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Thaddeus George McCotter

Representative for Michigan, district 11 · Republican

Born 1965

Republican · MI House 2003–2013
7,174votes cast 97.8%attendance 92.4%party loyalty 5congresses served
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Official details

Thaddeus George McCotter

Recent bills they sponsored
  • H.Res. 416 · Condemning Communist China's discrimination, harassment, imprisonment, torture, and execution of its prisoner… September 23, 2011 · In committee
  • H.R. 2889 · Save Social Security Act September 12, 2011 · In committee
  • H.R. 2261 · To withhold United States contributions to the United Nations or a United Nations agency if the United Nation… June 21, 2011 · In committee
  • H.R. 1782 · To implement the recommendations of the report of the Government Accountability Office entitled "Opportunitie… May 5, 2011 · In committee
  • H.Res. 241 · Honoring the members of the United States Armed Forces, the intelligence community, and the Obama and Bush Ad… May 3, 2011 · In committee
From the current-Congress bills Power & Politics tracks. This is not a complete count.
Every term served
5 terms
ChamberRepresentsPartyTerm dates
HouseMichigan · District 11RepublicanJanuary 5, 2011 – July 6, 2012
HouseMichigan · District 11RepublicanJanuary 6, 2009 – January 3, 2011
HouseMichigan · District 11RepublicanJanuary 4, 2007 – January 3, 2009
HouseMichigan · District 11RepublicanJanuary 4, 2005 – January 3, 2007
HouseMichigan · District 11RepublicanJanuary 7, 2003 – January 3, 2005
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 November 3, 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. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — On Agreeing to the Conference Report: H.R. 4348 (House Roll Call 451 (112th Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Passed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  2. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — On Passage: H.R. 5972 (House Roll Call 450 (112th Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Passed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  3. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Nay — On Motion to Recommit with Instructions: H.R. 5972 (House Roll Call 449 (112th Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Failed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  4. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — On Agreeing to the Amendment: H.R. 5972 (House Roll Call 448 (112th Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Agreed to

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  5. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — On Agreeing to the Amendment: H.R. 5972 (House Roll Call 447 (112th Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Agreed to

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  6. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — On Agreeing to the Amendment: H.R. 5972 (House Roll Call 446 (112th Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Agreed to

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  7. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — On Agreeing to the Amendment: H.R. 5972 (House Roll Call 445 (112th Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Failed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  8. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — On Agreeing to the Resolution: H.Res. 717 (House Roll Call 444 (112th Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Passed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  9. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — On Motion to Table: H.Res. 718 (House Roll Call 443 (112th Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Passed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  10. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — On Agreeing to the Resolution: H.Res. 706 (House Roll Call 442 (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

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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 November 3, 2026