Julia Butler Hansen

Representative from Washington

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1961–1975ID H000174

LegislationHEADLINE

91%with Dems

of 1,060 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

91%with Dems

of 1,060 · both combined

Steepest move

−10 pts

1967 → 1969

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 ↓196119671973

1973–7493rd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

88.9%with Democrats

of 271 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, −10 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 13, 1974H.Res. 1496No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Dec 11, 1974H.R. 17234No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 17234), 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

Open roll call

Dec 10, 1974H.Res. 1468No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Dec 10, 1974H.R. 5385No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 10, 1974H.R. 5385No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 9, 1974H.Res. 1485No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 9, 1974S. 4040No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 9, 1974S. 2201No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 271 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

Economics and Public Finance83% · 47 votes

Congress91.9% · 37 votes

Energy70.4% · 27 votes

Labor and Employment100% · 19 votes

District of Columbia100% · 11 votes

International Affairs90.9% · 11 votes

Transportation and Public Works90.9% · 11 votes

Too few contested votes to score

Government Operations and Politics— · 8 votes

Armed Forces and National Security— · 7 votes

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6 votes

Law— · 6 votes

Commemorations— · 4 votes

Crime and Law Enforcement— · 4 votes

Environmental Protection— · 4 votes

Health— · 4 votes

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3 votes

Commerce— · 3 votes

Education— · 3 votes

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3 votes

Mines and mineral resources— · 3 votes

Petroleum industry— · 3 votes

Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 3 votes

Public works— · 3 votes

Vietnamese Conflict— · 3 votes

Agriculture and Food— · 2 votes

Congressional-executive relations— · 2 votes

Housing and Community Development— · 2 votes

Immigration— · 1 vote

Livestock— · 1 vote

Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote

Private Legislation— · 1 vote

Real property— · 1 vote

Right of privacy— · 1 vote

Science, Technology, Communications— · 1 vote

Social Welfare— · 1 vote

Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 26 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Coins and coinage, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Gold, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, 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

7 Congresses

87th · 196193rd · 1973

Democrat · House · WA87th–93rd

Term datesexact

Julia Butler Hansen

Representative from Washington

HOUSED1961–19757 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

90.6%with Democrats

of 1,060 votes · 9.4% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested91%of 1,060 · combined

Steepest move−10 pts1967→69, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019611973

1973–74 · 93rd · Democrat · of 271 votes88.9%

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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 · 271 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career

Economics and Public Finance83% · 47

Congress91.9% · 37

Energy70.4% · 27

Labor and Employment100% · 19

District of Columbia100% · 11

International Affairs90.9% · 11

Transportation and Public Works90.9% · 11

Government Operations and Politics— · 8

Armed Forces and National Security— · 7

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6

Law— · 6

Commemorations— · 4

Crime and Law Enforcement— · 4

Environmental Protection— · 4

Health— · 4

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 3

Commerce— · 3

Education— · 3

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3

Mines and mineral resources— · 3

Petroleum industry— · 3

Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 3

Public works— · 3

Vietnamese Conflict— · 3

Agriculture and Food— · 2

Congressional-executive relations— · 2

Housing and Community Development— · 2

Immigration— · 1

Livestock— · 1

Monuments and memorials— · 1

Private Legislation— · 1

Real property— · 1

Right of privacy— · 1

Science, Technology, Communications— · 1

Social Welfare— · 1

Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 26 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Coins and coinage, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Gold, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Service record

87th · 196193rd · 1973

Democrat87th–93rd

Party switchers

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