Rep. Albert Walter Johnson

Former Representative for Pennsylvania’s 23^rd District

Johnson was the representative for Pennsylvania’s 23^rd congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1963 to 1976.

Bioguide

Photo of Rep. Albert Walter Johnson [R-PA23, 1963-1976]

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Enacted Legislation

Johnson was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:

H.J.Res. 504 (93rd): Joint resolution to authorize the President to issue annually a proclamation designating the month of May in each year as “National Arthritis Month”.

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Does 1 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Johnson sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Armed Forces and National Security (21%) Taxation (15%) Labor and Employment (13%) Government Operations and Politics (13%) Social Welfare (10%) Agriculture and Food (10%) Education (9%) Housing and Community Development (7%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Johnson recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Dec 1963 to Oct 1976, Johnson missed 462 of 4,452 roll call votes, which is 10.4%. This is on par with the median of 8.7% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1976. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1963 Oct-Dec	24	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Apr-Jun	34	2	5.9%	82^nd
1964 Jul-Sep	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Oct-Oct	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	1	1.9%	16^th
1965 Jul-Sep	98	5	5.1%	37^th
1965 Oct-Oct	22	4	18.2%	59^th
1966 Jan-Mar	30	5	16.7%	71^st
1966 Apr-Jun	51	4	7.8%	33^rd
1966 Jul-Sep	72	7	9.7%	38^th
1966 Oct-Oct	40	13	32.5%	65^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	1	3.2%	50^th
1967 Apr-Jun	57	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Jul-Sep	59	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	98	2	2.0%	40^th
1968 Jan-Mar	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	79	2	2.5%	52^nd
1968 Jul-Sep	91	2	2.2%	28^th
1968 Oct-Oct	25	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	1	3.6%	22^nd
1969 Jul-Sep	45	6	13.3%	64^th
1969 Oct-Dec	88	8	9.1%	36^th
1970 Jan-Mar	35	4	11.4%	53^rd
1970 Apr-Jun	74	7	9.5%	23^rd
1970 Jul-Sep	76	12	15.8%	61^st
1970 Oct-Dec	81	20	24.7%	68^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	4	18.2%	76^th
1971 Apr-Jun	90	11	12.2%	46^th
1971 Jul-Sep	74	7	9.5%	54^th
1971 Oct-Dec	134	3	2.2%	9^th
1972 Jan-Mar	64	6	9.4%	48^th
1972 Apr-Jun	114	13	11.4%	46^th
1972 Jul-Sep	101	4	4.0%	22^nd
1972 Oct-Oct	50	10	20.0%	61^st
1973 Jan-Mar	36	1	2.8%	25^th
1973 Apr-Jun	191	15	7.9%	47^th
1973 Jul-Sep	131	13	9.9%	74^th
1973 Oct-Dec	182	20	11.0%	68^th
1974 Jan-Mar	79	10	12.7%	67^th
1974 Apr-Jun	170	48	28.2%	93^rd
1974 Jul-Sep	148	5	3.4%	30^th
1974 Oct-Dec	141	15	10.6%	56^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	7	10.3%	67^th
1975 Apr-Jun	199	32	16.1%	84^th
1975 Jul-Sep	154	12	7.8%	58^th
1975 Oct-Dec	191	13	6.8%	55^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	21	19.8%	88^th
1976 Apr-Jun	267	58	21.7%	80^th
1976 Jul-Sep	281	28	10.0%	61^st
1976 Oct-Oct	7	0	0.0%	0^th

Primary Sources

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

unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
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
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills