Rep. Robert Lindsay Thomas

Former Representative for Georgia’s 1^st District

Thomas was the representative for Georgia’s 1^st congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1983 to 1992.

Bioguide

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Enacted Legislation

Thomas was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:

H.R. 1551 (98th): A bill to name the Federal building to be constructed in Savannah, Georgia, as the “Juliette Gordon Low Federal Building”.
H.R. 3377 (98th): A bill to amend the boundaries of the Cumberland Island National Seashore.
H.R. 3378 (98th): A bill to provide for a plan to reimburse the Okefenoke Rural Electric Membership Corporation for the costs incurred in installing electrical service to the Cumberland Island …

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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

Thomas sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Environmental Protection (27%) Education (18%) Crime and Law Enforcement (18%) Transportation and Public Works (18%) Armed Forces and National Security (18%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Thomas recently introduced the following legislation:

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Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1983 to Oct 1992, Thomas missed 149 of 4,571 roll call votes, which is 3.3%. This is on par with 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.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1983 Jan-Mar	43	0	0.0%	0^th
1983 Apr-Jun	182	1	0.5%	5^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	0	0.0%	0^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	0	0.0%	0^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	0	0.0%	0^th
1984 Apr-Jun	223	1	0.4%	4^th
1984 Jul-Sep	96	0	0.0%	0^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Apr-Jun	154	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Oct-Dec	148	1	0.7%	10^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	0	0.0%	0^th
1986 Apr-Jun	128	1	0.8%	14^th
1986 Jul-Sep	202	0	0.0%	0^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Apr-Jun	187	9	4.8%	53^rd
1987 Jul-Sep	95	5	5.3%	65^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	8	4.8%	35^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	1	0.6%	14^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	0	0.0%	0^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	1	1.1%	36^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	1	1.0%	17^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	1	0.8%	18^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	1	0.8%	13^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	1	1.7%	31^st
1990 Apr-Jun	150	1	0.7%	18^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	1	0.5%	14^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	7	4.9%	60^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	0	0.0%	0^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	8	5.8%	70^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	4	4.9%	56^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	0	0.0%	0^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	18	27.3%	95^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	8	4.3%	53^rd
1992 Jul-Sep	196	57	29.1%	95^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	13	31.7%	94^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