Chester Earl Holifield

Representative from California

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1943–1975ID H000713

LegislationHEADLINE

91%with Dems

of 1,927 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

91%with Dems

of 1,927 · both combined

Steepest move

−13 pts

1951 → 1953

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 ↓194319491955196119671973

1973–7493rd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

86.7%with Democrats

of 331 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, −13 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 20, 1974H.R. 6668No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 20, 1974H.R. 421No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 20, 1974H.R. 10710No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10710), 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

Open roll call

Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 19, 1974S. 3976No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 18, 1974S. 2439No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Dec 18, 1974H.R. 15977No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 18, 1974H.J.Res. 1180No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 331 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

Economics and Public Finance90% · 60 votes

Congress90.9% · 44 votes

Energy70% · 30 votes

Labor and Employment100% · 20 votes

Transportation and Public Works100% · 17 votes

International Affairs78.6% · 14 votes

District of Columbia100% · 13 votes

Armed Forces and National Security40% · 10 votes

Too few contested votes to score

Law— · 9 votes

Government Operations and Politics— · 8 votes

Health— · 7 votes

Commerce— · 6 votes

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 5 votes

Education— · 5 votes

Environmental Protection— · 5 votes

Housing and Community Development— · 5 votes

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4 votes

Commemorations— · 4 votes

Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes

Crime and Law Enforcement— · 4 votes

Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 4 votes

Agriculture and Food— · 3 votes

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3 votes

Mines and mineral resources— · 3 votes

Petroleum industry— · 3 votes

Public works— · 3 votes

Vietnamese Conflict— · 3 votes

Real property— · 2 votes

Coins and coinage— · 1 vote

Immigration— · 1 vote

Livestock— · 1 vote

Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote

Private Legislation— · 1 vote

Right of privacy— · 1 vote

Science, Technology, Communications— · 1 vote

Social Welfare— · 1 vote

Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 25 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Gold, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

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

Service record

16 Congresses

78th · 194393rd · 1973

Democrat · House · CA78th–93rd

Term datesexact

Chester Earl Holifield

Representative from California

HOUSED1943–197516 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

91.4%with Democrats

of 1,927 votes · 8.6% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested91%of 1,927 · combined

Steepest move−13 pts1951→53, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019431973

1973–74 · 93rd · Democrat · of 331 votes86.7%

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 · 331 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career

Economics and Public Finance90% · 60

Congress90.9% · 44

Energy70% · 30

Labor and Employment100% · 20

Transportation and Public Works100% · 17

International Affairs78.6% · 14

District of Columbia100% · 13

Armed Forces and National Security40% · 10

Law— · 9

Government Operations and Politics— · 8

Health— · 7

Commerce— · 6

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 5

Education— · 5

Environmental Protection— · 5

Housing and Community Development— · 5

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4

Commemorations— · 4

Congressional-executive relations— · 4

Crime and Law Enforcement— · 4

Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 4

Agriculture and Food— · 3

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3

Mines and mineral resources— · 3

Petroleum industry— · 3

Public works— · 3

Vietnamese Conflict— · 3

Real property— · 2

Coins and coinage— · 1

Immigration— · 1

Livestock— · 1

Monuments and memorials— · 1

Private Legislation— · 1

Right of privacy— · 1

Science, Technology, Communications— · 1

Social Welfare— · 1

Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 25 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Gold, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Service record

78th · 194393rd · 1973

Democrat78th–93rd

Party switchers

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