Rep. William Boner
Former Representative from Tennessee’s 5th District
Democrat
Elected Positions
| Dates | Title | State / District |
|---|---|---|
| Representative | Tennessee's 5th District |
See Also: Bioguide
Sponsorship Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Boner sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the House of Representatives.
Each dot in the chart below is a member of the House of Representatives. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Boner is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
Bills Sponsored
Some of Boner’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 3136 (100th): A bill to establish certain requirements relating to the identification, treatment, and ...
- H.R. 2538 (100th): A bill to award a congressional gold medal to Roy Acuff.
- H.R. 2493 (100th): A bill to amend the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 ...
- H.R. 2396 (100th): A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to ...
- H.R. 1027 (100th): A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to ...
- H.R. 954 (100th): Excellence in Minority Health Education and Care Act
- H.R. 628 (100th): Prevention, Identification, and Treatment of Elder Abuse Act of 1987
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Voting Record
From Jan 1979 to Oct 1987, Boner missed 536 of 4,202 roll call votes, which is 12.8%. This is worse than the median of 5.2% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1987. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
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