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Clair Engle

Senator from California
SENATEDEMOCRAT1943–1965ID E000181
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LegislationHEADLINE
83%with Dems
of 1,178 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
83%with Dems
of 1,178 · both combined
Steepest move
+37 pts
1943 → 1945
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 ↓1943194919551961
1963–6488th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
82.4%with Democrats
of 142 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1943 → 1945, +37 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
Jun 30, 1964S. 6No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1964S. 6No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 30, 1964H.R. 11376No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 11376), 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
Jun 29, 1964H.R. 10314No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 26, 1964H.R. 10300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 26, 1964H.R. 11375No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 24, 1964H.R. 10456No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 24, 1964H.R. 10456No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 23, 1964H.R. 10532No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 142 contested votes scored in the 88th 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

11 Congresses
78th · 194386th · 195988th · 1963
Democrat · House · CA78th–85th
Democrat · Senate · CA86th–88th
Term datesexact
Members · California
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Clair Engle

Senator from California
SENATED1943–196511 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
83.1%with Democrats
of 1,178 votes · 16.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested83%of 1,178 · combined
Steepest move+37 pts1943→45, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019431963
1963–64 · 88th · Democrat · of 142 votes82.4%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 142 contested votes scored in the 88th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

78th · 194388th · 1963
Democrat78th–85th
Democrat86th–88th

Party switchers

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