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James Boyd Utt

Representative from California
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1953–1971ID U000034
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LegislationHEADLINE
7%with Dems
of 907 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
7%with Dems
of 907 · both combined
Steepest move
+7 pts
1953 → 1955
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 ↓195319591965
1969–7091st Congress
Sat as a Republican
6.5%with Democrats
of 46 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1953 → 1955, +7 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
Feb 26, 1970H.R. 12025No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1970H.R. 14733No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 24, 1970H.R. 14608No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 14608), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Feb 24, 1970H.R. 10335No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 24, 1970H.R. 10937No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 19, 1970H.R. 15931No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 19, 1970H.R. 15931No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 19, 1970H.R. 15931No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 18, 1970H.R. 15165No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 46 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

9 Congresses
83rd · 195391st · 1969
Republican · House · CA83rd–91st
Term datesexact
Members · California
JU

James Boyd Utt

Representative from California
HOUSER1953–19719 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
6.5%with Democrats
of 907 votes · 93.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested7%of 907 · combined
Steepest move+7 pts1953→55, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019531969
1969–70 · 91st · Republican · of 46 votes6.5%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 46 contested votes scored in the 91st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

83rd · 195391st · 1969
Republican83rd–91st

Party switchers

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