Alphonzo Bell

Representative from California

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1961–1977ID B000330

LegislationHEADLINE

33%with Dems

of 1,438 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

33%with Dems

of 1,438 · both combined

Steepest move

+18 pts

1963 → 1965

still a Republican

Career arc

Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.

100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓196119671973

1975–7694th Congress

Sat as a Republican

24.1%with Democrats

of 357 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1963 → 1965, +18 pts — within one party label.

Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with

Oct 1, 1976H.R. 11337No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Oct 1, 1976S. 3131No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 1, 1976H.R. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10210), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Oct 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Oct 1, 1976H.Res. 1591No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Oct 1, 1976H.R. 12572No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 30, 1976S. 3521No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Sep 30, 1976H.R. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 357 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

Economics and Public Finance29.7% · 128 votes

Congress22.1% · 68 votes

Energy33.3% · 48 votes

Government Operations and Politics14.9% · 47 votes

International Affairs56.7% · 30 votes

Labor and Employment58.3% · 24 votes

Transportation and Public Works39.1% · 23 votes

Agriculture and Food13.6% · 22 votes

Taxation26.3% · 19 votes

Armed Forces and National Security29.4% · 17 votes

Commerce13.3% · 15 votes

Mines and mineral resources14.3% · 14 votes

Law53.8% · 13 votes

Crime and Law Enforcement20% · 10 votes

Too few contested votes to score

District of Columbia— · 9 votes

Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 9 votes

Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes

Health— · 8 votes

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 7 votes

Education— · 7 votes

Science, Technology, Communications— · 7 votes

Housing and Community Development— · 6 votes

Environmental Protection— · 5 votes

Finance and Financial Sector— · 5 votes

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 5 votes

Independent regulatory commissions— · 5 votes

Commemorations— · 4 votes

Depletion allowances— · 4 votes

Lobbying— · 4 votes

Private Legislation— · 4 votes

Social Welfare— · 4 votes

Coins and coinage— · 3 votes

Petroleum industry— · 3 votes

Public works— · 3 votes

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 2 votes

Congressional-executive relations— · 2 votes

Credit— · 2 votes

Executive reorganization— · 2 votes

International economic relations— · 2 votes

Mortgages— · 2 votes

Political participation— · 2 votes

Printing— · 2 votes

Real property— · 2 votes

Chemicals— · 1 vote

Conferences— · 1 vote

Congressional oversight— · 1 vote

Emergency Management— · 1 vote

Gold— · 1 vote

Government corporations— · 1 vote

Heating— · 1 vote

Immigration— · 1 vote

Industrial relations— · 1 vote

Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote

Lakes— · 1 vote

Life insurance— · 1 vote

Livestock— · 1 vote

Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote

Motor vehicles— · 1 vote

Native Americans— · 1 vote

Noise— · 1 vote

Postal rates and revenues— · 1 vote

Power resources— · 1 vote

Right of privacy— · 1 vote

Right to counsel— · 1 vote

Rivers— · 1 vote

Territories (U.S.)— · 1 vote

Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

Youth— · 1 vote

They also voted in 46 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Constitutional amendments, Corporations, Dairy industry, Day care, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Postal service, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Refugees, Revenue sharing, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

8 Congresses

87th · 196194th · 1975

Republican · House · CA87th–94th

Term datesexact

Alphonzo Bell

Representative from California

HOUSER1961–19778 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

32.5%with Democrats

of 1,438 votes · 67.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested33%of 1,438 · combined

Steepest move+18 pts1963→65, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019611975

1975–76 · 94th · Republican · of 357 votes24.1%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.

Democratic majorityYea

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 357 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career

Economics and Public Finance29.7% · 128

Congress22.1% · 68

Energy33.3% · 48

Government Operations and Politics14.9% · 47

International Affairs56.7% · 30

Labor and Employment58.3% · 24

Transportation and Public Works39.1% · 23

Agriculture and Food13.6% · 22

Taxation26.3% · 19

Armed Forces and National Security29.4% · 17

Commerce13.3% · 15

Mines and mineral resources14.3% · 14

Law53.8% · 13

Crime and Law Enforcement20% · 10

District of Columbia— · 9

Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 9

Vietnamese Conflict— · 9

Health— · 8

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 7

Education— · 7

Science, Technology, Communications— · 7

Housing and Community Development— · 6

Environmental Protection— · 5

Finance and Financial Sector— · 5

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 5

Independent regulatory commissions— · 5

Commemorations— · 4

Depletion allowances— · 4

Lobbying— · 4

Private Legislation— · 4

Social Welfare— · 4

Coins and coinage— · 3

Petroleum industry— · 3

Public works— · 3

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 2

Congressional-executive relations— · 2

Credit— · 2

Executive reorganization— · 2

International economic relations— · 2

Mortgages— · 2

Political participation— · 2

Printing— · 2

Real property— · 2

Chemicals— · 1

Conferences— · 1

Congressional oversight— · 1

Emergency Management— · 1

Gold— · 1

Government corporations— · 1

Heating— · 1

Immigration— · 1

Industrial relations— · 1

Intergovernmental relations— · 1

Lakes— · 1

Life insurance— · 1

Livestock— · 1

Monuments and memorials— · 1

Motor vehicles— · 1

Native Americans— · 1

Noise— · 1

Postal rates and revenues— · 1

Power resources— · 1

Right of privacy— · 1

Right to counsel— · 1

Rivers— · 1

Territories (U.S.)— · 1

Water Resources Development— · 1

Youth— · 1

Also voted in 46 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Constitutional amendments, Corporations, Dairy industry, Day care, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Postal service, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Refugees, Revenue sharing, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

87th · 196194th · 1975

Republican87th–94th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40th Wesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105th Ben Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th