Rep. Morris Udall

Former Representative for Arizona’s 2^nd District

Udall was the representative for Arizona’s 2^nd congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1961 to 1991.

Bioguide

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Udall 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 Udall sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 1987 to Oct 9, 1992. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Udall was the primary sponsor of 68 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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Does 68 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

Udall sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Native Americans (27%) Government Operations and Politics (15%) Energy (14%) Environmental Protection (12%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (12%) Economics and Public Finance (11%) Health (5%) Arts, Culture, Religion (4%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Udall recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From May 1961 to May 1991, Udall missed 1,937 of 12,100 roll call votes, which is 16.0%. This is much worse than the median of 4.4% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in May 1991. 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.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1961 May-Aug	58	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	3	6.1%	81^st
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	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jan-Mar	26	1	3.8%	73^rd
1964 Apr-Jun	34	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jul-Sep	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Oct-Oct	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	28	4	14.3%	76^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	7	13.2%	74^th
1965 Jul-Sep	98	5	5.1%	44^th
1965 Oct-Oct	22	4	18.2%	79^th
1966 Jan-Mar	30	3	10.0%	60^th
1966 Apr-Jun	51	1	2.0%	23^rd
1966 Jul-Sep	72	13	18.1%	60^th
1966 Oct-Oct	40	13	32.5%	69^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Apr-Jun	57	1	1.8%	40^th
1967 Jul-Sep	59	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	98	3	3.1%	58^th
1968 Jan-Mar	38	1	2.6%	60^th
1968 Apr-Jun	79	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jul-Sep	91	3	3.3%	42^nd
1968 Oct-Oct	25	3	12.0%	58^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	2	12.5%	77^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	2	7.1%	43^rd
1969 Jul-Sep	45	4	8.9%	43^rd
1969 Oct-Dec	88	7	8.0%	35^th
1970 Jan-Mar	35	4	11.4%	53^rd
1970 Apr-Jun	74	12	16.2%	44^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	7	9.2%	40^th
1970 Oct-Dec	81	6	7.4%	24^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	1	4.5%	27^th
1971 Apr-Jun	90	13	14.4%	55^th
1971 Jul-Sep	74	9	12.2%	68^th
1971 Oct-Dec	134	26	19.4%	79^th
1972 Jan-Mar	64	10	15.6%	70^th
1972 Apr-Jun	114	19	16.7%	70^th
1972 Jul-Sep	101	7	6.9%	46^th
1972 Oct-Oct	50	13	26.0%	77^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	5	13.9%	67^th
1973 Apr-Jun	191	19	9.9%	63^rd
1973 Jul-Sep	131	7	5.3%	52^nd
1973 Oct-Dec	182	17	9.3%	67^th
1974 Jan-Mar	79	8	10.1%	56^th
1974 Apr-Jun	170	36	21.2%	88^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	13	8.8%	69^th
1974 Oct-Dec	141	26	18.4%	81^st
1975 Jan-Mar	68	23	33.8%	98^th
1975 Apr-Jun	199	67	33.7%	98^th
1975 Jul-Sep	154	96	62.3%	99^th
1975 Oct-Dec	191	142	74.3%	99^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	90	84.9%	99^th
1976 Apr-Jun	267	195	73.0%	99^th
1976 Jul-Sep	281	61	21.7%	92^nd
1976 Oct-Oct	7	7	100.0%	93^rd
1977 Jan-Mar	100	11	11.0%	77^th
1977 Apr-Jun	273	37	13.6%	83^rd
1977 Jul-Sep	198	16	8.1%	64^th
1977 Oct-Dec	135	12	8.9%	66^th
1978 Jan-Mar	150	16	10.7%	71^st
1978 Apr-Jun	300	53	17.7%	81^st
1978 Jul-Sep	308	29	9.4%	61^st
1978 Oct-Oct	76	16	21.1%	90^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	5	7.9%	69^th
1979 Apr-Jun	221	38	17.2%	91^st
1979 Jul-Sep	198	26	13.1%	81^st
1979 Oct-Dec	190	14	7.4%	39^th
1980 Jan-Mar	148	36	24.3%	93^rd
1980 Apr-Jun	197	18	9.1%	57^th
1980 Jul-Sep	192	44	22.9%	93^rd
1980 Oct-Dec	67	2	3.0%	20^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	2	13.3%	73^rd
1981 Apr-Jun	90	10	11.1%	72^nd
1981 Jul-Sep	106	4	3.8%	43^rd
1981 Oct-Dec	142	17	12.0%	74^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	1	2.1%	27^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	10	8.4%	71^st
1982 Jul-Sep	193	19	9.8%	72^nd
1982 Oct-Dec	99	14	14.1%	71^st
1983 Jan-Mar	43	3	7.0%	46^th
1983 Apr-Jun	182	4	2.2%	20^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	9	6.9%	74^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	26	18.2%	95^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	2	3.8%	39^th
1984 Apr-Jun	223	25	11.2%	77^th
1984 Jul-Sep	96	10	10.4%	80^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	7	19.4%	87^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Apr-Jun	154	25	16.2%	95^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	15	14.9%	93^rd
1985 Oct-Dec	148	9	6.1%	67^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	2	3.3%	29^th
1986 Apr-Jun	128	5	3.9%	51^st
1986 Jul-Sep	202	20	9.9%	86^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	4	6.7%	65^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Apr-Jun	187	14	7.5%	71^st
1987 Jul-Sep	95	4	4.2%	58^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	11	6.6%	52^nd
1988 Feb-Mar	49	2	4.1%	42^nd
1988 Apr-Jun	161	41	25.5%	97^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	11	7.2%	69^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	7	7.9%	73^rd
1989 Jan-Mar	14	1	7.1%	55^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	31	29.5%	99^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	10	7.8%	89^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	12	9.9%	82^nd
1990 Jan-Mar	60	7	11.7%	88^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	28	18.7%	97^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	25	13.7%	94^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	27	18.9%	98^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	57	91.9%	100^th
1991 Apr-Jun	14	14	100.0%	100^th

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