Rep. Tony Hall

Former Representative for Ohio’s 3^rd District

Hall was the representative for Ohio’s 3^rd congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1979 to 2002.

Bioguide

Photo of Rep. Tony Hall [D-OH3, 1979-2002]

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Hall is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2002 positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Hall sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 7, 1997 to Nov 19, 2002. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Hall was the primary sponsor of 6 bills that were enacted:

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Does 6 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

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

Hall sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (22%) Economics and Public Finance (17%) International Affairs (13%) Commerce (12%) Armed Forces and National Security (11%) Science, Technology, Communications (9%) Education (8%) Social Welfare (8%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Hall recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1979 to Sep 2002, Hall missed 1,075 of 12,411 roll call votes, which is 8.7%. This is much worse than the median of 2.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Sep 2002. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

Show the numbers...

Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1979 Jan-Mar	63	4	6.3%	64^th
1979 Apr-Jun	221	12	5.4%	38^th
1979 Jul-Sep	198	16	8.1%	72^nd
1979 Oct-Dec	190	15	7.9%	42^nd
1980 Jan-Mar	148	10	6.8%	43^rd
1980 Apr-Jun	197	23	11.7%	70^th
1980 Jul-Sep	192	11	5.7%	43^rd
1980 Oct-Dec	67	22	32.8%	89^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	3	20.0%	86^th
1981 Apr-Jun	90	3	3.3%	24^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	3	2.8%	38^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	21	14.8%	85^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	12	25.0%	92^nd
1982 Apr-Jun	119	10	8.4%	74^th
1982 Jul-Sep	193	31	16.1%	89^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	22	22.2%	85^th
1983 Jan-Mar	43	2	4.7%	27^th
1983 Apr-Jun	182	24	13.2%	84^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	4	3.1%	44^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	17	11.9%	85^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	11	20.8%	90^th
1984 Apr-Jun	223	35	15.7%	89^th
1984 Jul-Sep	96	5	5.2%	53^rd
1984 Oct-Oct	36	6	16.7%	81^st
1985 Jan-Mar	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Apr-Jun	154	10	6.5%	66^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	6	5.9%	58^th
1985 Oct-Dec	148	11	7.4%	77^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	13	21.3%	93^rd
1986 Apr-Jun	128	5	3.9%	53^rd
1986 Jul-Sep	202	11	5.4%	67^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	8	13.3%	86^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Apr-Jun	187	18	9.6%	85^th
1987 Jul-Sep	95	8	8.4%	81^st
1987 Oct-Dec	167	48	28.7%	98^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	1	2.0%	29^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	17	10.6%	88^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	28	18.4%	94^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	5	5.6%	65^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	2	14.3%	83^rd
1989 Apr-Jun	105	16	15.2%	98^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	5	3.9%	68^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	9	7.4%	78^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	4	6.7%	81^st
1990 Apr-Jun	150	11	7.3%	82^nd
1990 Jul-Sep	183	14	7.7%	83^rd
1990 Oct-Oct	143	25	17.5%	98^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	2	3.2%	53^rd
1991 Apr-Jun	139	3	2.2%	40^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	3	3.7%	51^st
1991 Oct-Nov	162	3	1.9%	41^st
1992 Jan-Mar	66	0	0.0%	0^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	6	3.2%	53^rd
1992 Jul-Sep	196	18	9.2%	88^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	9	22.0%	94^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	6	4.7%	74^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	8	4.2%	67^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	4	2.4%	62^nd
1993 Oct-Nov	134	34	25.4%	100^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	9	9.5%	88^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	10	4.6%	77^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	8	5.6%	76^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	3	5.9%	80^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	19	6.8%	94^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	6	3.2%	68^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	41	17.7%	98^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	12	6.5%	85^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	3	2.7%	60^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	19	10.4%	94^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	29	17.8%	99^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	2	2.8%	58^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	9	5.2%	82^nd
1997 Jul-Sep	232	8	3.4%	73^rd
1997 Oct-Nov	163	12	7.4%	87^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	5	5.6%	76^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	3	1.6%	45^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	5	2.5%	57^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	7	9.5%	87^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	4	5.2%	78^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	6	3.3%	67^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	5	2.5%	63^rd
1999 Oct-Nov	146	3	2.1%	41^st
2000 Jan-Mar	95	3	3.2%	48^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	17	6.1%	81^st
2000 Jul-Sep	130	4	3.1%	63^rd
2000 Oct-Dec	101	10	9.9%	67^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	1	1.3%	35^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	15	11.1%	96^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	8	5.4%	83^rd
2001 Oct-Dec	153	25	16.3%	96^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	7	8.9%	86^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	52	25.6%	98^th
2002 Jul-Sep	95	12	12.6%	90^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
The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
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
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills