Rep. William Orton
Former Representative from Utah's 3rd District
Elected Positions
| Dates | Title | State / District |
|---|---|---|
| Representative | Utah's 3rd District |
See Also: Bioguide
Sponsorship Analysis
Orton was a centrist Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Orton’s time serving in the House of Representatives. Orton’s bills had a total of 137 cosponsors in the 104th Congress.
Use this chart to compare Orton to other members of the House of Representatives in the 104th Congress on leadership and ideology.
This chart is based on principal components analysis for ideology and PageRank for leadership. See analysis methodology.
Bills Sponsored
Some of Orton’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 4231 (104th): Principal Residence Tax Exclusion Act of 1996
- H.R. 4214 (104th): To amend the Antiquities Act to provide for the Congressional approval of ...
- H.R. 3627 (104th): To provide for the transfer of certain lands near Myton, Utah, to ...
- H.R. 3486 (104th): To dispose of certain Federal properties at Dutch John, Utah, assist local ...
- H.R. 2530 (104th): Common Sense Balanced Budget Act of 1995
- H.Res. 212 (104th): To express the sense of the House of Representatives that the provisions ...
- H.R. 2239 (104th): Mixed-Blood Ute Indian Tax Status Act
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Voting Record
From Jan 1991 to Sep 1996, Orton missed 69 of 3,394 roll call votes, which is 2.0%. This is better than the median of 2.7% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Sep 1996. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
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
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
- THOMAS, for sponsored bills