Rep. William Lehman

Former Representative for Florida’s 17^th District

Lehman was the representative for Florida’s 17^th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1983 to 1992.

He was previously the representative for Florida’s 13^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1973 to 1982.

Bioguide

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Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Lehman is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1992 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 Lehman sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 1987 to Oct 9, 1992. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Lehman was the primary sponsor of 14 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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Does 14 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

Lehman sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Economics and Public Finance (17%) Government Operations and Politics (14%) Transportation and Public Works (14%) Taxation (14%) Private Legislation (14%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (11%) Immigration (8%) Armed Forces and National Security (8%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Lehman recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1973 to Oct 1992, Lehman missed 1,152 of 10,550 roll call votes, which is 10.9%. This is much worse than the median of 4.4% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1992. 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
1973 Jan-Mar	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1973 Apr-Jun	191	15	7.9%	50^th
1973 Jul-Sep	131	4	3.1%	40^th
1973 Oct-Dec	182	19	10.4%	73^rd
1974 Jan-Mar	79	11	13.9%	71^st
1974 Apr-Jun	170	28	16.5%	80^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	40	27.0%	94^th
1974 Oct-Dec	141	16	11.3%	65^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	3	4.4%	46^th
1975 Apr-Jun	199	3	1.5%	11^th
1975 Jul-Sep	154	23	14.9%	84^th
1975 Oct-Dec	191	8	4.2%	43^rd
1976 Jan-Mar	106	20	18.9%	89^th
1976 Apr-Jun	267	10	3.7%	20^th
1976 Jul-Sep	281	70	24.9%	93^rd
1976 Oct-Oct	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Jan-Mar	100	2	2.0%	28^th
1977 Apr-Jun	273	19	7.0%	50^th
1977 Jul-Sep	198	42	21.2%	93^rd
1977 Oct-Dec	135	6	4.4%	41^st
1978 Jan-Mar	150	34	22.7%	94^th
1978 Apr-Jun	300	24	8.0%	54^th
1978 Jul-Sep	308	59	19.2%	88^th
1978 Oct-Oct	76	25	32.9%	94^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	9	14.3%	80^th
1979 Apr-Jun	221	20	9.0%	65^th
1979 Jul-Sep	198	5	2.5%	20^th
1979 Oct-Dec	190	19	10.0%	53^rd
1980 Jan-Mar	148	6	4.1%	25^th
1980 Apr-Jun	197	15	7.6%	50^th
1980 Jul-Sep	192	20	10.4%	67^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	10	14.9%	65^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1981 Apr-Jun	90	18	20.0%	90^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	1	0.9%	14^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	20	14.1%	80^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	2	4.2%	41^st
1982 Apr-Jun	119	1	0.8%	10^th
1982 Jul-Sep	193	20	10.4%	74^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	91	91.9%	100^th
1983 Jan-Mar	43	5	11.6%	68^th
1983 Apr-Jun	182	31	17.0%	91^st
1983 Jul-Sep	130	1	0.8%	12^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	12	8.4%	67^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	4	7.5%	57^th
1984 Apr-Jun	223	15	6.7%	54^th
1984 Jul-Sep	96	15	15.6%	90^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	4	11.1%	71^st
1985 Jan-Mar	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Apr-Jun	154	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	4	4.0%	50^th
1985 Oct-Dec	148	13	8.8%	82^nd
1986 Jan-Mar	61	1	1.6%	19^th
1986 Apr-Jun	128	2	1.6%	27^th
1986 Jul-Sep	202	12	5.9%	67^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	3	5.0%	56^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Apr-Jun	187	10	5.3%	58^th
1987 Jul-Sep	95	4	4.2%	58^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	4	2.4%	18^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	0	0.0%	0^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	1	0.7%	9^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	1	1.1%	36^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	4	3.8%	53^rd
1989 Jul-Sep	128	2	1.6%	34^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	12	9.9%	82^nd
1990 Jan-Mar	60	0	0.0%	0^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	3	2.0%	41^st
1990 Jul-Sep	183	4	2.2%	40^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	7	4.9%	60^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	0	0.0%	0^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	86	61.9%	99^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	27	33.3%	98^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	19	11.7%	92^nd
1992 Jan-Mar	66	11	16.7%	91^st
1992 Apr-Jun	185	34	18.4%	93^rd
1992 Jul-Sep	196	51	26.0%	93^rd
1992 Oct-Oct	41	12	29.3%	93^rd

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
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills