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Delwin Morgan Clawson

Representative from California
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1963–1979ID C000476
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LegislationHEADLINE
5%with Dems
of 2,001 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
5%with Dems
of 2,001 · both combined
Steepest move
+7 pts
1967 → 1969
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 ↓196319691975
1977–7895th Congress
Sat as a Republican
3.3%with Democrats
of 482 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, +7 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 14, 1978H.R. 10979No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 9937No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 13511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13511), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 13750No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1978H.Res. 1448No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 12467No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978S. 2493No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 12250No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 4018No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 482 contested votes scored in the 95th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance5.2% · 250 votes
Congress4.3% · 139 votes
Energy4.2% · 95 votes
International Affairs3.4% · 89 votes
Government Operations and Politics4.7% · 86 votes
Labor and Employment2.4% · 41 votes
Transportation and Public Works2.6% · 39 votes
Armed Forces and National Security12.5% · 32 votes
Agriculture and Food13.3% · 30 votes
Taxation7.1% · 28 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources3.8% · 26 votes
Law0% · 22 votes
Environmental Protection0% · 21 votes
Education16.7% · 18 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance5.9% · 17 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement6.3% · 16 votes
Commerce0% · 15 votes
Industrial relations0% · 14 votes
Health0% · 13 votes
District of Columbia0% · 12 votes
Finance and Financial Sector0% · 11 votes
Mines and mineral resources0% · 11 votes
Social Welfare0% · 11 votes
Housing and Community Development0% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9 votes
Lobbying— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6 votes
Black lung— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Public works— · 6 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 4 votes
Income tax— · 4 votes
Municipal finance— · 4 votes
Private Legislation— · 4 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 3 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
Embargo— · 3 votes
Financial disclosure— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Cultural centers— · 2 votes
Electronic surveillance— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Government securities— · 2 votes
Home repair and improvement— · 2 votes
International economic relations— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Museums— · 2 votes
Petroleum industry— · 2 votes
Political participation— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Water Resources Development— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Animals— · 1 vote
Aquaculture— · 1 vote
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Conferences— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Domestic relations— · 1 vote
Earthquakes— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Impeachments— · 1 vote
Import restrictions— · 1 vote
Indian claims— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Native Americans— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Political representation— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Territories (U.S.)— · 1 vote

They also voted in 74 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Barber and beauty shops, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Contested elections, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Droughts, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rehabilitation, Revenue sharing, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Terrorism, 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
88th · 196395th · 1977
Republican · House · CA88th–95th
Term datesexact
Members · California
DC

Delwin Morgan Clawson

Representative from California
HOUSER1963–19798 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
5.4%with Democrats
of 2,001 votes · 94.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested5%of 2,001 · combined
Steepest move+7 pts1967→69, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019631977
1977–78 · 95th · Republican · of 482 votes3.3%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 · 482 contested votes scored in the 95th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance5.2% · 250
Congress4.3% · 139
Energy4.2% · 95
International Affairs3.4% · 89
Government Operations and Politics4.7% · 86
Labor and Employment2.4% · 41
Transportation and Public Works2.6% · 39
Armed Forces and National Security12.5% · 32
Agriculture and Food13.3% · 30
Taxation7.1% · 28
Public Lands and Natural Resources3.8% · 26
Law0% · 22
Environmental Protection0% · 21
Education16.7% · 18
Foreign Trade and International Finance5.9% · 17
Crime and Law Enforcement6.3% · 16
Commerce0% · 15
Industrial relations0% · 14
Health0% · 13
District of Columbia0% · 12
Finance and Financial Sector0% · 11
Mines and mineral resources0% · 11
Social Welfare0% · 11
Housing and Community Development0% · 10
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9
Lobbying— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6
Black lung— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Public works— · 6
Commemorations— · 4
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Income tax— · 4
Municipal finance— · 4
Private Legislation— · 4
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 3
Coins and coinage— · 3
Congressional-executive relations— · 3
Credit— · 3
Embargo— · 3
Financial disclosure— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Cultural centers— · 2
Electronic surveillance— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Government securities— · 2
Home repair and improvement— · 2
International economic relations— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Museums— · 2
Petroleum industry— · 2
Political participation— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Water Resources Development— · 2
Youth— · 2
Animals— · 1
Aquaculture— · 1
Chemicals— · 1
Conferences— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Domestic relations— · 1
Earthquakes— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Impeachments— · 1
Import restrictions— · 1
Indian claims— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Native Americans— · 1
Noise— · 1
Political representation— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Territories (U.S.)— · 1

Also voted in 74 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Barber and beauty shops, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Contested elections, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Droughts, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rehabilitation, Revenue sharing, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

88th · 196395th · 1977
Republican88th–95th

Party switchers

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