Rep. Edward Roybal

Former Representative from California's 25^th District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1975-1992	Representative	California's 25^th District
1963-1974	Representative	California's 30^th District

Sponsorship Analysis

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

Use this chart to compare Roybal to other members of the House of Representatives in the 102^nd 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 1992, Roybal missed 906 of 12,620 roll call votes, which is 7.2%. This is worse than the median of 4.3% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1992. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1963 Jan-Mar	8	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	48	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jan-Mar	25	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Apr-Jun	33	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jul-Sep	48	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Oct-Oct	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	26	4	15.4%	91^st
1965 Apr-Jun	53	3	5.7%	35^th
1965 Jul-Sep	94	16	17.0%	91^st
1965 Oct-Oct	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1966 Jan-Mar	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1966 Apr-Jun	51	10	19.6%	74^th
1966 Jul-Sep	69	16	23.2%	86^th
1966 Oct-Oct	39	1	2.6%	17^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	1	3.2%	71^st
1967 Apr-Jun	56	1	1.8%	82^nd
1967 Jul-Sep	58	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	93	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jan-Mar	36	1	2.8%	89^th
1968 Apr-Jun	72	2	2.8%	84^th
1968 Jul-Sep	90	1	1.1%	33^rd
1968 Oct-Oct	25	1	4.0%	44^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Apr-Jun	25	6	24.0%	89^th
1969 Jul-Sep	43	7	16.3%	87^th
1969 Oct-Dec	87	11	12.6%	71^st
1970 Jan-Mar	35	3	8.6%	44^th
1970 Apr-Jun	70	16	22.9%	73^rd
1970 Jul-Sep	76	10	13.2%	64^th
1970 Oct-Dec	78	8	10.3%	44^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1971 Apr-Jun	88	8	9.1%	42^nd
1971 Jul-Sep	72	9	12.5%	71^st
1971 Oct-Dec	132	18	13.6%	65^th
1972 Jan-Mar	64	3	4.7%	35^th
1972 Apr-Jun	113	15	13.3%	65^th
1972 Jul-Sep	100	5	5.0%	41^st
1972 Oct-Oct	50	1	2.0%	17^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	11	30.6%	91^st
1973 Apr-Jun	187	15	8.0%	55^th
1973 Jul-Sep	128	10	7.8%	74^th
1973 Oct-Dec	180	15	8.3%	62^nd
1974 Jan-Mar	77	11	14.3%	75^th
1974 Apr-Jun	169	20	11.8%	62^nd
1974 Jul-Sep	148	2	1.4%	15^th
1974 Oct-Dec	141	7	5.0%	31^st
1975 Jan-Mar	68	1	1.5%	22^nd
1975 Apr-Jun	199	10	5.0%	49^th
1975 Jul-Sep	145	16	11.0%	75^th
1975 Oct-Dec	191	10	5.2%	56^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	5	4.7%	49^th
1976 Apr-Jun	267	27	10.1%	66^th
1976 Jul-Sep	278	8	2.9%	29^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Jan-Mar	100	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Apr-Jun	271	19	7.0%	54^th
1977 Jul-Sep	197	17	8.6%	70^th
1977 Oct-Dec	134	19	14.2%	88^th
1978 Jan-Mar	148	20	13.5%	82^nd
1978 Apr-Jun	300	25	8.3%	59^th
1978 Jul-Sep	305	20	6.6%	48^th
1978 Oct-Oct	75	3	4.0%	39^th
1979 Jan-Mar	62	2	3.2%	59^th
1979 Apr-Jun	218	17	7.8%	65^th
1979 Jul-Sep	198	45	22.7%	96^th
1979 Oct-Dec	190	4	2.1%	12^th
1980 Jan-Mar	148	14	9.5%	57^th
1980 Apr-Jun	195	20	10.3%	66^th
1980 Jul-Sep	189	25	13.2%	78^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	2	3.0%	20^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	3	20.0%	84^th
1981 Apr-Jun	89	3	3.4%	27^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	3	2.8%	38^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	3	2.1%	19^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	4	8.3%	60^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	2	1.7%	23^rd
1982 Jul-Sep	193	5	2.6%	26^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	5	5.1%	36^th
1983 Jan-Mar	43	3	7.0%	48^th
1983 Apr-Jun	182	6	3.3%	30^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	3	2.3%	36^th
1983 Oct-Nov	142	10	7.0%	64^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	2	3.8%	39^th
1984 Apr-Jun	223	34	15.2%	90^th
1984 Jul-Sep	95	1	1.1%	18^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	4	11.1%	71^st
1985 Jan-Mar	36	4	11.1%	66^th
1985 Apr-Jun	153	15	9.8%	84^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	4	4.0%	51^st
1985 Oct-Dec	148	14	9.5%	85^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	3	4.9%	41^st
1986 Apr-Jun	128	11	8.6%	85^th
1986 Jul-Sep	201	13	6.5%	72^nd
1986 Oct-Oct	60	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	1	2.6%	38^th
1987 Apr-Jun	176	28	15.9%	94^th
1987 Jul-Sep	95	1	1.1%	22^nd
1987 Oct-Dec	167	13	7.8%	61^st
1988 Feb-Mar	49	3	6.1%	57^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	2	1.2%	21^st
1988 Jul-Sep	149	10	6.7%	72^nd
1988 Oct-Oct	89	1	1.1%	36^th
1989 Jan-Mar	13	1	7.7%	83^rd
1989 Apr-Jun	99	25	25.3%	98^th
1989 Jul-Sep	128	1	0.8%	19^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	4	3.3%	43^rd
1990 Jan-Mar	60	3	5.0%	67^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	3	2.0%	41^st
1990 Jul-Sep	183	5	2.7%	47^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	2	1.4%	28^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	10	16.1%	93^rd
1991 Apr-Jun	139	13	9.4%	86^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	9	11.1%	84^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	3	1.9%	35^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	1	1.5%	30^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	8	4.3%	53^rd
1992 Jul-Sep	196	5	2.6%	42^nd
1992 Oct-Oct	41	2	4.9%	51^st

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. Edward Roybal [D-CA25, 1975-1992] leaves office as Representative for California's 25th congressional district

Oct 09, 1992

Elections and Offices

Rep. Edward Roybal [D-CA25, 1975-1992] takes office as Representative for California's 25th congressional district

Jan 14, 1975

Elections and Offices

Rep. Edward Roybal [D-CA25, 1975-1992] leaves office as Representative for California's 30th congressional district

Dec 20, 1974

Elections and Offices

Rep. Edward Roybal [D-CA25, 1975-1992] takes office as Representative for California's 30th congressional district

Jan 09, 1963