Rep. Augustus “Gus” Hawkins

Former Representative from California's 29^th District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1975-1990	Representative	California's 29^th District
1963-1974	Representative	California's 21^st District

Sponsorship Analysis

Hawkins was a far-left Democratic leader according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Hawkins’s time serving in the House of Representatives.

Use this chart to compare Hawkins to other members of the House of Representatives in the 101^st Congress on leadership and ideology.

This chart is based on principal components analysis for ideology and PageRank for leadership. See analysis methodology.

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

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Voting Record

From Jan 1963 to Oct 1990, Hawkins missed 1,982 of 11,447 roll call votes, which is 17.3%. This is worse than the median of 4.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1990. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1963 Jan-Mar	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Apr-Jun	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jul-Sep	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Oct-Dec	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Apr-Jun	34	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jul-Sep	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Oct-Oct	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	28	4	14.3%	85^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	14	26.4%	95^th
1965 Jul-Sep	98	14	14.3%	87^th
1965 Oct-Oct	19	4	21.1%	92^nd
1966 Jan-Mar	29	6	20.7%	93^rd
1966 Apr-Jun	51	12	23.5%	78^th
1966 Jul-Sep	66	26	39.4%	95^th
1966 Oct-Oct	33	20	60.6%	83^rd
1967 Jan-Mar	31	1	3.2%	65^th
1967 Apr-Jun	57	1	1.8%	65^th
1967 Jul-Sep	55	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	93	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jan-Mar	37	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	70	3	4.3%	92^nd
1968 Jul-Sep	78	4	5.1%	81^st
1968 Oct-Oct	24	5	20.8%	83^rd
1969 Jan-Mar	16	2	12.5%	76^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	6	21.4%	85^th
1969 Jul-Sep	45	13	28.9%	95^th
1969 Oct-Dec	85	12	14.1%	73^rd
1970 Jan-Mar	30	12	40.0%	92^nd
1970 Apr-Jun	73	31	42.5%	89^th
1970 Jul-Sep	71	22	31.0%	85^th
1970 Oct-Dec	78	14	17.9%	66^th
1971 Jan-Mar	21	2	9.5%	67^th
1971 Apr-Jun	88	21	23.9%	88^th
1971 Jul-Sep	72	16	22.2%	88^th
1971 Oct-Dec	126	44	34.9%	91^st
1972 Jan-Mar	61	28	45.9%	93^rd
1972 Apr-Jun	112	45	40.2%	91^st
1972 Jul-Sep	98	21	21.4%	83^rd
1972 Oct-Oct	47	20	42.6%	89^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	6	16.7%	73^rd
1973 Apr-Jun	186	44	23.7%	93^rd
1973 Jul-Sep	128	22	17.2%	89^th
1973 Oct-Dec	178	24	13.5%	80^th
1974 Jan-Mar	76	11	14.5%	80^th
1974 Apr-Jun	165	66	40.0%	99^th
1974 Jul-Sep	144	49	34.0%	98^th
1974 Oct-Dec	139	47	33.8%	96^th
1975 Jan-Mar	63	18	28.6%	97^th
1975 Apr-Jun	196	31	15.8%	92^nd
1975 Jul-Sep	146	13	8.9%	65^th
1975 Oct-Dec	186	16	8.6%	78^th
1976 Jan-Mar	101	14	13.9%	84^th
1976 Apr-Jun	256	47	18.4%	85^th
1976 Jul-Sep	260	61	23.5%	92^nd
1976 Oct-Oct	7	3	42.9%	85^th
1977 Jan-Mar	96	24	25.0%	96^th
1977 Apr-Jun	246	59	24.0%	97^th
1977 Jul-Sep	197	14	7.1%	64^th
1977 Oct-Dec	129	13	10.1%	75^th
1978 Jan-Mar	145	10	6.9%	54^th
1978 Apr-Jun	283	33	11.7%	71^st
1978 Jul-Sep	294	44	15.0%	81^st
1978 Oct-Oct	75	10	13.3%	82^nd
1979 Jan-Mar	60	20	33.3%	94^th
1979 Apr-Jun	211	36	17.1%	91^st
1979 Jul-Sep	197	6	3.0%	32^nd
1979 Oct-Dec	184	23	12.5%	71^st
1980 Jan-Mar	146	28	19.2%	86^th
1980 Apr-Jun	194	42	21.6%	94^th
1980 Jul-Sep	187	35	18.7%	91^st
1980 Oct-Dec	67	5	7.5%	46^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1981 Apr-Jun	86	14	16.3%	87^th
1981 Jul-Sep	105	7	6.7%	68^th
1981 Oct-Dec	139	7	5.0%	47^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	8	16.7%	76^th
1982 Apr-Jun	116	19	16.4%	91^st
1982 Jul-Sep	188	16	8.5%	68^th
1982 Oct-Dec	97	17	17.5%	82^nd
1983 Jan-Mar	42	4	9.5%	68^th
1983 Apr-Jun	174	28	16.1%	91^st
1983 Jul-Sep	129	18	14.0%	95^th
1983 Oct-Nov	143	33	23.1%	96^th
1984 Jan-Mar	52	8	15.4%	85^th
1984 Apr-Jun	216	60	27.8%	98^th
1984 Jul-Sep	91	12	13.2%	85^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	3	8.3%	58^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	5	13.9%	77^th
1985 Apr-Jun	152	33	21.7%	99^th
1985 Jul-Sep	97	13	13.4%	92^nd
1985 Oct-Dec	144	15	10.4%	90^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	2	3.3%	28^th
1986 Apr-Jun	124	16	12.9%	94^th
1986 Jul-Sep	197	18	9.1%	84^th
1986 Oct-Oct	59	3	5.1%	65^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	3	7.7%	71^st
1987 Apr-Jun	184	8	4.3%	53^rd
1987 Jul-Sep	94	18	19.1%	96^th
1987 Oct-Dec	164	23	14.0%	91^st
1988 Feb-Mar	49	1	2.0%	27^th
1988 Apr-Jun	151	26	17.2%	96^th
1988 Jul-Sep	148	18	12.2%	86^th
1988 Oct-Oct	88	9	10.2%	81^st
1989 Jan-Mar	14	1	7.1%	55^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	10	9.5%	86^th
1989 Jul-Sep	127	9	7.1%	88^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	28	23.1%	97^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	7	11.7%	86^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	53	35.3%	99^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	54	29.5%	97^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	58	40.6%	98^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Rep. Augustus “Gus” Hawkins [D-CA29, 1975-1990] leaves office as Representative for California's 29th congressional district

Oct 28, 1990

Elections and Offices

Rep. Augustus “Gus” Hawkins [D-CA29, 1975-1990] takes office as Representative for California's 29th congressional district

Jan 14, 1975

Elections and Offices

Rep. Augustus “Gus” Hawkins [D-CA29, 1975-1990] leaves office as Representative for California's 21st congressional district

Dec 20, 1974

Elections and Offices

Rep. Augustus “Gus” Hawkins [D-CA29, 1975-1990] takes office as Representative for California's 21st congressional district

Jan 09, 1963