Benjamin Reifel, former Representative for South Dakota's 1st Congressional District

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Benjamin Reifel </h1> <p> Former Representative for South Dakota’s 1<sup>st</sup> District </p> </div> <div class="action-row clearfix"> </div> <div class="row group"> <div id="track_panel_base" class="col-sm-8 col-md-6"> <div style="margin: .5em 0 1em 0"> <p> Reifel was the representative for <a href="/congress/members/SD">South Dakota</a>’s 1<sup>st</sup> congressional district and was a Republican. 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Choose from the options above to find the right way to contact Reifel.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="member-details"> <div class="ads footer leaderboard" data-zone="footer"> <div class="explainer">(<a href="/advertising">About Ads</a> | <a href="/accounts/membership">Hide These Ads</a>)</div> </div> <section id="voting-record"> <h2><span>Voting Record</span></h2> <h3>Missed Votes</h3> <p>From Jan 1961 to Dec 1970, Reifel missed 295 of 1,786 roll call votes, which is 16.5%. This is much worse than the median of 8.5% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 1970. The chart below reports missed votes over time.</p> <p><i> We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office. </i></p> <div id="voting_record_chart"> </div> <p style="text-align: center; margin-top: .5em; font-size: 90%;"><a href="#" onclick="$('#missedvotestable').slideDown(); $(this).hide(); return false;">Show the numbers...</a></p> <table id="missedvotestable" style="display: none"> <tr> <th>Time Period</th> <th>Votes Eligible</th> <th>Missed Votes</th> <th>Percent</th> <th>Percentile</th> </tr> <tr><td title="87th Congress, 1961, House, Q1"> 1961 Jan-Apr </td> <td style="text-align: center">22</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">4.5%</td> <td style="text-align: center">86<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="87th Congress, 1961, House, Q2"> 1961 May-Aug </td> <td style="text-align: center">65</td> <td style="text-align: center">6</td> <td style="text-align: center">9.2%</td> <td style="text-align: center">90<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="87th Congress, 1961, House, Q3"> 1961 Sep-Sep </td> <td style="text-align: center">29</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">3.4%</td> <td style="text-align: center">53<sup>rd</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="87th Congress, 1962, House, Q1"> 1962 Jan-Mar </td> <td style="text-align: center">21</td> <td style="text-align: center">0</td> <td style="text-align: center">0.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">0<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="87th Congress, 1962, House, Q2"> 1962 Apr-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">32</td> <td style="text-align: center">0</td> <td style="text-align: center">0.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">0<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="87th Congress, 1962, House, Q3"> 1962 Jul-Sep </td> <td style="text-align: center">49</td> <td style="text-align: center">5</td> <td style="text-align: center">10.2%</td> <td style="text-align: center">95<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="87th Congress, 1962, House, Q4"> 1962 Oct-Oct </td> <td style="text-align: center">22</td> <td style="text-align: center">5</td> <td style="text-align: center">22.7%</td> <td style="text-align: center">95<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="88th Congress, 1963, House, Q1"> 1963 Jan-Mar </td> <td style="text-align: center">9</td> <td style="text-align: center">0</td> <td style="text-align: center">0.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">0<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="88th Congress, 1963, House, Q2"> 1963 Apr-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">31</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">3.2%</td> <td style="text-align: center">57<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="88th Congress, 1963, House, Q3"> 1963 Jul-Sep </td> <td style="text-align: center">28</td> <td style="text-align: center">0</td> <td style="text-align: center">0.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">0<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="88th Congress, 1963, House, Q4"> 1963 Oct-Dec </td> <td style="text-align: center">50</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">2.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">23<sup>rd</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="88th Congress, 1964, House, Q1"> 1964 Jan-Mar </td> <td style="text-align: center">26</td> <td style="text-align: center">2</td> <td style="text-align: center">7.7%</td> <td style="text-align: center">84<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="88th Congress, 1964, House, Q2"> 1964 Apr-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">34</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">2.9%</td> <td style="text-align: center">56<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="88th Congress, 1964, House, Q3"> 1964 Jul-Sep </td> <td style="text-align: center">49</td> <td style="text-align: center">2</td> <td style="text-align: center">4.1%</td> <td style="text-align: center">62<sup>nd</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="88th Congress, 1964, House, Q4"> 1964 Oct-Oct </td> <td style="text-align: center">4</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">25.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">81<sup>st</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="89th Congress, 1965, House, Q1"> 1965 Jan-Mar </td> <td style="text-align: center">28</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">3.6%</td> <td style="text-align: center">25<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="89th Congress, 1965, House, Q2"> 1965 Apr-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">53</td> <td style="text-align: center">4</td> <td style="text-align: center">7.5%</td> <td style="text-align: center">39<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="89th Congress, 1965, House, Q3"> 1965 Jul-Sep </td> <td style="text-align: center">98</td> <td style="text-align: center">13</td> <td style="text-align: center">13.3%</td> <td style="text-align: center">69<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="89th Congress, 1965, House, Q4"> 1965 Oct-Oct </td> <td style="text-align: center">22</td> <td style="text-align: center">8</td> <td style="text-align: center">36.4%</td> <td style="text-align: center">80<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="89th Congress, 1966, House, Q1"> 1966 Jan-Mar </td> <td style="text-align: center">30</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">3.3%</td> <td style="text-align: center">21<sup>st</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="89th Congress, 1966, House, Q2"> 1966 Apr-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">51</td> <td style="text-align: center">8</td> <td style="text-align: center">15.7%</td> <td style="text-align: center">61<sup>st</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="89th Congress, 1966, House, Q3"> 1966 Jul-Sep </td> <td style="text-align: center">72</td> <td style="text-align: center">5</td> <td style="text-align: center">6.9%</td> <td style="text-align: center">23<sup>rd</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="89th Congress, 1966, House, Q4"> 1966 Oct-Oct </td> <td style="text-align: center">40</td> <td style="text-align: center">5</td> <td style="text-align: center">12.5%</td> <td style="text-align: center">36<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="90th Congress, 1967, House, Q1"> 1967 Jan-Mar </td> <td style="text-align: center">31</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">3.2%</td> <td style="text-align: center">44<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="90th Congress, 1967, House, Q2"> 1967 Apr-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">57</td> <td style="text-align: center">0</td> <td style="text-align: center">0.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">0<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="90th Congress, 1967, House, Q3"> 1967 Jul-Sep </td> <td style="text-align: center">59</td> <td style="text-align: center">0</td> <td style="text-align: center">0.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">0<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="90th Congress, 1967, House, Q4"> 1967 Oct-Dec </td> <td style="text-align: center">98</td> <td style="text-align: center">0</td> <td style="text-align: center">0.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">0<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="90th Congress, 1968, House, Q1"> 1968 Jan-Mar </td> <td style="text-align: center">38</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">2.6%</td> <td style="text-align: center">57<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="90th Congress, 1968, House, Q2"> 1968 Apr-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">79</td> <td style="text-align: center">1</td> <td style="text-align: center">1.3%</td> <td style="text-align: center">22<sup>nd</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="90th Congress, 1968, House, Q3"> 1968 Jul-Sep </td> <td style="text-align: center">91</td> <td style="text-align: center">4</td> <td style="text-align: center">4.4%</td> <td style="text-align: center">52<sup>nd</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="90th Congress, 1968, House, Q4"> 1968 Oct-Oct </td> <td style="text-align: center">25</td> <td style="text-align: center">6</td> <td style="text-align: center">24.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">73<sup>rd</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="91st Congress, 1969, House, Q1"> 1969 Jan-Mar </td> <td style="text-align: center">16</td> <td style="text-align: center">0</td> <td style="text-align: center">0.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">0<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="91st Congress, 1969, House, Q2"> 1969 Apr-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">28</td> <td style="text-align: center">10</td> <td style="text-align: center">35.7%</td> <td style="text-align: center">92<sup>nd</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="91st Congress, 1969, House, Q3"> 1969 Jul-Sep </td> <td style="text-align: center">45</td> <td style="text-align: center">10</td> <td style="text-align: center">22.2%</td> <td style="text-align: center">81<sup>st</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="91st Congress, 1969, House, Q4"> 1969 Oct-Dec </td> <td style="text-align: center">88</td> <td style="text-align: center">44</td> <td style="text-align: center">50.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">97<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="91st Congress, 1970, House, Q1"> 1970 Jan-Mar </td> <td style="text-align: center">35</td> <td style="text-align: center">7</td> <td style="text-align: center">20.0%</td> <td style="text-align: center">69<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="91st Congress, 1970, House, Q2"> 1970 Apr-Jun </td> <td style="text-align: center">74</td> <td style="text-align: center">26</td> <td style="text-align: center">35.1%</td> <td style="text-align: center">85<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="91st Congress, 1970, House, Q3"> 1970 Jul-Sep </td> <td style="text-align: center">76</td> <td style="text-align: center">56</td> <td style="text-align: center">73.7%</td> <td style="text-align: center">97<sup>th</sup></td></tr> <tr><td title="91st Congress, 1970, House, Q4"> 1970 Oct-Dec </td> <td style="text-align: center">81</td> <td style="text-align: center">58</td> <td style="text-align: center">71.6%</td> <td style="text-align: center">95<sup>th</sup></td></tr> </table>  </section> <section> <h2><span>Primary Sources</span></h2> <p>The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:</p> <ul style="list-style: none; padding: 0;"> <li><a href="https://github.com/unitedstates/congress-legislators">unitedstates/congress-legislators</a>, a community project gathering congressional information</li> <li><a href="http://voteview.com/dwnl.htm">United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990</a> by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole. </li> <li>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</li> </ul> </section> </div> <div id="pronunciation_modal" class="modal fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="pronunciationModalTitle" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="modal-dialog" role="document"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> <h2 class="modal-title" id="pronunciationModalTitle">Pronunciation Guide</h2> <button type="button" class="btn-close btn-close-white" data-bs-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"></button> </div> <div class="modal-body"> <center> <p>Benjamin Reifel is pronounced:</p> <p style="font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold; font-family: monospace;"></p> <p>The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:</p> <p>Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.</p> </center> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <footer id="footer"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <nav class="col-6 col-md-2"> <ul> <li><a href="/">Home</a></li> <li><a href="/about">About GovTrack</a></li> <li><a href="/about-our-data">About the Data</a></li> <li><a href="/contact">Contact Us</a></li> <li><a href="/legal">Privacy & Legal</a></li> </ul> </nav> <nav class="col-6 col-md-2"> <ul> <li><a href="/posts/news"><i class="fas fa-list fa-fw"></i>Site News</a></li> <li><a rel="me" href="https://mastodon.social/@GovTrack"><i class="fab fa-mastodon fa-fw"></i>Mastodon</a></li> <li><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/govtrack.us"><i class="fab fa-bluesky fa-fw"></i>Bluesky</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/govtrack"><i class="fas fa-dollar-sign fa-fw"></i><span>Patreon</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/govtrack"><i class="fab fa-github fa-fw"></i><span>GitHub</span></a></li> </ul> </nav> <section class="col-12 col-md-8"> <p>GovTrack helps everyone learn about and track the activities of the United States Congress. 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