Elections and Offices
Sen. Clair Engle [D-CA, 1959-1964] leaves office as Senator from California
Oct 3, 1964Sen. Clair Engle
Former Senator from California
Democrat
Elected Positions
| Dates | Title | State / District |
|---|---|---|
| Senator | California | |
| Representative | California's 2nd District | |
| Representative | California's 2nd District | |
| Representative | California's 2nd District | |
| Representative | California's 2nd District |
See Also: Bioguide
Voting Record
From Jan 1959 to Jun 1964, Engle missed 200 of 1,277 roll call votes, which is 15.7%. This is worse than the median of 5.2% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Jun 1964. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
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
Recent Legislative Activity
Elections and Offices
Sen. Clair Engle [D-CA, 1959-1964] takes office as Senator from California
Jan 7, 1959