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Burt Lacklen Talcott

Representative from California
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1963–1977ID T000022
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LegislationHEADLINE
15%with Dems
of 1,606 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
15%with Dems
of 1,606 · both combined
Steepest move
+9 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
1975–7694th Congress
Sat as a Republican
17.3%with Democrats
of 491 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, +9 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. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2278), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Oct 1, 1976H.Res. 1591No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM 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
Sep 30, 1976S. 2212No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976H.R. 13367No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 491 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance20.9% · 148 votes
Congress10.2% · 88 votes
Energy7.3% · 82 votes
Government Operations and Politics13.8% · 58 votes
International Affairs26.5% · 34 votes
Transportation and Public Works16% · 25 votes
Agriculture and Food12.5% · 24 votes
Armed Forces and National Security16.7% · 24 votes
Labor and Employment16.7% · 24 votes
Taxation21.1% · 19 votes
Law13.3% · 15 votes
Commerce14.3% · 14 votes
District of Columbia15.4% · 13 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement8.3% · 12 votes
Mines and mineral resources25% · 12 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources27.3% · 11 votes
Education50% · 10 votes
Environmental Protection10% · 10 votes
Housing and Community Development50% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Health— · 9 votes
Lobbying— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 8 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Private Legislation— · 4 votes
Public works— · 4 votes
Social Welfare— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Commemorations— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 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
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Native Americans— · 1 vote
Noise— · 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
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 39 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, Corporations, Dairy industry, 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, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, 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

7 Congresses
88th · 196394th · 1975
Republican · House · CA88th–94th
Term datesexact
Members · California
BT

Burt Lacklen Talcott

Representative from California
HOUSER1963–19777 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
14.7%with Democrats
of 1,606 votes · 85.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested15%of 1,606 · combined
Steepest move+9 pts1967→69, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019631975
1975–76 · 94th · Republican · of 491 votes17.3%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 491 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance20.9% · 148
Congress10.2% · 88
Energy7.3% · 82
Government Operations and Politics13.8% · 58
International Affairs26.5% · 34
Transportation and Public Works16% · 25
Agriculture and Food12.5% · 24
Armed Forces and National Security16.7% · 24
Labor and Employment16.7% · 24
Taxation21.1% · 19
Law13.3% · 15
Commerce14.3% · 14
District of Columbia15.4% · 13
Crime and Law Enforcement8.3% · 12
Mines and mineral resources25% · 12
Public Lands and Natural Resources27.3% · 11
Education50% · 10
Environmental Protection10% · 10
Housing and Community Development50% · 10
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Health— · 9
Lobbying— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Finance and Financial Sector— · 8
Science, Technology, Communications— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Private Legislation— · 4
Public works— · 4
Social Welfare— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Credit— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Constitutional amendments— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Youth— · 2
Chemicals— · 1
Commemorations— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 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
Motor vehicles— · 1
Native Americans— · 1
Noise— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Territories (U.S.)— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 39 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, Corporations, Dairy industry, 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, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

88th · 196394th · 1975
Republican88th–94th

Party switchers

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