Subject Guides
Voting, elections & the electoral process
Voting records of legislatures
Guide Contents
Roll Call Votes
Compiling a member voting record (from LOC THOMAS) provides useful information.
- ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) Data ArchiveContains a number of data sets of congressional roll call data from 1787 forward. Data is available for download for analysis. For more information see Data Services for Social Sciences.
- CQ MagazineUse the 'Floor Votes" option to the left.
- ProQuest CongressionalUse "Members & Committees" to search for votes by member; or look for specific acts of legislation. The Congressional Record provides the most comprehensive listing of roll call votes.
- Project Vote SmartMaintains key vote records and statements for federal officials.
- Roll Call Votes (Congress.gov)Roll call votes from 1989 forward. For the daily votes see the House Clerk or the US Senate
- Politics in America (Bartle JK 1012 C63)Provides voting records for individual members on key votes.
- Congressional Roll Call (Bartle Ref JK 1 .C6635)1969-1979. Provides votes for all members of Congress and analysis.
- CQ Almanac (Bartle Ref JK 1 C66)1945 - 2006. Provides roll call votes on select pieces of legislation. For updates see the CQ Weekly link above.