Rep. Tom Bevill

Former Representative for Alabama’s 4^th District

Bevill was the representative for Alabama’s 4^th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1973 to 1996.

He was previously the representative for Alabama’s 7^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1967 to 1972.

Bioguide

Photo of Rep. Tom Bevill [D-AL4, 1973-1996]

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Enacted Legislation

Bevill was the primary sponsor of 23 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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Does 23 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

Bevill sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Environmental Protection (16%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (16%) Water Resources Development (13%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (13%) Government Operations and Politics (13%) Science, Technology, Communications (10%) Emergency Management (10%) Agriculture and Food (10%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Bevill recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1967 to Sep 1996, Bevill missed 1,035 of 14,580 roll call votes, which is 7.1%. This is much worse than the median of 2.7% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Sep 1996. 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
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	3	3.1%	72^nd
1968 Jan-Mar	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	79	2	2.5%	50^th
1968 Jul-Sep	91	2	2.2%	28^th
1968 Oct-Oct	25	5	20.0%	83^rd
1969 Jan-Mar	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	1	3.6%	35^th
1969 Jul-Sep	45	1	2.2%	15^th
1969 Oct-Dec	88	18	20.5%	76^th
1970 Jan-Mar	35	6	17.1%	57^th
1970 Apr-Jun	74	13	17.6%	52^nd
1970 Jul-Sep	76	9	11.8%	48^th
1970 Oct-Dec	81	4	4.9%	19^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	3	13.6%	52^nd
1971 Apr-Jun	90	7	7.8%	36^th
1971 Jul-Sep	74	6	8.1%	64^th
1971 Oct-Dec	134	20	14.9%	56^th
1972 Jan-Mar	64	1	1.6%	8^th
1972 Apr-Jun	114	15	13.2%	52^nd
1972 Jul-Sep	101	30	29.7%	80^th
1972 Oct-Oct	50	22	44.0%	85^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	5	13.9%	63^rd
1973 Apr-Jun	191	9	4.7%	33^rd
1973 Jul-Sep	131	11	8.4%	74^th
1973 Oct-Dec	182	13	7.1%	57^th
1974 Jan-Mar	79	8	10.1%	57^th
1974 Apr-Jun	170	29	17.1%	76^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	7	4.7%	45^th
1974 Oct-Dec	141	3	2.1%	17^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	0	0.0%	0^th
1975 Apr-Jun	199	6	3.0%	29^th
1975 Jul-Sep	154	2	1.3%	10^th
1975 Oct-Dec	191	4	2.1%	20^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	11	10.4%	64^th
1976 Apr-Jun	267	60	22.5%	83^rd
1976 Jul-Sep	281	5	1.8%	19^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Jan-Mar	100	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Apr-Jun	273	30	11.0%	68^th
1977 Jul-Sep	198	3	1.5%	14^th
1977 Oct-Dec	135	1	0.7%	14^th
1978 Jan-Mar	150	3	2.0%	20^th
1978 Apr-Jun	300	31	10.3%	54^th
1978 Jul-Sep	308	11	3.6%	28^th
1978 Oct-Oct	76	1	1.3%	15^th
1979 Jan-Mar	61	12	19.7%	84^th
1979 Apr-Jun	221	9	4.1%	31^st
1979 Jul-Sep	198	9	4.5%	44^th
1979 Oct-Dec	190	19	10.0%	56^th
1980 Jan-Mar	148	17	11.5%	66^th
1980 Apr-Jun	197	28	14.2%	73^rd
1980 Jul-Sep	192	8	4.2%	27^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	23	34.3%	91^st
1981 Jan-Mar	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1981 Apr-Jun	90	1	1.1%	10^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	15	14.2%	85^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	4	2.8%	26^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	0	0.0%	0^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	0	0.0%	0^th
1982 Jul-Sep	193	9	4.7%	44^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	9	9.1%	57^th
1983 Jan-Mar	43	0	0.0%	0^th
1983 Apr-Jun	182	13	7.1%	57^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	10	7.7%	75^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	10	7.0%	63^rd
1984 Jan-Mar	53	5	9.4%	69^th
1984 Apr-Jun	223	46	20.6%	94^th
1984 Jul-Sep	96	2	2.1%	32^nd
1984 Oct-Oct	36	1	2.8%	28^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	1	2.8%	21^st
1985 Apr-Jun	154	3	1.9%	20^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	27	26.7%	98^th
1985 Oct-Dec	148	10	6.8%	70^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	16	26.2%	94^th
1986 Apr-Jun	128	2	1.6%	29^th
1986 Jul-Sep	202	9	4.5%	59^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	2	3.3%	47^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	6	15.4%	85^th
1987 Apr-Jun	187	37	19.8%	96^th
1987 Jul-Sep	95	10	10.5%	83^rd
1987 Oct-Dec	167	8	4.8%	37^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	2	4.1%	38^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	17	10.6%	82^nd
1988 Jul-Sep	152	12	7.9%	72^nd
1988 Oct-Oct	89	17	19.1%	94^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	2	14.3%	84^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	1	1.0%	18^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	1	0.8%	18^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	5	4.1%	54^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	2	3.3%	58^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	4	2.7%	48^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	13	7.1%	83^rd
1990 Oct-Oct	143	5	3.5%	53^rd
1991 Jan-Mar	62	2	3.2%	52^nd
1991 Apr-Jun	139	10	7.2%	81^st
1991 Jul-Sep	81	1	1.2%	12^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	6	3.7%	65^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	4	6.1%	64^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	18	9.7%	86^th
1992 Jul-Sep	196	9	4.6%	65^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	4	3.1%	58^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	2	1.1%	21^st
1993 Jul-Sep	164	19	11.6%	96^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	3	2.2%	57^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	0	0.0%	0^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	18	8.2%	89^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	0	0.0%	0^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	8	15.7%	94^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	3	1.1%	44^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	1	0.4%	15^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	8	4.3%	71^st
1996 Jan-Mar	110	6	5.5%	75^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	23	12.6%	93^rd
1996 Jul-Sep	163	7	4.3%	71^st

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