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Robert Louis Leggett

Representative from California
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1963–1979ID L000221
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LegislationHEADLINE
89%with Dems
of 2,021 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
89%with Dems
of 2,021 · both combined
Steepest move
−4 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 ↓196319691975
1977–7895th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
85.9%with Democrats
of 491 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, −4 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 14, 1978H.R. 13511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978S. 3447No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978S. 2493No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2493), 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 14, 1978H.R. 12250No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 4018No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 7010No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 10173No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 14, 1978H.R. 11274No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 14, 1978H.Res. 1425No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 491 contested votes scored in the 95th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance89.4% · 265 votes
Congress90.8% · 130 votes
Energy81.1% · 106 votes
Government Operations and Politics92.6% · 94 votes
International Affairs84.3% · 83 votes
Armed Forces and National Security71.8% · 39 votes
Labor and Employment91.7% · 36 votes
Transportation and Public Works83.9% · 31 votes
Taxation93.1% · 29 votes
Agriculture and Food74.1% · 27 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources80.8% · 26 votes
Environmental Protection91.3% · 23 votes
Law90.5% · 21 votes
Commerce90% · 20 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance65% · 20 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement70.6% · 17 votes
Education100% · 15 votes
Health100% · 14 votes
Industrial relations100% · 14 votes
Mines and mineral resources85.7% · 14 votes
Social Welfare100% · 12 votes
District of Columbia90.9% · 11 votes
Finance and Financial Sector100% · 10 votes
Housing and Community Development80% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9 votes
Lobbying— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 7 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6 votes
Electronic surveillance— · 6 votes
Black lung— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 4 votes
Municipal finance— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Private Legislation— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
Embargo— · 3 votes
Government securities— · 3 votes
Indian claims— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Public works— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Contested elections— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Financial disclosure— · 2 votes
Home repair and improvement— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Mortgages— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Territories (U.S.)— · 2 votes
Water Resources Development— · 2 votes
Animals— · 1 vote
Aquaculture— · 1 vote
Barber and beauty shops— · 1 vote
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Domestic relations— · 1 vote
Droughts— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Import restrictions— · 1 vote
Income tax— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Museums— · 1 vote
Native Americans— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Political representation— · 1 vote
Postal rates and revenues— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Rehabilitation— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Youth— · 1 vote

They also voted in 75 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Cultural centers, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Earthquakes, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Gold, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Impeachments, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Printing, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

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

Service record

8 Congresses
88th · 196395th · 1977
Democrat · House · CA88th–95th
Term datesexact
Members · California
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Robert Louis Leggett

Representative from California
HOUSED1963–19798 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
88.6%with Democrats
of 2,021 votes · 11.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested89%of 2,021 · combined
Steepest move−4 pts1967→69, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019631977
1977–78 · 95th · Democrat · of 491 votes85.9%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 491 contested votes scored in the 95th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance89.4% · 265
Congress90.8% · 130
Energy81.1% · 106
Government Operations and Politics92.6% · 94
International Affairs84.3% · 83
Armed Forces and National Security71.8% · 39
Labor and Employment91.7% · 36
Transportation and Public Works83.9% · 31
Taxation93.1% · 29
Agriculture and Food74.1% · 27
Public Lands and Natural Resources80.8% · 26
Environmental Protection91.3% · 23
Law90.5% · 21
Commerce90% · 20
Foreign Trade and International Finance65% · 20
Crime and Law Enforcement70.6% · 17
Education100% · 15
Health100% · 14
Industrial relations100% · 14
Mines and mineral resources85.7% · 14
Social Welfare100% · 12
District of Columbia90.9% · 11
Finance and Financial Sector100% · 10
Housing and Community Development80% · 10
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9
Lobbying— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Depletion allowances— · 7
Science, Technology, Communications— · 7
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6
Electronic surveillance— · 6
Black lung— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Municipal finance— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Private Legislation— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Credit— · 3
Embargo— · 3
Government securities— · 3
Indian claims— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Public works— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Contested elections— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Financial disclosure— · 2
Home repair and improvement— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Mortgages— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Real property— · 2
Territories (U.S.)— · 2
Water Resources Development— · 2
Animals— · 1
Aquaculture— · 1
Barber and beauty shops— · 1
Chemicals— · 1
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Domestic relations— · 1
Droughts— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Import restrictions— · 1
Income tax— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Museums— · 1
Native Americans— · 1
Noise— · 1
Political representation— · 1
Postal rates and revenues— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Rehabilitation— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Youth— · 1

Also voted in 75 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Cultural centers, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Earthquakes, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Gold, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Impeachments, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Printing, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

88th · 196395th · 1977
Democrat88th–95th

Party switchers

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