Rep. Thomas Manton

Former Representative for New York’s 7^th District

Manton was the representative for New York’s 7^th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1993 to 1998.

He was previously the representative for New York’s 9^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1985 to 1992.

Bioguide

Photo of Rep. Thomas Manton [D-NY7, 1993-1998]

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Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Manton is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1998 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 Manton sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 5, 1993 to Dec 17, 1998. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Manton was the primary sponsor of 13 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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Does 13 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

Manton sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (20%) Crime and Law Enforcement (17%) Environmental Protection (11%) Transportation and Public Works (11%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (10%) Law (10%) Commerce (10%) International Affairs (10%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Manton recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1985 to Dec 1998, Manton missed 454 of 7,314 roll call votes, which is 6.2%. This is much worse than the median of 2.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 1998. 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
1985 Jan-Mar	36	3	8.3%	53^rd
1985 Apr-Jun	154	11	7.1%	72^nd
1985 Jul-Sep	101	1	1.0%	23^rd
1985 Oct-Dec	148	12	8.1%	83^rd
1986 Jan-Mar	61	5	8.2%	60^th
1986 Apr-Jun	128	11	8.6%	87^th
1986 Jul-Sep	202	12	5.9%	68^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	8	13.3%	82^nd
1987 Jan-Mar	39	3	7.7%	74^th
1987 Apr-Jun	187	12	6.4%	68^th
1987 Jul-Sep	95	3	3.2%	53^rd
1987 Oct-Dec	167	13	7.8%	60^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	4	8.2%	71^st
1988 Apr-Jun	161	13	8.1%	74^th
1988 Jul-Sep	152	9	5.9%	63^rd
1988 Oct-Oct	89	5	5.6%	64^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	2	14.3%	83^rd
1989 Apr-Jun	105	3	2.9%	43^rd
1989 Jul-Sep	128	9	7.0%	87^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	18	14.9%	95^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	4	6.7%	81^st
1990 Apr-Jun	150	21	14.0%	93^rd
1990 Jul-Sep	183	5	2.7%	48^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	4	2.8%	46^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	11	17.7%	96^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	2	1.4%	28^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	4	4.9%	60^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	10	6.2%	82^nd
1992 Jan-Mar	66	3	4.5%	57^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	17	9.2%	86^th
1992 Jul-Sep	196	15	7.7%	82^nd
1992 Oct-Oct	41	3	7.3%	65^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	13	10.2%	93^rd
1993 Apr-Jun	190	23	12.1%	92^nd
1993 Jul-Sep	164	3	1.8%	52^nd
1993 Oct-Nov	134	6	4.5%	78^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	17	17.9%	97^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	3	1.4%	39^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	5	3.5%	61^st
1994 Oct-Nov	51	5	9.8%	89^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	5	1.8%	61^st
1995 Apr-Jun	189	4	2.1%	52^nd
1995 Jul-Sep	232	6	2.6%	62^nd
1995 Oct-Dec	185	14	7.6%	89^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	8	7.3%	86^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	2	1.1%	31^st
1996 Jul-Sep	163	4	2.5%	57^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	2	2.8%	57^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	17	9.8%	93^rd
1997 Jul-Sep	232	9	3.9%	73^rd
1997 Oct-Nov	163	12	7.4%	85^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	5	5.6%	74^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	5	2.7%	55^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	27	13.6%	94^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	3	4.1%	65^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
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills