 1990. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Conte is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Conte sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (26%) Taxation (19%) Social Welfare (13%) Health (9%) Environmental Protection (8%) Labor and Employment (8%) Commerce (8%) Economics and Public Finance (8%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

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From Jan 1959 to Feb 1991, Conte missed 494 of 12,254 roll call votes, which is 4.0%. This is on par with the median of 4.4% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Feb 1991. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
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	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 Jan-Apr	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 May-Aug	65	1	1.5%	47^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%	81^st
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	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jul-Sep	49	1	2.0%	45^th
1964 Oct-Oct	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	28	3	10.7%	56^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	2	3.8%	21^st
1965 Jul-Sep	98	1	1.0%	15^th
1965 Oct-Oct	22	2	9.1%	50^th
1966 Jan-Mar	30	2	6.7%	46^th
1966 Apr-Jun	51	4	7.8%	37^th
1966 Jul-Sep	72	8	11.1%	40^th
1966 Oct-Oct	40	7	17.5%	57^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Apr-Jun	57	3	5.3%	80^th
1967 Jul-Sep	59	1	1.7%	42^nd
1967 Oct-Dec	98	4	4.1%	67^th
1968 Jan-Mar	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	79	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jul-Sep	91	15	16.5%	93^rd
1968 Oct-Oct	25	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	3	10.7%	55^th
1969 Jul-Sep	45	3	6.7%	38^th
1969 Oct-Dec	88	6	6.8%	33^rd
1970 Jan-Mar	35	1	2.9%	20^th
1970 Apr-Jun	74	8	10.8%	35^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	10	13.2%	58^th
1970 Oct-Dec	81	4	4.9%	15^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1971 Apr-Jun	90	7	7.8%	26^th
1971 Jul-Sep	74	6	8.1%	58^th
1971 Oct-Dec	134	10	7.5%	35^th
1972 Jan-Mar	64	5	7.8%	41^st
1972 Apr-Jun	114	8	7.0%	35^th
1972 Jul-Sep	101	26	25.7%	87^th
1972 Oct-Oct	50	10	20.0%	66^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	1	2.8%	26^th
1973 Apr-Jun	191	11	5.8%	35^th
1973 Jul-Sep	131	7	5.3%	52^nd
1973 Oct-Dec	182	10	5.5%	43^rd
1974 Jan-Mar	79	3	3.8%	26^th
1974 Apr-Jun	170	8	4.7%	28^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	7	4.7%	40^th
1974 Oct-Dec	141	11	7.8%	44^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	3	4.4%	46^th
1975 Apr-Jun	199	7	3.5%	35^th
1975 Jul-Sep	154	0	0.0%	0^th
1975 Oct-Dec	191	11	5.8%	56^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	0	0.0%	0^th
1976 Apr-Jun	267	10	3.7%	20^th
1976 Jul-Sep	281	21	7.5%	55^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Jan-Mar	100	6	6.0%	56^th
1977 Apr-Jun	273	13	4.8%	38^th
1977 Jul-Sep	198	4	2.0%	22^nd
1977 Oct-Dec	135	2	1.5%	22^nd
1978 Jan-Mar	150	0	0.0%	0^th
1978 Apr-Jun	300	13	4.3%	31^st
1978 Jul-Sep	308	2	0.6%	8^th
1978 Oct-Oct	76	0	0.0%	0^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	0	0.0%	0^th
1979 Apr-Jun	221	1	0.5%	5^th
1979 Jul-Sep	198	5	2.5%	20^th
1979 Oct-Dec	190	4	2.1%	12^th
1980 Jan-Mar	148	1	0.7%	5^th
1980 Apr-Jun	197	4	2.0%	14^th
1980 Jul-Sep	192	5	2.6%	20^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	1	1.5%	8^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1981 Apr-Jun	90	6	6.7%	52^nd
1981 Jul-Sep	106	1	0.9%	14^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	9	6.3%	48^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	0	0.0%	0^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	3	2.5%	31^st
1982 Jul-Sep	193	3	1.6%	13^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	7	7.1%	46^th
1983 Jan-Mar	43	0	0.0%	0^th
1983 Apr-Jun	182	21	11.5%	75^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	0	0.0%	0^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	6	4.2%	39^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	0	0.0%	0^th
1984 Apr-Jun	223	18	8.1%	62^nd
1984 Jul-Sep	96	1	1.0%	18^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	2	5.6%	36^th
1985 Apr-Jun	154	5	3.2%	36^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	2	2.0%	32^nd
1985 Oct-Dec	148	5	3.4%	47^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	0	0.0%	0^th
1986 Apr-Jun	128	2	1.6%	27^th
1986 Jul-Sep	202	2	1.0%	19^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	1	1.7%	34^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	9	23.1%	94^th
1987 Apr-Jun	187	9	4.8%	53^rd
1987 Jul-Sep	95	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	3	1.8%	15^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	2	4.1%	42^nd
1988 Apr-Jun	161	4	2.5%	38^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	12	7.9%	72^nd
1988 Oct-Oct	89	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	1	7.1%	55^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	1	1.0%	17^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	3	2.3%	47^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	3	2.5%	32^nd
1990 Jan-Mar	60	0	0.0%	0^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	1	0.7%	18^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	4	2.2%	40^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	9	6.3%	70^th
1991 Jan-Mar	21	3	14.3%	92^nd

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
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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