William Wampler, former Representative for Virginia's 9th Congressional District

Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Wampler sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the House of Representatives.

Each dot in the chart below was a member of the House of Representatives in 1982. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Wampler is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Wampler sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Agriculture and Food (28%) Environmental Protection (18%) Government Operations and Politics (14%) Education (13%) Health (9%) Social Welfare (7%) Labor and Employment (6%) Animals (6%)

Recent Bills

Some of Wampler’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

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From Jan 1953 to Dec 1982, Wampler missed 543 of 7,696 roll call votes, which is 7.1%. This is on par with the median of 7.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 1982. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1953 Jan-Mar	13	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Apr-Jun	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jul-Aug	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Jan-Mar	14	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Apr-Jun	24	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Jul-Aug	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Apr-Jun	57	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Jul-Sep	59	0	0.0%	0^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%	29^th
1968 Jul-Sep	91	2	2.2%	32^nd
1968 Oct-Oct	25	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	4	14.3%	67^th
1969 Jul-Sep	45	4	8.9%	46^th
1969 Oct-Dec	88	2	2.3%	15^th
1970 Jan-Mar	35	2	5.7%	32^nd
1970 Apr-Jun	74	1	1.4%	7^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	4	5.3%	24^th
1970 Oct-Dec	81	0	0.0%	0^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	2	9.1%	54^th
1971 Apr-Jun	90	9	10.0%	34^th
1971 Jul-Sep	74	8	10.8%	60^th
1971 Oct-Dec	134	5	3.7%	18^th
1972 Jan-Mar	64	7	10.9%	56^th
1972 Apr-Jun	114	20	17.5%	69^th
1972 Jul-Sep	101	8	7.9%	49^th
1972 Oct-Oct	50	4	8.0%	34^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	2	5.6%	42^nd
1973 Apr-Jun	191	3	1.6%	10^th
1973 Jul-Sep	131	2	1.5%	19^th
1973 Oct-Dec	182	4	2.2%	20^th
1974 Jan-Mar	79	0	0.0%	0^th
1974 Apr-Jun	170	8	4.7%	25^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	7	4.7%	45^th
1974 Oct-Dec	141	4	2.8%	15^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	8	11.8%	74^th
1975 Apr-Jun	199	21	10.6%	70^th
1975 Jul-Sep	154	13	8.4%	64^th
1975 Oct-Dec	191	9	4.7%	45^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	4	3.8%	38^th
1976 Apr-Jun	267	26	9.7%	55^th
1976 Jul-Sep	281	41	14.6%	80^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Jan-Mar	100	9	9.0%	68^th
1977 Apr-Jun	273	32	11.7%	76^th
1977 Jul-Sep	198	29	14.6%	84^th
1977 Oct-Dec	135	2	1.5%	15^th
1978 Jan-Mar	150	6	4.0%	29^th
1978 Apr-Jun	300	15	5.0%	34^th
1978 Jul-Sep	308	33	10.7%	65^th
1978 Oct-Oct	76	0	0.0%	0^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	1	1.6%	31^st
1979 Apr-Jun	221	21	9.5%	64^th
1979 Jul-Sep	198	18	9.1%	64^th
1979 Oct-Dec	190	25	13.2%	67^th
1980 Jan-Mar	148	3	2.0%	10^th
1980 Apr-Jun	197	13	6.6%	42^nd
1980 Jul-Sep	192	13	6.8%	45^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	14	20.9%	77^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	4	26.7%	91^st
1981 Apr-Jun	90	9	10.0%	64^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	12	11.3%	78^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	20	14.1%	78^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	10	20.8%	81^st
1982 Apr-Jun	119	4	3.4%	35^th
1982 Jul-Sep	193	11	5.7%	43^rd
1982 Oct-Dec	99	2	2.0%	11^th

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
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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