Rep. Thomas Luken

Former Representative for Ohio’s 1^st District

Luken was the representative for Ohio’s 1^st congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1983 to 1990.

He was previously the representative for Ohio’s 2^nd congressional district as a Democrat from 1977 to 1982; and the representative for Ohio’s 1^st congressional district as a Democrat from 1973 to 1974.

Bioguide

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Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Luken is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1990 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 Luken sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 1985 to Oct 27, 1990. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Luken was the primary sponsor of 4 bills that were enacted:

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Does 4 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

Luken sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Environmental Protection (30%) Transportation and Public Works (16%) Government Operations and Politics (12%) Health (12%) Commerce (9%) Crime and Law Enforcement (8%) Economics and Public Finance (6%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (6%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Luken 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 1990, Luken missed 1,220 of 8,303 roll call votes, which is 14.7%. This is much worse than the median of 4.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1990. 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	36	100.0%	96^th
1973 Apr-Jun	191	191	100.0%	96^th
1973 Jul-Sep	131	131	100.0%	96^th
1973 Oct-Dec	182	182	100.0%	96^th
1974 Jan-Mar	37	3	8.1%	48^th
1974 Apr-Jun	170	8	4.7%	24^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	8	5.4%	47^th
1974 Oct-Dec	141	63	44.7%	98^th
1977 Jan-Mar	100	4	4.0%	41^st
1977 Apr-Jun	273	11	4.0%	32^nd
1977 Jul-Sep	198	31	15.7%	87^th
1977 Oct-Dec	135	10	7.4%	59^th
1978 Jan-Mar	150	8	5.3%	39^th
1978 Apr-Jun	300	28	9.3%	59^th
1978 Jul-Sep	308	40	13.0%	72^nd
1978 Oct-Oct	76	5	6.6%	55^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	0	0.0%	0^th
1979 Apr-Jun	221	20	9.0%	63^rd
1979 Jul-Sep	198	27	13.6%	81^st
1979 Oct-Dec	190	19	10.0%	53^rd
1980 Jan-Mar	148	9	6.1%	37^th
1980 Apr-Jun	197	10	5.1%	34^th
1980 Jul-Sep	192	28	14.6%	78^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	18	26.9%	87^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	1	6.7%	47^th
1981 Apr-Jun	90	11	12.2%	77^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	0	0.0%	0^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	13	9.2%	65^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	1	2.1%	25^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	9	7.6%	69^th
1982 Jul-Sep	193	17	8.8%	66^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	20	20.2%	85^th
1983 Jan-Mar	43	2	4.7%	33^rd
1983 Apr-Jun	182	5	2.7%	24^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	8	6.2%	67^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	19	13.3%	86^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	1	1.9%	23^rd
1984 Apr-Jun	223	12	5.4%	44^th
1984 Jul-Sep	96	4	4.2%	46^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	3	8.3%	51^st
1985 Apr-Jun	154	37	24.0%	99^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	1	1.0%	20^th
1985 Oct-Dec	148	1	0.7%	9^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	0	0.0%	0^th
1986 Apr-Jun	128	14	10.9%	88^th
1986 Jul-Sep	202	14	6.9%	72^nd
1986 Oct-Oct	60	4	6.7%	65^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	6	15.4%	86^th
1987 Apr-Jun	187	3	1.6%	23^rd
1987 Jul-Sep	95	7	7.4%	74^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	18	10.8%	78^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	2	1.2%	20^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	13	8.6%	74^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	4	4.5%	59^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	6	42.9%	98^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	7	6.7%	73^rd
1989 Jul-Sep	128	6	4.7%	69^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	8	6.6%	67^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	3	5.0%	65^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	10	6.7%	75^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	22	12.0%	91^st
1990 Oct-Oct	143	18	12.6%	89^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