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FILE · R000383
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Robert A. Roe

Representative for New Jersey, district 8 · Democrat

Born 1924 · Died 2014

Democrat · NJ House 1969–1993
10,435votes cast 91.1%attendance 90.8%party loyalty 12congresses served
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Robert A. Roe

Recent bills they sponsored
  • H.R. 6167 · Water Resources Development Act of 1992 October 5, 1992 · Public Law 102-580
  • H.R. 6164 · To amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act to authorize appropriations for maintenance, repair, alteration, and … October 5, 1992 · Public Law 102-500
  • H.R. 6163 · To designate certain Federal buildings. October 5, 1992 · Passed House
  • H.R. 6162 · To designate an area for which environmental and other streambank restoration measures are authorized as the … October 5, 1992 · Passed House
  • H.R. 6161 · To designate the Gallipolis Locks and Dam, Ohio River, Ohio and West Virginia, as the "Robert C. Byrd Locks a… October 5, 1992 · In committee
From the current-Congress bills Power & Politics tracks. This is not a complete count.
Every term served
12 terms
ChamberRepresentsPartyTerm dates
HouseNew Jersey · District 8DemocratJanuary 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993
HouseNew Jersey · District 8DemocratJanuary 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991
HouseNew Jersey · District 8DemocratJanuary 6, 1987 – January 3, 1989
HouseNew Jersey · District 8DemocratJanuary 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987
HouseNew Jersey · District 8DemocratJanuary 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985
HouseNew Jersey · District 8DemocratJanuary 5, 1981 – January 3, 1983
HouseNew Jersey · District 8DemocratJanuary 15, 1979 – January 3, 1981
HouseNew Jersey · District 8DemocratJanuary 4, 1977 – January 3, 1979
HouseNew Jersey · District 8DemocratJanuary 14, 1975 – January 3, 1977
HouseNew Jersey · District 8DemocratJanuary 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975
HouseNew Jersey · District 8DemocratJanuary 21, 1971 – January 3, 1973
HouseNew Jersey · District 8DemocratJanuary 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971
These are the official start and end dates of each term. A member who left early or arrived late served only part of it.

Source: congress-legislators, a public-domain record of every member of Congress, checked October 20, 2026.

The Constitution
Where they sit

Ideology, measured from every vote they cast

DW-NOMINATE first dimension (Voteview, UCLA), shown against the 102nd Congress House.

The record

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Record timeline

  1. · Bills sponsored

    Latest official action on H.R. 6167: Became Public Law No: 102-580.

    Congress.gov bill record · Our file

  2. · Bills sponsored

    Latest official action on H.R. 6164: Became Public Law No: 102-500.

    Congress.gov bill record · Our file

  3. · Bills sponsored

    Latest official action on H.R. 6163: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

    Congress.gov bill record · Our file

  4. · Bills sponsored

    Latest official action on H.R. 6162: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

    Congress.gov bill record · Our file

  5. · Bills sponsored

    Latest official action on H.Con.Res. 374: Referred to the Subcommittee on Census and Population.

    Congress.gov bill record · Our file

  6. · Bills sponsored

    Latest official action on H.R. 6161: An objection was heard to the unanimous consent request to consider the measure.

    Congress.gov bill record · Our file

  7. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — Recorded vote (House Roll Call 488 (102nd Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Passed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  8. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass: H.R. 6179 (House Roll Call 487 (102nd Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Passed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  9. · Roll-call votes

    Recorded as not voting — Recorded vote (House Roll Call 486 (102nd Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Failed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  10. · Roll-call votes

    Recorded as not voting — SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS, AS AMENDED: S. 1704 (House Roll Call 485 (102nd Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Passed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

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Recorded positions over time

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Voting records reproduced from the official Journals of the House and Senate (compiled by Voteview, UCLA) · each measure's file links its official government record · sources & methodology · data as of October 23, 2026