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Dan Burton

Representative for Indiana, district 5 · Republican

Born 1938

Republican · IN House 1983–2013
16,858votes cast 94.5%attendance 91.3%party loyalty 15congresses served
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Dan Burton

Recent bills they sponsored
  • H.R. 6650 · To amend title 39, United States Code, to allow the United States Postal Service to provide nonpostal service… December 12, 2012 · In committee
  • H.R. 5027 · To extend the temporary suspension of duty on mixed isomers of 1,3-dichloropropene. April 27, 2012 · In committee
  • H.R. 5026 · To extend the temporary suspension of duty on 4,4-Dimethoxy-2-butanone. April 27, 2012 · In committee
  • H.R. 5025 · To extend the temporary suspension of duty on trifluralin. April 27, 2012 · In committee
  • H.R. 5024 · To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Benfluralin. April 27, 2012 · In committee
From the current-Congress bills Power & Politics tracks. This is not a complete count.
Every term served
15 terms
ChamberRepresentsPartyTerm dates
HouseIndiana · District 5RepublicanJanuary 5, 2011 – January 3, 2013
HouseIndiana · District 5RepublicanJanuary 6, 2009 – January 3, 2011
HouseIndiana · District 5RepublicanJanuary 4, 2007 – January 3, 2009
HouseIndiana · District 5RepublicanJanuary 4, 2005 – January 3, 2007
HouseIndiana · District 5RepublicanJanuary 7, 2003 – January 3, 2005
HouseIndiana · District 6RepublicanJanuary 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003
HouseIndiana · District 6RepublicanJanuary 6, 1999 – January 3, 2001
HouseIndiana · District 6RepublicanJanuary 7, 1997 – January 3, 1999
HouseIndiana · District 6RepublicanJanuary 4, 1995 – January 3, 1997
HouseIndiana · District 6RepublicanJanuary 5, 1993 – January 3, 1995
HouseIndiana · District 6RepublicanJanuary 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993
HouseIndiana · District 6RepublicanJanuary 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991
HouseIndiana · District 6RepublicanJanuary 6, 1987 – January 3, 1989
HouseIndiana · District 6RepublicanJanuary 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987
HouseIndiana · District 6RepublicanJanuary 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985
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 112th Congress House.

The record

Every roll-call vote on file

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The record, in order

Record timeline

  1. · Campaign finance (FEC)

    FEC financial summary for candidate ID H2IN06023, 2026 cycle, coverage through June 30, 2026: total receipts $0.00, total disbursements $8,263.70, cash on hand at close of period $17,052.45, as reported to the FEC

    FEC candidate record

  2. · Campaign finance (FEC)

    FEC financial summary for candidate ID H2IN06023, 2024 cycle, coverage through December 31, 2024: total receipts $283.00, total disbursements $37,148.24, cash on hand at close of period $25,316.15, as reported to the FEC

    FEC candidate record

  3. · Campaign finance (FEC)

    FEC financial summary for candidate ID H2IN06023, 2022 cycle, coverage through December 31, 2022: total receipts $7,972.69, total disbursements $20,667.14, cash on hand at close of period $62,181.39, as reported to the FEC

    FEC candidate record

  4. · Campaign finance (FEC)

    FEC financial summary for candidate ID H2IN06023, 2020 cycle, coverage through December 31, 2020: total receipts $1,642.86, total disbursements $31,830.00, cash on hand at close of period $75,442.84, as reported to the FEC

    FEC candidate record

  5. · Campaign finance (FEC)

    FEC financial summary for candidate ID H2IN06023, 2018 cycle, coverage through December 31, 2018: total receipts $859.88, total disbursements $17,309.00, cash on hand at close of period $105,985.42, as reported to the FEC

    FEC candidate record

  6. · Campaign finance (FEC)

    FEC financial summary for candidate ID H2IN06023, 2016 cycle, coverage through December 31, 2016: total receipts $1,101.93, total disbursements $44,199.31, cash on hand at close of period $127,141.25, as reported to the FEC

    FEC candidate record

  7. · Campaign finance (FEC)

    FEC financial summary for candidate ID H2IN06023, 2014 cycle, coverage through December 31, 2014: total receipts $1,689.62, total disbursements $81,830.90, cash on hand at close of period $170,238.63, as reported to the FEC

    FEC candidate record

  8. · Roll-call votes

    Recorded as not voting — On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments: H.R. 8 (House Roll Call 659 (112th Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Passed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  9. · Roll-call votes

    Recorded as not voting — On Agreeing to the Resolution: H.Res. 844 (House Roll Call 658 (112th Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Passed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  10. · Roll-call votes

    Recorded as not voting — On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment: H.R. 4212 (House Roll Call 657 (112th Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Passed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

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Same measure, over time

Recorded positions over time

On 49 measures the recorded Yea or Nay differs between two votes. On 330 measures the recorded position is the same across two or more votes.

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Attendance

Last 96 roll calls

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Votes cast by year

Financial disclosures and stock trades

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In the courts

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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 22, 2026