Peter Hoyt Dominick

Senator from Colorado

SENATEREPUBLICAN1961–1975ID D000409

LegislationHEADLINE

9%with Dems

of 1,656 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

9%with Dems

of 1,656 · both combined

Steepest move

−21 pts

1961 → 1963

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 ↓196119671973

1973–7493rd Congress

Sat as a Republican

10.1%with Democrats

of 375 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1961 → 1963, −21 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. 10710No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 19, 1974S. 1728No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 19, 1974H.R. 5977No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5977), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Dec 19, 1974H.J.Res. 117No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 19, 1974H.J.Res. 117No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Dec 18, 1974S. 3934No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Dec 18, 1974S. 3839No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Dec 18, 1974S. 3839No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 17, 1974S. 3418No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 375 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

Economics and Public Finance10.3% · 58 votes

Government Operations and Politics6% · 50 votes

Armed Forces and National Security6.9% · 29 votes

Energy14.8% · 27 votes

International Affairs0% · 25 votes

Public Lands and Natural Resources5.3% · 19 votes

Foreign Trade and International Finance17.6% · 17 votes

Law15.4% · 13 votes

Education25% · 12 votes

Health0% · 12 votes

Too few contested votes to score

Commerce— · 9 votes

Transportation and Public Works— · 8 votes

Economic stabilization— · 7 votes

Finance and Financial Sector— · 7 votes

Labor and Employment— · 7 votes

Social Welfare— · 7 votes

Automobile insurance— · 5 votes

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 5 votes

Public works— · 5 votes

Environmental Protection— · 4 votes

Agriculture and Food— · 3 votes

Territories (U.S.)— · 3 votes

Crime and Law Enforcement— · 2 votes

District of Columbia— · 2 votes

Housing and Community Development— · 2 votes

Science, Technology, Communications— · 2 votes

Sports and Recreation— · 2 votes

Commemorations— · 1 vote

Conservation of natural resources— · 1 vote

Disaster relief— · 1 vote

Mines and mineral resources— · 1 vote

Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote

Motor vehicles— · 1 vote

Petroleum industry— · 1 vote

Private Legislation— · 1 vote

They also voted in 17 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Animals, Arts, Culture, Religion, Child welfare, Congress, Congressional-executive relations, Credit, Emergency Management, Explosives, Gold, Government publications, Livestock, Reclamation of land, Right of privacy, Rivers, Ships and shipping, Taxation, Vietnamese Conflict.

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

Service record

7 Congresses

87th · 196188th · 196393rd · 1973

Republican · House · CO87th–87th

Republican · Senate · CO88th–93rd

Term datesexact

Peter Hoyt Dominick

Senator from Colorado

SENATER1961–19757 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

9.5%with Democrats

of 1,656 votes · 90.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested9%of 1,656 · combined

Steepest move−21 pts1961→63, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019611973

1973–74 · 93rd · Republican · of 375 votes10.1%

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 · 375 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career

Economics and Public Finance10.3% · 58

Government Operations and Politics6% · 50

Armed Forces and National Security6.9% · 29

Energy14.8% · 27

International Affairs0% · 25

Public Lands and Natural Resources5.3% · 19

Foreign Trade and International Finance17.6% · 17

Law15.4% · 13

Education25% · 12

Health0% · 12

Commerce— · 9

Transportation and Public Works— · 8

Economic stabilization— · 7

Finance and Financial Sector— · 7

Labor and Employment— · 7

Social Welfare— · 7

Automobile insurance— · 5

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 5

Public works— · 5

Environmental Protection— · 4

Agriculture and Food— · 3

Territories (U.S.)— · 3

Crime and Law Enforcement— · 2

District of Columbia— · 2

Housing and Community Development— · 2

Science, Technology, Communications— · 2

Sports and Recreation— · 2

Commemorations— · 1

Conservation of natural resources— · 1

Disaster relief— · 1

Mines and mineral resources— · 1

Monuments and memorials— · 1

Motor vehicles— · 1

Petroleum industry— · 1

Private Legislation— · 1

Also voted in 17 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Animals, Arts, Culture, Religion, Child welfare, Congress, Congressional-executive relations, Credit, Emergency Management, Explosives, Gold, Government publications, Livestock, Reclamation of land, Right of privacy, Rivers, Ships and shipping, Taxation, Vietnamese Conflict.

Service record

87th · 196193rd · 1973

Republican87th–87th

Republican88th–93rd

Party switchers

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