Members of Congress / Bill Emerson

Biographical Information

EMERSON, Norvell William (Bill), (husband of Jo Ann Emerson), a Representative from Missouri; born in St. Louis, Jefferson County, Mo., January 1, 1938; raised in Jefferson County and attended public schools in Hillsboro; served as a page in the United States House of Representatives in the Eighty-third and Eighty-fourth Congresses; graduated from United States Capitol Page School, Washington, D.C., 1955; B.A., Westminster College, Fulton, Mo., 1959; attended University of Missouri Law School, Columbia, 1960; LL.B., University of Baltimore, Baltimore, Md., 1964; United States Air Force Reserve, captain, 1964-1992; special assistant to United States Representative Robert F. Ellsworth, 1961-1965; special assistant to United States Representative and Senator Charles McC. Mathias, Jr., 1965-1970; director, government relations, Fairchild Industries, 1970-1973; director, public affairs, Interstate Natural Gas Association, 1974-1975; executive assistant to chairman, Federal Election Commission, 1975; director, federal relations, TRW, Inc., 1975-1979; president, N. William Emerson and Associates, government relations consultants, 1979-1980; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-seventh and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1981-June 22, 1996); died on June 22, 1996, in Bethesda, Md. (Source.)

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Roles in Congress

· 104th Congress: Representative, Missouri (Dist. 8), Republican. Jan. 3, 1995, to June 22, 1996.
· 103rd Congress: Representative, Missouri (Dist. 8), Republican. Jan. 3, 1993, to Jan. 3, 1995.
· 102nd Congress: Representative, Missouri (Dist. 8), Republican. Jan. 3, 1991, to Jan. 3, 1993.

Last Votes

Date	Vote	Position	GOP opinion	DEM opinion
6/20/96	Vote 268: H R 3662: Interior Appropriations for F.Y. 1997	Not Voting	Yes	No
6/20/96	Vote 267: H R 3662: Interior Appropriations for F.Y. 1997	Not Voting	No	Yes
6/20/96	Vote 266: H R 3662	Not Voting	No	Yes
6/20/96	Vote 265: H R 3662	Not Voting	No	No
6/20/96	Vote 264: H R 3662	Not Voting	No	No
6/20/96	Vote 263: H R 3662	Not Voting	Yes	No
6/20/96	Vote 262: H R 3662	Not Voting	No	Yes
6/20/96	Vote 261: H R 3662	Not Voting	Yes	No
6/20/96	Vote 260: H R 3662	Not Voting	No	Yes
6/20/96	Vote 259: H R 3662	Not Voting	Yes	No
6/19/96	Vote 258: H R 3662	Not Voting	No	Yes
6/19/96	Vote 257: H R 3662	Not Voting	No	Yes
6/19/96	Vote 256: H R 3662	Not Voting	No	Yes
6/19/96	Vote 255: H R 3662	Not Voting	No	Yes
6/19/96	Vote 254: H R 3662	Not Voting	No	Yes
6/19/96	Vote 253: H R 3662	Not Voting	No	Yes
6/19/96	Vote 252: H R 3662	Not Voting	Yes	No
6/19/96	Vote 251: H R 3662	Not Voting	No	Yes
6/19/96	Vote 250: H R 3107: Iran and Libya Sanctions Act	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
6/19/96	Vote 249: H R 3005: Securities Amendments of 1996	Not Voting	Yes	Yes

Full list of votes by Bill Emerson