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Craig Hosmer

Representative from California
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1953–1975ID H000802
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LegislationHEADLINE
20%with Dems
of 1,530 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
20%with Dems
of 1,530 · both combined
Steepest move
+14 pts
1953 → 1955
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 ↓1953195919651971
1973–7493rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
18.8%with Democrats
of 367 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1953 → 1955, +14 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
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 620No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 20, 1974S. 4206No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 14449No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 14449), 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
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
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1494No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 367 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance12.2% · 74 votes
Congress18.2% · 44 votes
Energy25.8% · 31 votes
Labor and Employment23.8% · 21 votes
International Affairs82.4% · 17 votes
District of Columbia26.7% · 15 votes
Transportation and Public Works0% · 15 votes
Armed Forces and National Security0% · 12 votes
Government Operations and Politics16.7% · 12 votes
Law9.1% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Mines and mineral resources— · 8 votes
Commerce— · 6 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6 votes
Health— · 6 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 5 votes
Environmental Protection— · 5 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Education— · 4 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 4 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 4 votes
Agriculture and Food— · 3 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Public works— · 3 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
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
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 26 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, Social Welfare, 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

11 Congresses
83rd · 195393rd · 1973
Republican · House · CA83rd–93rd
Term datesexact
Members · California
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Craig Hosmer

Representative from California
HOUSER1953–197511 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
19.8%with Democrats
of 1,530 votes · 80.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested20%of 1,530 · combined
Steepest move+14 pts1953→55, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019531973
1973–74 · 93rd · Republican · of 367 votes18.8%

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 · 367 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance12.2% · 74
Congress18.2% · 44
Energy25.8% · 31
Labor and Employment23.8% · 21
International Affairs82.4% · 17
District of Columbia26.7% · 15
Transportation and Public Works0% · 15
Armed Forces and National Security0% · 12
Government Operations and Politics16.7% · 12
Law9.1% · 11
Mines and mineral resources— · 8
Commerce— · 6
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6
Health— · 6
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 5
Environmental Protection— · 5
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Education— · 4
Housing and Community Development— · 4
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 4
Agriculture and Food— · 3
Coins and coinage— · 3
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Public works— · 3
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3
Real property— · 2
Immigration— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Private Legislation— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 26 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, Social Welfare, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Service record

83rd · 195393rd · 1973
Republican83rd–93rd

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