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Jack English Hightower

Representative from Texas
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1975–1985ID H000582
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LegislationHEADLINE
48%with Dems
of 2,293 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
48%with Dems
of 2,293 · both combined
Steepest move
+8 pts
1975 → 1977
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 ↓19751981
1983–8498th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
52.4%with Democrats
of 431 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1975 → 1977, +8 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
Oct 11, 1984H.R. 6027No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 11, 1984H.R. 6027No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 11, 1984H.R. 4230No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4230), 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
Oct 11, 1984H.Res. 615No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 10, 1984H.J.Res. 648No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 10, 1984H.J.Res. 648No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 10, 1984H.R. 6028No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 9, 1984H.Res. 613No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 9, 1984S. 2574No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 431 contested votes scored in the 98th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance54.2% · 541 votes
Congress69.7% · 267 votes
International Affairs30.6% · 183 votes
Government Operations and Politics48.6% · 177 votes
Armed Forces and National Security32.7% · 113 votes
Energy23.9% · 109 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance44.9% · 69 votes
Taxation41.4% · 58 votes
Transportation and Public Works50.9% · 55 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources64.8% · 54 votes
Agriculture and Food66% · 53 votes
Education45.3% · 53 votes
Labor and Employment40.4% · 47 votes
Science, Technology, Communications51.4% · 35 votes
Environmental Protection30.3% · 33 votes
Health35.5% · 31 votes
Law48.4% · 31 votes
Housing and Community Development37.9% · 29 votes
Commerce29.2% · 24 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement36.4% · 22 votes
Finance and Financial Sector47.1% · 17 votes
Social Welfare47.1% · 17 votes
Immigration31.3% · 16 votes
Industrial relations42.9% · 14 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 9 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9 votes
Lobbying— · 9 votes
Electronic surveillance— · 7 votes
Native Americans— · 7 votes
Black lung— · 6 votes
Mines and mineral resources— · 6 votes
Private Legislation— · 6 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 6 votes
Depletion allowances— · 5 votes
Home repair and improvement— · 5 votes
Water Resources Development— · 5 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 4 votes
Families— · 4 votes
Government securities— · 4 votes
Income tax— · 4 votes
Municipal finance— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Social Sciences and History— · 4 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
Embargo— · 3 votes
Financial disclosure— · 3 votes
Indian claims— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Public works— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Contested elections— · 2 votes
Cultural centers— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Mortgages— · 2 votes
Museums— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Sports and Recreation— · 2 votes
Territories (U.S.)— · 2 votes
Animals— · 1 vote
Aquaculture— · 1 vote
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Domestic relations— · 1 vote
Earthquakes— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Impeachments— · 1 vote
Import restrictions— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Political representation— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Rehabilitation— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote

They also voted in 68 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Barber and beauty shops, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commemorations, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, District of Columbia, Droughts, Emigration, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Gold, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Real property, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Water conservation, Witnesses, Youth.

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

Service record

5 Congresses
94th · 197598th · 1983
Democrat · House · TX94th–98th
Term datesexact
Members · Texas
JH

Jack English Hightower

Representative from Texas
HOUSED1975–19855 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
48.5%with Democrats
of 2,293 votes · 51.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested48%of 2,293 · combined
Steepest move+8 pts1975→77, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019751983
1983–84 · 98th · Democrat · of 431 votes52.4%

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 · 431 contested votes scored in the 98th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance54.2% · 541
Congress69.7% · 267
International Affairs30.6% · 183
Government Operations and Politics48.6% · 177
Armed Forces and National Security32.7% · 113
Energy23.9% · 109
Foreign Trade and International Finance44.9% · 69
Taxation41.4% · 58
Transportation and Public Works50.9% · 55
Public Lands and Natural Resources64.8% · 54
Agriculture and Food66% · 53
Education45.3% · 53
Labor and Employment40.4% · 47
Science, Technology, Communications51.4% · 35
Environmental Protection30.3% · 33
Health35.5% · 31
Law48.4% · 31
Housing and Community Development37.9% · 29
Commerce29.2% · 24
Crime and Law Enforcement36.4% · 22
Finance and Financial Sector47.1% · 17
Social Welfare47.1% · 17
Immigration31.3% · 16
Industrial relations42.9% · 14
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 9
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9
Lobbying— · 9
Electronic surveillance— · 7
Native Americans— · 7
Black lung— · 6
Mines and mineral resources— · 6
Private Legislation— · 6
Vietnamese Conflict— · 6
Depletion allowances— · 5
Home repair and improvement— · 5
Water Resources Development— · 5
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Families— · 4
Government securities— · 4
Income tax— · 4
Municipal finance— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Social Sciences and History— · 4
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 3
Credit— · 3
Embargo— · 3
Financial disclosure— · 3
Indian claims— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Public works— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Contested elections— · 2
Cultural centers— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Mortgages— · 2
Museums— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Sports and Recreation— · 2
Territories (U.S.)— · 2
Animals— · 1
Aquaculture— · 1
Chemicals— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Domestic relations— · 1
Earthquakes— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Impeachments— · 1
Import restrictions— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Noise— · 1
Political representation— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Rehabilitation— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1

Also voted in 68 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Barber and beauty shops, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commemorations, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, District of Columbia, Droughts, Emigration, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Gold, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Real property, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Water conservation, Witnesses, Youth.

Service record

94th · 197598th · 1983
Democrat94th–98th

Party switchers

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