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Charles J. Colden

Representative from California
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1933–1939ID C000605
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LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 292 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 292 · both combined
Steepest move
−5 pts
1933 → 1935
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 ↓1933
1937–3875th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
90.5%with Democrats
of 63 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1933 → 1935, −5 pts — while still a Democrat.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, usually a bill number, how they voted and which side that matched — nothing is filled in by hand.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Feb 16, 1938H.J.Res. 596No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 10, 1938S.J.Res. 54No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 9, 1938H.R. 8505No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8505), 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
Feb 8, 1938H.R. 8505No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 18, 1938H.R. 6652No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 18, 1938H.R. 4872No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 10, 1938H.R. 4782No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 18, 1937H.R. 8730No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 17, 1937S. 2475No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 63 contested votes scored in the 75th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

3 Congresses
73rd · 193375th · 1937
Democrat · House · CA73rd–75th
Term datesexact
Members · California
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Charles J. Colden

Representative from California
HOUSED1933–19393 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
91.8%with Democrats
of 292 votes · 8.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested92%of 292 · combined
Steepest move−5 pts1933→35, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019331937
1937–38 · 75th · Democrat · of 63 votes90.5%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. 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 · 63 contested votes scored in the 75th

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

73rd · 193375th · 1937
Democrat73rd–75th

Party switchers

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