Charles Gubser, former Representative for California's 10th Congressional District

Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Gubser sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the House of Representatives.

Each dot in the chart below was a member of the House of Representatives in 1974. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Gubser is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Gubser sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (23%) Taxation (18%) Armed Forces and National Security (15%) Private Legislation (15%) Transportation and Public Works (8%) Science, Technology, Communications (8%) Labor and Employment (8%) Arts, Culture, Religion (5%)

Recent Bills

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Voting Record

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From Jan 1953 to Dec 1974, Gubser missed 592 of 4,182 roll call votes, which is 14.2%. This is worse than the median of 9.7% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 1974. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1953 Jan-Mar	13	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Apr-Jun	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jul-Aug	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Jan-Mar	14	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Apr-Jun	24	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Jul-Aug	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Apr-Jun	36	1	2.8%	66^th
1955 Jul-Aug	19	1	5.3%	78^th
1956 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Apr-Jun	30	5	16.7%	96^th
1956 Jul-Jul	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Apr-Jun	36	4	11.1%	97^th
1957 Jul-Aug	52	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jan-Mar	21	2	9.5%	94^th
1958 Apr-Jun	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jul-Aug	40	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 Jan-Apr	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 May-Aug	54	8	14.8%	99^th
1959 Sep-Sep	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1960 Feb-Apr	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1960 May-Aug	70	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 Jan-Apr	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 May-Aug	65	2	3.1%	61^st
1961 Sep-Sep	29	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Jan-Mar	21	1	4.8%	68^th
1962 Apr-Jun	32	1	3.1%	86^th
1962 Jul-Sep	49	5	10.2%	96^th
1962 Oct-Oct	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jan-Mar	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Apr-Jun	31	1	3.2%	59^th
1963 Jul-Sep	28	2	7.1%	88^th
1963 Oct-Dec	50	3	6.0%	60^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%	74^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	7	13.2%	64^th
1965 Jul-Sep	98	9	9.2%	56^th
1965 Oct-Oct	22	1	4.5%	25^th
1966 Jan-Mar	30	13	43.3%	97^th
1966 Apr-Jun	51	4	7.8%	33^rd
1966 Jul-Sep	72	16	22.2%	69^th
1966 Oct-Oct	40	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Apr-Jun	57	1	1.8%	50^th
1967 Jul-Sep	59	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	98	3	3.1%	59^th
1968 Jan-Mar	38	1	2.6%	58^th
1968 Apr-Jun	79	2	2.5%	50^th
1968 Jul-Sep	91	6	6.6%	67^th
1968 Oct-Oct	25	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	2	12.5%	71^st
1969 Apr-Jun	28	4	14.3%	62^nd
1969 Jul-Sep	45	13	28.9%	93^rd
1969 Oct-Dec	88	5	5.7%	24^th
1970 Jan-Mar	35	14	40.0%	93^rd
1970 Apr-Jun	74	19	25.7%	76^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	8	10.5%	42^nd
1970 Oct-Dec	81	23	28.4%	74^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	2	9.1%	50^th
1971 Apr-Jun	90	25	27.8%	89^th
1971 Jul-Sep	74	23	31.1%	91^st
1971 Oct-Dec	134	86	64.2%	99^th
1972 Jan-Mar	64	7	10.9%	54^th
1972 Apr-Jun	114	11	9.6%	38^th
1972 Jul-Sep	101	5	5.0%	27^th
1972 Oct-Oct	50	6	12.0%	43^rd
1973 Jan-Mar	36	4	11.1%	58^th
1973 Apr-Jun	191	26	13.6%	71^st
1973 Jul-Sep	131	15	11.5%	76^th
1973 Oct-Dec	182	92	50.5%	97^th
1974 Jan-Mar	79	15	19.0%	83^rd
1974 Apr-Jun	170	26	15.3%	66^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	36	24.3%	89^th
1974 Oct-Dec	141	22	15.6%	62^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
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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