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Richard Thomas Hanna

Representative from California
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1963–1975ID H000164
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LegislationHEADLINE
88%with Dems
of 880 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
88%with Dems
of 880 · both combined
Steepest move
−9 pts
1965 → 1967
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 ↓19631969
1973–7493rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
87.2%with Democrats
of 243 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1965 → 1967, −9 pts — while still a Democrat.
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 18, 1974S. 3394No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 17, 1974H.Res. 1381No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 16, 1974H.R. 16900No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 16900), 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
Dec 12, 1974H.R. 16596No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 12, 1974H.R. 16901No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 11, 1974H.R. 17234No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 11, 1974H.R. 17234No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 11, 1974H.R. 17234No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 11, 1974H.R. 17234No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 243 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance89.3% · 56 votes
Congress97% · 33 votes
Energy69.6% · 23 votes
Labor and Employment93.3% · 15 votes
International Affairs90% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Government Operations and Politics— · 9 votes
Transportation and Public Works— · 9 votes
Armed Forces and National Security— · 8 votes
Commerce— · 5 votes
Environmental Protection— · 5 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 5 votes
Law— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Health— · 4 votes
Agriculture and Food— · 3 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 3 votes
Education— · 3 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3 votes
Coins and coinage— · 2 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 2 votes
Mines and mineral resources— · 2 votes
Petroleum industry— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 1 vote
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 1 vote
District of Columbia— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote
Private Legislation— · 1 vote
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 1 vote
Public works— · 1 vote
Social Welfare— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 28 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Arts, Culture, Religion, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Livestock, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, Rivers, Science, Technology, Communications, 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

6 Congresses
88th · 196393rd · 1973
Democrat · House · CA88th–93rd
Term datesexact
Members · California
RH

Richard Thomas Hanna

Representative from California
HOUSED1963–19756 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
88.3%with Democrats
of 880 votes · 11.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested88%of 880 · combined
Steepest move−9 pts1965→67, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019631973
1973–74 · 93rd · Democrat · of 243 votes87.2%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 243 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance89.3% · 56
Congress97% · 33
Energy69.6% · 23
Labor and Employment93.3% · 15
International Affairs90% · 10
Government Operations and Politics— · 9
Transportation and Public Works— · 9
Armed Forces and National Security— · 8
Commerce— · 5
Environmental Protection— · 5
Housing and Community Development— · 5
Law— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Health— · 4
Agriculture and Food— · 3
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 3
Education— · 3
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3
Coins and coinage— · 2
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 2
Mines and mineral resources— · 2
Petroleum industry— · 2
Real property— · 2
Congressional-executive relations— · 1
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 1
District of Columbia— · 1
Gold— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Private Legislation— · 1
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 1
Public works— · 1
Social Welfare— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 28 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Arts, Culture, Religion, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Livestock, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, Rivers, Science, Technology, Communications, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Service record

88th · 196393rd · 1973
Democrat88th–93rd

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