Former U.S. Representative

Lee H. HamiltonNo longer serving

District IN‑9 Party Democratic In office 1965–1999

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Bills introduced

As sponsor, from the 107th Congress

Became law

Of the bills they introduced

Cosponsored

Signed on to someone else's bill

Recorded votes

4,118

Roll calls tied to a bill

Floor speeches

In the Congressional Record, from 2001

Biography

A Representative from Indiana. Born in Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Fla. , April 20, 1931. Attended the public schools of Evansville, Ind. Graduated from De Pauw University, 1952. Studied at Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in 1952 and 1953. Graduated from Indiana University School of Law, 1956. Lawyer, private practice. Treasurer of Bartholomew County Young Democrats, 1960-1963, and president, 1963-1964. Elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth and to the sixteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1999). Chairman, Select Committee on Intelligence (Ninety-ninth Congress), Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran (One Hundredth Congress), Joint Economic Committee (One Hundred First Congress). Committee on Foreign Affairs (One Hundred Third Congress). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Sixth Congress in 1998. Vice chair, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, 2002-2004. Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama, 2015. Died on February 3, 2026, in Bloomington, Ind.

Record

Every recorded vote, bill and floor speech, newest first.

Recorded votes tied to a bill, including procedural motions on it such as cloture. Votes on nominations are not listed.

Bill	Question	Voted	Date
HJRES 133	On Passage	Yea	Oct 9, 1998
HR 3874	Suspend the rules and agree to Conference Report	Yea	Oct 9, 1998
HRES 557	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree	Yea	Oct 9, 1998
HCONRES 331	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree	No	Oct 9, 1998
HRES 565	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree	Yea	Oct 9, 1998
HR 3150	On Agreeing to the Conference Report	Aye	Oct 9, 1998
HR 3150	Recommit Conference Report with Instructions	Nay	Oct 9, 1998
HR 4274	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Aye	Oct 8, 1998

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Party, state and chamber are those of this member's most recent term. Bills and cosponsorships are held from the 107th Congress onwards and recorded votes from the 101st, so a member who served before those points will show fewer than they filed, or none. Committee service is held from the 107th Congress onwards, dated from the House and Senate resolutions and Congressional Record notices that seat and remove members. Subcommittee assignments are made inside each committee and carry no official date, so a subcommittee seat is shown from the first to the last printed hearing, Congressional Directory edition or official roster that lists the member. Vote counts cover roll calls tied to a bill; the chambers also vote on procedure and nominations, which are not listed here. Office, telephone and website are not shown for a member who has left, because the ones on file were theirs while serving. Records come from Congress.gov and the Biographical Directory of Congress.