Rep. Vernon Thomson

Former Representative for Wisconsin’s 3^rd District

Thomson was the representative for Wisconsin’s 3^rd congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1961 to 1974.

Bioguide

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Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Thomson is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1974 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 Thomson sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 1973 to Dec 20, 1974. See full analysis methodology.

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Thomson sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Agriculture and Food (22%) Armed Forces and National Security (15%) Government Operations and Politics (15%) Private Legislation (12%) Taxation (12%) Housing and Community Development (10%) Labor and Employment (7%) Economics and Public Finance (7%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Thomson recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1961 to Dec 1974, Thomson missed 168 of 3,513 roll call votes, which is 4.8%. This is better than the median of 9.7% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 1974. 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
1961 Jan-Apr	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 May-Aug	65	0	0.0%	0^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	1	2.0%	59^th
1962 Oct-Oct	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jan-Mar	9	0	0.0%	0^th
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%	38^th
1964 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Apr-Jun	34	1	2.9%	58^th
1964 Jul-Sep	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Oct-Oct	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	28	3	10.7%	57^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	4	7.5%	41^st
1965 Jul-Sep	98	1	1.0%	12^th
1965 Oct-Oct	22	5	22.7%	65^th
1966 Jan-Mar	30	4	13.3%	61^st
1966 Apr-Jun	51	0	0.0%	0^th
1966 Jul-Sep	72	1	1.4%	10^th
1966 Oct-Oct	40	23	57.5%	76^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Apr-Jun	57	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Jul-Sep	59	3	5.1%	70^th
1967 Oct-Dec	98	2	2.0%	41^st
1968 Jan-Mar	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	79	1	1.3%	23^rd
1968 Jul-Sep	91	1	1.1%	17^th
1968 Oct-Oct	25	6	24.0%	76^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	5	17.9%	72^nd
1969 Jul-Sep	45	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Oct-Dec	88	2	2.3%	10^th
1970 Jan-Mar	35	3	8.6%	40^th
1970 Apr-Jun	74	5	6.8%	18^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	0	0.0%	0^th
1970 Oct-Dec	81	11	13.6%	39^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	2	9.1%	50^th
1971 Apr-Jun	90	3	3.3%	9^th
1971 Jul-Sep	74	1	1.4%	8^th
1971 Oct-Dec	134	0	0.0%	0^th
1972 Jan-Mar	64	0	0.0%	0^th
1972 Apr-Jun	114	0	0.0%	0^th
1972 Jul-Sep	101	5	5.0%	27^th
1972 Oct-Oct	50	20	40.0%	87^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	3	8.3%	48^th
1973 Apr-Jun	191	19	9.9%	55^th
1973 Jul-Sep	131	0	0.0%	0^th
1973 Oct-Dec	182	1	0.5%	6^th
1974 Jan-Mar	79	3	3.8%	22^nd
1974 Apr-Jun	170	8	4.7%	23^rd
1974 Jul-Sep	148	2	1.4%	12^th
1974 Oct-Dec	141	17	12.1%	51^st

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
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills