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Hiram Warren Johnson

Senator from California
SENATEREPUBLICAN1917–1947ID J000140
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LegislationHEADLINE
32%with Dems
of 1,718 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
32%with Dems
of 1,718 · both combined
Steepest move
+32 pts
1921 → 1923
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 ↓19171923192919351941
1945–4679th Congress
Sat as a Republican
0%with Democrats
of 22 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1921 → 1923, +32 pts — within one party label.
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
Jul 28, 1945noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 19, 1945H.R. 3314No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 19, 1945H.R. 3314No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 3314), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Jul 19, 1945H.R. 3314No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 18, 1945H.R. 3314No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1945H.R. 3368No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 26, 1945H.R. 3368No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 26, 1945H.R. 3368No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 26, 1945H.R. 3199No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 22 contested votes scored in the 79th 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

15 Congresses
65th · 191779th · 1945
Republican · Senate · CA65th–79th
Term datesexact
Members · California
HJ

Hiram Warren Johnson

Senator from California
SENATER1917–194715 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
32.5%with Democrats
of 1,718 votes · 67.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested32%of 1,718 · combined
Steepest move+32 pts1921→23, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019171945
1945–46 · 79th · Republican · of 22 votes0%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 22 contested votes scored in the 79th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

65th · 191779th · 1945
Republican65th–79th

Party switchers

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