Former representative · New York's 1st district

Lee M. Zeldin

Lee M. Zeldin served in Congress from 2015 to 2023, last as a Republican representative for New York's 1st district. In the 117th Congress, 997 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 121, and cast 485 of 508 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Republican
Chamber
House
Former
In Congress since
Jan 6, 2015
Last term ended
Jan 3, 2023
Open in the Congress explorerOfficial record
Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
117th CongressHouse of Representatives99712.1%121 of 997 · rank 7 of 44395%485 of 508 · rank 345 of 443130 became law41%77 of 189

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 117th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.40+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. H.R. 5455: Terry Technical Correction ActYea
    Nov 29, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 307–101· Against party
  2. H.R. 5441: PAST Act of 2021Yea
    Nov 14, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 304–111· Against party
  3. H.R. 263: Big Cat Public Safety ActYea
    Jul 29, 2022· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 278–134· Against party
  4. H.R. 5118: Continental Divide Trail Completion ActYea
    Jul 29, 2022· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 296–128· Against party
  5. H.R. 8404: Respect for Marriage ActYea
    Jul 19, 2022· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 267–157· Against party
  6. H.R. 8294: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023Nay
    Jul 19, 2022· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 165–264· Against party
  7. H.R. 7900: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023Yea
    Jul 14, 2022· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 244–179· Against party
  8. H.R. 6825: Nonprofit Security Grant Program Improvement Act of 2022Yea
    May 16, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 288–129· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. H.R. 2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023Nay
    Dec 23, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Adt to the House Adt to the Senate Adt· Passed 225–201
  2. H.R. 7939: Veterans Auto and Education Improvement Act of 2022Yea
    Dec 22, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment· Passed 380–35
  3. S. 1402: Durbin Feeling Native American Languages Act of 2022Yea
    Dec 22, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 337–79
  4. S. 989: Native American Language Resource Center Act of 2022Yea
    Dec 22, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 342–71
  5. S. 5087: A bill to amend the Not Invisible Act of 2019 to extend, and provide additional support for, the activities of the Department of the Interior and the Department of Justice Joint Commission on Reducing Violent Crime Against Indians, and for other purposes.Yea
    Dec 22, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 374–44
  6. S. 4104: Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2022Yea
    Dec 22, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 360–55
  7. S. 3773: A bill to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation.Yea
    Dec 22, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 377–42
  8. S. 1942: National Heritage Area ActYea
    Dec 22, 2022· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 326–95
  9. H.R. 9640: Presidential Tax Filings and Audit Transparency Act of 2022Nay
    Dec 22, 2022· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 222–201
  10. S. 3308: Colorado River Indian Tribes Water Resiliency Act of 2022Yea
    Dec 21, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 397–12
  11. S. 3168: A bill to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to modify the enforceability date for certain provisions, and for other purposes.Yea
    Dec 21, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 378–33
  12. H.R. 1917: Hazard Eligibility and Local Projects ActYea
    Dec 21, 2022· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment· Passed 393–19

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

13 sponsored · 0 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced1292%
  2. Passed one chamber17.7%

Policy areas

  1. Armed Forces and National Security4
  2. International Affairs3
  3. Foreign Trade and International Finance2
  4. Crime and Law Enforcement1
  5. Government Operations and Politics1
  6. Immigration1
  7. Science, Technology, Communications1

Latest activity

  1. H.Con.Res. 45 Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the execution-style murders of United States citizens Ylli, Agron, and Mehmet Bytyqi in the Republic of Serbia in July 1999.
    Passed one chamber· International Affairs· Jul 18, 2022
  2. H.Con.Res. 100 Expressing the sense of Congress in opposition to the establishment of a new United States consulate or diplomatic mission in Jerusalem for outreach to Palestinians.
    Introduced· International Affairs· Jul 14, 2022
  3. H.R. 6940 Israel Anti-Boycott Act
    Introduced· Foreign Trade and International Finance· Mar 3, 2022
  4. H.R. 5790 Neutralizing Unfair Chinese Export Subsidies Act of 2021
    Introduced· Foreign Trade and International Finance· Oct 28, 2021
  5. H.Res. 283 Establishing a "Bill of Rights" to support United States law enforcement personnel nationwide in their work to protect our communities.
    Introduced· Crime and Law Enforcement· Oct 19, 2021
  6. H.R. 5303 September 11 Day of Remembrance Act
    Introduced· Government Operations and Politics· Sep 20, 2021
  7. H.R. 4073 Countering Hizballah in Lebanon’s Military Act of 2021
    Introduced· International Affairs· Jun 22, 2021
  8. H.R. 1995 Protecting Our Communities from Gang Violence Act of 2021
    Introduced· Immigration· May 18, 2021

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

No committee seats are listed.

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to New York's 1st district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Contract money is attributed to districts from the 118th Congress boundaries onward; this member's last district predates them.

Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2024 cycle

Raised
$118.2K
through Apr 17, 2023
Cash on hand
$0
From committees
-$6,000
0 committees
From contractor PACs
$0
0 PACs · — of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2024$118.2K-$6,000$00 PACs · — of committee money
2022$781.5K$138K$00 PACs · 0% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. House · New York's 1st districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
  2. House · New York's 1st districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
  3. House · New York's 1st districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
  4. House · New York's 1st districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.