Robert Bruce (Bob) Mathias

Representative from California

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1967–1975ID M000242

LegislationHEADLINE

32%with Dems

of 734 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

32%with Dems

of 734 · both combined

Steepest move

−21 pts

1969 → 1971

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 ↓19671973

1973–7493rd Congress

Sat as a Republican

38.4%with Democrats

of 318 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1969 → 1971, −21 pts — within one party label.

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 19, 1974H.Res. 1520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 19, 1974S. 3976No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3976), 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

Open roll call

Dec 18, 1974H.R. 546No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 18, 1974H.J.Res. 1180No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 18, 1974H.R. 16596No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 18, 1974S. 3394No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Dec 18, 1974H.Res. 1512No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 17, 1974H.R. 15263No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 318 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

Economics and Public Finance35.7% · 56 votes

Congress28.2% · 39 votes

Energy30.3% · 33 votes

Labor and Employment42.9% · 21 votes

Transportation and Public Works13.3% · 15 votes

District of Columbia38.5% · 13 votes

International Affairs84.6% · 13 votes

Armed Forces and National Security33.3% · 12 votes

Government Operations and Politics40% · 10 votes

Too few contested votes to score

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6 votes

Mines and mineral resources— · 6 votes

Commerce— · 5 votes

Environmental Protection— · 5 votes

Health— · 5 votes

Law— · 5 votes

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4 votes

Commemorations— · 4 votes

Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes

Agriculture and Food— · 3 votes

Coins and coinage— · 3 votes

Crime and Law Enforcement— · 3 votes

Education— · 3 votes

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3 votes

Public works— · 3 votes

Vietnamese Conflict— · 3 votes

Housing and Community Development— · 2 votes

Petroleum industry— · 2 votes

Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 2 votes

Gold— · 1 vote

Immigration— · 1 vote

Livestock— · 1 vote

Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote

Real property— · 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, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Private Legislation, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, 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

4 Congresses

90th · 196793rd · 1973

Republican · House · CA90th–93rd

Term datesexact

Robert Bruce (Bob) Mathias

Representative from California

HOUSER1967–19754 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

31.9%with Democrats

of 734 votes · 68.1% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested32%of 734 · combined

Steepest move−21 pts1969→71, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019671973

1973–74 · 93rd · Republican · of 318 votes38.4%

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 · 318 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career

Economics and Public Finance35.7% · 56

Congress28.2% · 39

Energy30.3% · 33

Labor and Employment42.9% · 21

Transportation and Public Works13.3% · 15

District of Columbia38.5% · 13

International Affairs84.6% · 13

Armed Forces and National Security33.3% · 12

Government Operations and Politics40% · 10

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 6

Mines and mineral resources— · 6

Commerce— · 5

Environmental Protection— · 5

Health— · 5

Law— · 5

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4

Commemorations— · 4

Congressional-executive relations— · 4

Agriculture and Food— · 3

Coins and coinage— · 3

Crime and Law Enforcement— · 3

Education— · 3

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3

Public works— · 3

Vietnamese Conflict— · 3

Housing and Community Development— · 2

Petroleum industry— · 2

Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 2

Gold— · 1

Immigration— · 1

Livestock— · 1

Monuments and memorials— · 1

Real property— · 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, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Private Legislation, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Service record

90th · 196793rd · 1973

Republican90th–93rd

Party switchers

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