Sen. Warren Magnuson

Former Senator from Washington

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1957-1980	Senator	Washington
1944-1956	Senator	Washington
1939-1942	Representative	Washington's 1^st District
1937-1938	Representative	Washington's 1^st District

Sponsorship Analysis

Magnuson was a far-left Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Magnuson’s time serving in the Senate.

Use this chart to compare Magnuson to other members of the Senate in the 96^th 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 Dec 1944 to Dec 1980, Magnuson missed 1,153 of 10,419 roll call votes, which is 11.1%. This is worse than the median of 8.8% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Dec 1980. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1944 Nov-Dec	8	2	25.0%	0^th
1945 Jan-Mar	17	3	17.6%	67^th
1945 Apr-Jun	34	4	11.8%	33^rd
1945 Jul-Sep	27	1	3.7%	33^rd
1945 Oct-Dec	23	3	13.0%	33^rd
1946 Jan-Mar	13	1	7.7%	33^rd
1946 Apr-Jun	75	3	4.0%	33^rd
1946 Jul-Aug	48	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Jan-Mar	33	5	15.2%	67^th
1947 Apr-Jun	53	8	15.1%	67^th
1947 Jul-Jul	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Nov-Dec	8	2	25.0%	50^th
1948 Feb-Mar	27	4	14.8%	75^th
1948 Apr-Jun	73	4	5.5%	75^th
1948 Aug-Aug	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jan-Mar	37	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Apr-Jun	71	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jul-Sep	77	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Oct-Oct	19	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jan-Mar	48	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Apr-Jun	74	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jul-Sep	72	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Dec-Dec	10	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Mar	20	1	5.0%	75^th
1951 Apr-Jun	66	13	19.7%	75^th
1951 Jul-Sep	93	7	7.5%	75^th
1951 Oct-Oct	15	3	20.0%	75^th
1952 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Apr-Jun	80	17	21.3%	75^th
1952 Jul-Jul	6	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jan-Mar	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Apr-Jun	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jul-Jul	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Jan-Mar	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Apr-Jun	43	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Jul-Sep	91	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Dec-Dec	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Jan-Mar	26	4	15.4%	86^th
1955 Apr-Jun	37	4	10.8%	86^th
1955 Jul-Aug	23	6	26.1%	71^st
1956 Jan-Mar	46	2	4.3%	71^st
1956 Apr-Jun	46	3	6.5%	83^rd
1956 Jul-Jul	28	1	3.6%	67^th
1957 Jan-Mar	16	2	12.5%	90^th
1957 Apr-Jun	45	8	17.8%	90^th
1957 Jul-Aug	46	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Feb-Mar	38	2	5.3%	36^th
1958 Apr-Jun	77	3	3.9%	55^th
1958 Jul-Aug	71	4	5.6%	64^th
1959 Jan-Apr	55	10	18.2%	94^th
1959 May-Aug	128	4	3.1%	44^th
1959 Sep-Sep	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1960 Jan-Apr	76	5	6.6%	44^th
1960 May-Aug	117	13	11.1%	82^nd
1960 Sep-Sep	5	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 Jan-Apr	30	1	3.3%	56^th
1961 May-Aug	136	3	2.2%	42^nd
1961 Sep-Sep	33	6	18.2%	84^th
1962 Jan-Mar	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Apr-Jun	56	20	35.7%	95^th
1962 Jul-Sep	111	10	9.0%	84^th
1962 Oct-Oct	17	2	11.8%	84^th
1963 Jan-Mar	7	3	42.9%	96^th
1963 Apr-Jun	68	11	16.2%	88^th
1963 Jul-Sep	53	13	24.5%	88^th
1963 Oct-Dec	78	33	42.3%	96^th
1964 Jan-Mar	56	2	3.6%	64^th
1964 Apr-Jun	131	1	0.8%	52^nd
1964 Jul-Sep	104	4	3.8%	28^th
1964 Oct-Oct	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	32	10	31.3%	88^th
1965 Apr-Jun	103	21	20.4%	88^th
1965 Jul-Sep	105	7	6.7%	71^st
1965 Oct-Oct	15	5	33.3%	63^rd
1966 Jan-Mar	28	5	17.9%	60^th
1966 Apr-Jun	56	18	32.1%	88^th
1966 Jul-Sep	112	24	21.4%	96^th
1966 Oct-Oct	33	10	30.3%	80^th
1967 Jan-Mar	53	14	26.4%	79^th
1967 Apr-Jun	69	9	13.0%	66^th
1967 Jul-Sep	77	13	16.9%	69^th
1967 Oct-Dec	106	28	26.4%	86^th
1968 Jan-Mar	66	9	13.6%	69^th
1968 Apr-Jun	85	16	18.8%	62^nd
1968 Jul-Sep	88	22	25.0%	59^th
1968 Oct-Oct	27	7	25.9%	52^nd
1969 Jan-Mar	14	8	57.1%	97^th
1969 Apr-Jun	24	2	8.3%	44^th
1969 Jul-Sep	39	18	46.2%	97^th
1969 Oct-Dec	151	17	11.3%	46^th
1970 Jan-Mar	100	2	2.0%	8^th
1970 Apr-Jun	88	15	17.0%	67^th
1970 Jul-Sep	108	64	59.3%	95^th
1970 Oct-Dec	103	6	5.8%	18^th
1971 Feb-Mar	24	6	25.0%	77^th
1971 Apr-Jun	83	12	14.5%	42^nd
1971 Jul-Sep	103	16	15.5%	56^th
1971 Oct-Dec	202	5	2.5%	11^th
1972 Jan-Mar	109	35	32.1%	87^th
1972 Apr-Jun	127	21	16.5%	62^nd
1972 Jul-Sep	205	20	9.8%	56^th
1972 Oct-Oct	74	3	4.1%	27^th
1973 Jan-Mar	66	21	31.8%	87^th
1973 Apr-Jun	181	11	6.1%	38^th
1973 Jul-Sep	133	2	1.5%	29^th
1973 Oct-Dec	168	5	3.0%	17^th
1974 Jan-Mar	93	1	1.1%	11^th
1974 Apr-Jun	178	1	0.6%	9^th
1974 Jul-Sep	136	12	8.8%	46^th
1974 Oct-Dec	133	15	11.3%	46^th
1975 Jan-Mar	117	1	0.9%	19^th
1975 Apr-Jun	132	30	22.7%	84^th
1975 Jul-Sep	166	11	6.6%	48^th
1975 Oct-Dec	179	11	6.1%	38^th
1976 Jan-Mar	103	2	1.9%	13^th
1976 Apr-Jun	263	45	17.1%	71^st
1976 Jul-Sep	308	58	18.8%	73^rd
1976 Oct-Oct	13	1	7.7%	29^th
1977 Jan-Mar	91	13	14.3%	74^th
1977 Apr-Jun	177	10	5.6%	38^th
1977 Jul-Sep	230	13	5.7%	49^th
1977 Oct-Dec	131	5	3.8%	25^th
1978 Jan-Mar	78	4	5.1%	31^st
1978 Apr-Jun	116	11	9.5%	69^th
1978 Jul-Sep	235	12	5.1%	29^th
1978 Oct-Oct	85	3	3.5%	26^th
1979 Feb-Mar	32	1	3.1%	38^th
1979 Apr-Jun	121	8	6.6%	50^th
1979 Jul-Sep	170	12	7.1%	46^th
1979 Oct-Dec	184	10	5.4%	35^th
1980 Jan-Mar	66	3	4.5%	48^th
1980 Apr-Jun	216	32	14.8%	70^th
1980 Jul-Sep	178	18	10.1%	59^th
1980 Oct-Dec	84	42	50.0%	92^nd

Primary Sources

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

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

Sen. Warren Magnuson [D-WA, 1957-1980] leaves office as Senator from Washington

Dec 16, 1980

Elections and Offices

Sen. Warren Magnuson [D-WA, 1957-1980] takes office as Senator from Washington

Jan 03, 1957

Elections and Offices

Sen. Warren Magnuson [D-WA, 1957-1980] leaves office as Senator from Washington

Jul 27, 1956

Elections and Offices

Sen. Warren Magnuson [D-WA, 1957-1980] takes office as Senator from Washington

Jan 01, 1944

Elections and Offices

Sen. Warren Magnuson [D-WA, 1957-1980] leaves office as Representative for Washington's 1st congressional district

Dec 16, 1942