Craig Hosmer, former Representative for California's 32nd Congressional District

Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Hosmer 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). Hosmer is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Hosmer sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Agriculture and Food (24%) Armed Forces and National Security (24%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (14%) Labor and Employment (10%) Energy (10%) Environmental Protection (8%) Government Operations and Politics (6%) Science, Technology, Communications (6%)

Recent Bills

Some of Hosmer’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

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From Jan 1953 to Dec 1974, Hosmer missed 439 of 4,177 roll call votes, which is 10.5%. This is on par with 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	1	3.6%	42^nd
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	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Jul-Aug	19	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Apr-Jun	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jul-Jul	31	4	12.9%	93^rd
1957 Jan-Mar	12	5	41.7%	98^th
1957 Apr-Jun	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jul-Aug	52	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Apr-Jun	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jul-Aug	40	3	7.5%	82^nd
1959 Jan-Apr	16	1	6.3%	85^th
1959 May-Aug	54	2	3.7%	68^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	2	9.1%	97^th
1961 May-Aug	65	11	16.9%	99^th
1961 Sep-Sep	29	2	6.9%	72^nd
1962 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Apr-Jun	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Jul-Sep	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Oct-Oct	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jan-Mar	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Apr-Jun	31	2	6.5%	84^th
1963 Jul-Sep	28	1	3.6%	66^th
1963 Oct-Dec	50	4	8.0%	73^rd
1964 Jan-Mar	26	1	3.8%	64^th
1964 Apr-Jun	34	2	5.9%	82^nd
1964 Jul-Sep	49	1	2.0%	44^th
1964 Oct-Oct	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	28	6	21.4%	87^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	2	3.8%	22^nd
1965 Jul-Sep	98	36	36.7%	98^th
1965 Oct-Oct	22	22	100.0%	99^th
1966 Jan-Mar	30	1	3.3%	22^nd
1966 Apr-Jun	51	11	21.6%	79^th
1966 Jul-Sep	72	11	15.3%	55^th
1966 Oct-Oct	40	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Apr-Jun	57	2	3.5%	70^th
1967 Jul-Sep	59	3	5.1%	70^th
1967 Oct-Dec	98	8	8.2%	92^nd
1968 Jan-Mar	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	79	2	2.5%	50^th
1968 Jul-Sep	91	15	16.5%	92^nd
1968 Oct-Oct	25	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Jul-Sep	45	10	22.2%	85^th
1969 Oct-Dec	88	29	33.0%	91^st
1970 Jan-Mar	35	7	20.0%	73^rd
1970 Apr-Jun	74	11	14.9%	48^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	8	10.5%	42^nd
1970 Oct-Dec	81	14	17.3%	50^th
1971 Jan-Mar	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1971 Apr-Jun	90	8	8.9%	30^th
1971 Jul-Sep	74	26	35.1%	94^th
1971 Oct-Dec	134	15	11.2%	47^th
1972 Jan-Mar	64	3	4.7%	26^th
1972 Apr-Jun	114	27	23.7%	78^th
1972 Jul-Sep	101	9	8.9%	48^th
1972 Oct-Oct	50	4	8.0%	32^nd
1973 Jan-Mar	36	24	66.7%	97^th
1973 Apr-Jun	191	6	3.1%	15^th
1973 Jul-Sep	131	0	0.0%	0^th
1973 Oct-Dec	182	14	7.7%	49^th
1974 Jan-Mar	79	3	3.8%	22^nd
1974 Apr-Jun	170	23	13.5%	59^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	18	12.2%	72^nd
1974 Oct-Dec	141	19	13.5%	56^th

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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