Members of Congress / Thomas Petri

PETRI, Thomas Evert, a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Marinette, Marinette County, Wis., May 28, 1940; graduated from Lowell P. Goodrich High School, Fond du Lac, Wis., 1958; A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1962; J.D., Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass., 1965; clerk to United States Judge James Doyle of the Western District of Wisconsin, 1965; lawyer, private practice; Peace Corps volunteer, 1966-1967; White House aide, 1969-1970; member of the Wisconsin state senate, 1973-1979; delegate to the Republican state conventions, 1973 to present; unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1974; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy due to the death of United States Representative William A. Steiger, and reelected to the fourteen succeeding Congresses (April 3, 1979-present). (Source.)

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· 110th Congress: Representative, Wisconsin (Dist. 6), Republican. Jan. 4, 2007, to Jan. 3, 2009.
· 109th Congress: Representative, Wisconsin (Dist. 6), Republican. Jan. 3, 2005, to Jan. 3, 2007.
· 108th Congress: Representative, Wisconsin (Dist. 6), Republican. Jan. 3, 2003, to Jan. 3, 2005.
· 107th Congress: Representative, Wisconsin (Dist. 6), Republican. Jan. 3, 2001, to Jan. 3, 2003.
· 106th Congress: Representative, Wisconsin (Dist. 6), Republican. Jan. 3, 1999, to Jan. 3, 2001.
· 105th Congress: Representative, Wisconsin (Dist. 6), Republican. Jan. 3, 1997, to Jan. 3, 1999.
· 104th Congress: Representative, Wisconsin (Dist. 6), Republican. Jan. 3, 1995, to Jan. 3, 1997.
· 103rd Congress: Representative, Wisconsin (Dist. 6), Republican. Jan. 3, 1993, to Jan. 3, 1995.
· 102nd Congress: Representative, Wisconsin (Dist. 6), Republican. Jan. 3, 1991, to Jan. 3, 1993.

See how Thomas Petri voted on key votes -- the most important bills, nominations and resolutions that have come before Congress, as determined by washingtonpost.com.

Thomas Petri has missed 7 votes (0.5%) during the current Congress. See a list of his missed votes since 1991 or see a full list of vote missers.

Thomas Petri has voted with a majority of his Republican colleagues 88.0% of the time during the current Congress. This percentage does not include votes in which Petri did not vote. See a list of his votes against his party since 1991, a list of all Representatives in the 110th Congress with a similar score, or a full list of party voters.

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• 2006
• 2005