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John Chester Culver

Senator from Iowa
SENATEDEMOCRAT1965–1981ID C000979
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LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 2,351 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 2,351 · both combined
Steepest move
+11 pts
1973 → 1975
still a Democrat

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 ↓196519711977
1979–8096th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
89.2%with Democrats
of 388 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1973 → 1975, +11 pts — while still a Democrat.
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
Dec 11, 1980noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 11, 1980noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 11, 1980noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Dec 11, 1980noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 11, 1980noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 10, 1980noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 10, 1980noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 10, 1980noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 10, 1980noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 388 contested votes scored in the 96th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance84.5% · 239 votes
Energy93.4% · 152 votes
Government Operations and Politics94.7% · 133 votes
Taxation96.6% · 118 votes
Congress82.6% · 109 votes
International Affairs93.5% · 92 votes
Armed Forces and National Security85.9% · 85 votes
Law100% · 67 votes
Agriculture and Food86% · 57 votes
Labor and Employment92.3% · 52 votes
Transportation and Public Works88.1% · 42 votes
Education100% · 40 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources100% · 34 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues96.8% · 31 votes
Animals100% · 30 votes
Environmental Protection100% · 30 votes
Commerce96.3% · 27 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance81.5% · 27 votes
Depletion allowances100% · 23 votes
Social Welfare95.5% · 22 votes
Income tax88.9% · 18 votes
Power resources100% · 17 votes
Housing and Community Development81.3% · 16 votes
District of Columbia100% · 13 votes
Independent regulatory commissions100% · 12 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations100% · 11 votes
Health100% · 11 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement90% · 10 votes
Mines and mineral resources100% · 10 votes
Political participation90% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Political representation— · 9 votes
Amnesties— · 7 votes
Age and employment— · 6 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 6 votes
Solar heating and cooling— · 6 votes
Black lung— · 5 votes
Day care— · 5 votes
Embargo— · 5 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 5 votes
Industrial relations— · 5 votes
Intergovernmental relations— · 5 votes
Mortgages— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 4 votes
Public works— · 4 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 4 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Heating— · 3 votes
International monetary system— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Range management— · 3 votes
Automobile insurance— · 2 votes
Families— · 2 votes
Government corporations— · 2 votes
Government securities— · 2 votes
Motor vehicles— · 2 votes
Private Legislation— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Dairy industry— · 1 vote
Federal advisory bodies— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental fiscal relations— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Lobbying— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Territories (U.S.)— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 47 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Auditing, Awards, medals, prizes, Child abuse, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Droughts, Economic stabilization, Electronic surveillance, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Gambling, Home repair and improvement, Human experimentation in medicine, Impeachments, Import restrictions, Interest, Investment guaranty insurance, Lakes, Land use, Lead poisoning, Lotteries, Medical supplies, Minorities, Mobile homes, Monuments and memorials, Municipal finance, Narcotics, Native Americans, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Postal rates and revenues, Postal service, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Refugees, Revenue sharing, Rivers, Salaries, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

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

Service record

8 Congresses
89th · 196594th · 197596th · 1979
Democrat · House · IA89th–93rd
Democrat · Senate · IA94th–96th
Term datesexact
Members · Iowa
JC

John Chester Culver

Senator from Iowa
SENATED1965–19818 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
90.9%with Democrats
of 2,351 votes · 9.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested91%of 2,351 · combined
Steepest move+11 pts1973→75, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019651979
1979–80 · 96th · Democrat · of 388 votes89.2%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 388 contested votes scored in the 96th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance84.5% · 239
Energy93.4% · 152
Government Operations and Politics94.7% · 133
Taxation96.6% · 118
Congress82.6% · 109
International Affairs93.5% · 92
Armed Forces and National Security85.9% · 85
Law100% · 67
Agriculture and Food86% · 57
Labor and Employment92.3% · 52
Transportation and Public Works88.1% · 42
Education100% · 40
Public Lands and Natural Resources100% · 34
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues96.8% · 31
Animals100% · 30
Environmental Protection100% · 30
Commerce96.3% · 27
Foreign Trade and International Finance81.5% · 27
Depletion allowances100% · 23
Social Welfare95.5% · 22
Income tax88.9% · 18
Power resources100% · 17
Housing and Community Development81.3% · 16
District of Columbia100% · 13
Independent regulatory commissions100% · 12
Congressional-Presidential relations100% · 11
Health100% · 11
Crime and Law Enforcement90% · 10
Mines and mineral resources100% · 10
Political participation90% · 10
Political representation— · 9
Amnesties— · 7
Age and employment— · 6
Science, Technology, Communications— · 6
Solar heating and cooling— · 6
Black lung— · 5
Day care— · 5
Embargo— · 5
Finance and Financial Sector— · 5
Industrial relations— · 5
Intergovernmental relations— · 5
Mortgages— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Public works— · 4
Vietnamese Conflict— · 4
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3
Coins and coinage— · 3
Heating— · 3
International monetary system— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Range management— · 3
Automobile insurance— · 2
Families— · 2
Government corporations— · 2
Government securities— · 2
Motor vehicles— · 2
Private Legislation— · 2
Real property— · 2
Congressional oversight— · 1
Dairy industry— · 1
Federal advisory bodies— · 1
Gold— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Intergovernmental fiscal relations— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Lobbying— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Territories (U.S.)— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 47 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Auditing, Awards, medals, prizes, Child abuse, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Droughts, Economic stabilization, Electronic surveillance, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Gambling, Home repair and improvement, Human experimentation in medicine, Impeachments, Import restrictions, Interest, Investment guaranty insurance, Lakes, Land use, Lead poisoning, Lotteries, Medical supplies, Minorities, Mobile homes, Monuments and memorials, Municipal finance, Narcotics, Native Americans, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Postal rates and revenues, Postal service, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Refugees, Revenue sharing, Rivers, Salaries, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Service record

89th · 196596th · 1979
Democrat89th–93rd
Democrat94th–96th

Party switchers

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