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George Lloyd Murphy

Senator from California
SENATEREPUBLICAN1965–1971ID M001092
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LegislationHEADLINE
9%with Dems
of 629 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
9%with Dems
of 629 · both combined
Steepest move
+5 pts
1965 → 1967
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 ↓1965
1969–7091st Congress
Sat as a Republican
10.4%with Democrats
of 212 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1965 → 1967, +5 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
Dec 30, 1970H.R. 17867No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 30, 1970H.R. 13000No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 30, 1970H.R. 19953No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 19953), 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
Dec 29, 1970H.R. 19590No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 29, 1970S. 437No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 29, 1970H.R. 17550No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 29, 1970H.R. 17550No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 22, 1970H.R. 19911No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 22, 1970H.R. 17758No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 212 contested votes scored in the 91st 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

3 Congresses
89th · 196591st · 1969
Republican · Senate · CA89th–91st
Term datesexact
Members · California
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George Lloyd Murphy

Senator from California
SENATER1965–19713 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
8.6%with Democrats
of 629 votes · 91.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested9%of 629 · combined
Steepest move+5 pts1965→67, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019651969
1969–70 · 91st · Republican · of 212 votes10.4%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 212 contested votes scored in the 91st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

89th · 196591st · 1969
Republican89th–91st

Party switchers

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