Rep. George Brown Jr.

Former Representative from California's 42^nd District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title / State / District
1993-1999	Representative, California's 42^nd District
1975-1992	Representative, California's 36^th District
1973-1974	Representative, California's 38^th District
1963-1971	Representative, California's 29^th District

Sponsorship Analysis

Brown was a rank-and-file Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Brown’s time serving in the House of Representatives. Brown’s bills had a total of 167 cosponsors in the 106^th Congress.

Use this chart to compare Brown to other members of the House of Representatives in the 106^th Congress on leadership and ideology.

This chart is based on principal components analysis for ideology and PageRank for leadership. See analysis methodology.

Bills Sponsored

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

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Voting Record

From Jan 1963 to Jul 1999, Brown missed 2,196 of 15,880 roll call votes, which is 13.8%. This is worse than the median of 3.0% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Jul 1999. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1963 Jan-Mar	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Apr-Jun	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jul-Sep	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Oct-Dec	45	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Apr-Jun	34	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jul-Sep	46	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Oct-Oct	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	26	5	19.2%	75^th
1965 Apr-Jun	51	10	19.6%	50^th
1965 Jul-Sep	94	9	9.6%	50^th
1965 Oct-Oct	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1966 Jan-Mar	30	6	20.0%	75^th
1966 Apr-Jun	50	12	24.0%	50^th
1966 Jul-Sep	62	20	32.3%	50^th
1966 Oct-Oct	32	25	78.1%	75^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	1	3.2%	60^th
1967 Apr-Jun	54	1	1.9%	60^th
1967 Jul-Sep	56	1	1.8%	80^th
1967 Oct-Dec	93	1	1.1%	80^th
1968 Jan-Mar	37	1	2.7%	60^th
1968 Apr-Jun	69	4	5.8%	80^th
1968 Jul-Sep	81	10	12.3%	60^th
1968 Oct-Oct	23	5	21.7%	80^th
1969 Jan-Mar	15	1	6.7%	50^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	10	35.7%	71^st
1969 Jul-Sep	44	10	22.7%	86^th
1969 Oct-Dec	77	32	41.6%	88^th
1970 Jan-Mar	31	22	71.0%	88^th
1970 Apr-Jun	70	47	67.1%	88^th
1970 Jul-Sep	71	8	11.3%	38^th
1970 Oct-Dec	77	22	28.6%	75^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	9	25.0%	77^th
1973 Apr-Jun	188	20	10.6%	73^rd
1973 Jul-Sep	130	2	1.5%	32^nd
1973 Oct-Dec	179	22	12.3%	64^th
1974 Jan-Mar	77	11	14.3%	77^th
1974 Apr-Jun	168	36	21.4%	95^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	8	5.4%	50^th
1974 Oct-Dec	138	29	21.0%	91^st
1975 Jan-Mar	68	1	1.5%	12^th
1975 Apr-Jun	198	20	10.1%	76^th
1975 Jul-Sep	146	25	17.1%	88^th
1975 Oct-Dec	191	22	11.5%	85^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	17	16.0%	88^th
1976 Apr-Jun	262	55	21.0%	82^nd
1976 Jul-Sep	279	42	15.1%	79^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Jan-Mar	97	19	19.6%	93^rd
1977 Apr-Jun	270	47	17.4%	93^rd
1977 Jul-Sep	198	29	14.6%	89^th
1977 Oct-Dec	134	14	10.4%	78^th
1978 Jan-Mar	146	26	17.8%	89^th
1978 Apr-Jun	298	67	22.5%	82^nd
1978 Jul-Sep	308	50	16.2%	80^th
1978 Oct-Oct	75	6	8.0%	58^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	6	9.5%	76^th
1979 Apr-Jun	220	34	15.5%	83^rd
1979 Jul-Sep	198	19	9.6%	71^st
1979 Oct-Dec	187	41	21.9%	90^th
1980 Jan-Mar	148	18	12.2%	73^rd
1980 Apr-Jun	194	38	19.6%	87^th
1980 Jul-Sep	191	20	10.5%	69^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	8	11.9%	57^th
1981 Jan-Mar	15	3	20.0%	83^rd
1981 Apr-Jun	89	5	5.6%	51^st
1981 Jul-Sep	106	11	10.4%	84^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	28	19.7%	94^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	10	20.8%	87^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	18	15.1%	90^th
1982 Jul-Sep	193	36	18.7%	94^th
1982 Oct-Dec	98	5	5.1%	43^rd
1983 Jan-Mar	43	3	7.0%	48^th
1983 Apr-Jun	182	24	13.2%	85^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	6	4.6%	62^nd
1983 Oct-Nov	139	21	15.1%	91^st
1984 Jan-Mar	53	1	1.9%	23^rd
1984 Apr-Jun	223	16	7.2%	57^th
1984 Jul-Sep	95	1	1.1%	17^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	5	13.9%	77^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	4	11.1%	66^th
1985 Apr-Jun	154	16	10.4%	86^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	6	5.9%	61^st
1985 Oct-Dec	146	18	12.3%	95^th
1986 Jan-Mar	57	19	33.3%	98^th
1986 Apr-Jun	128	10	7.8%	86^th
1986 Jul-Sep	201	28	13.9%	92^nd
1986 Oct-Oct	60	8	13.3%	84^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	9	23.1%	93^rd
1987 Apr-Jun	186	27	14.5%	92^nd
1987 Jul-Sep	95	23	24.2%	97^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	34	20.4%	96^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	10	20.4%	94^th
1988 Apr-Jun	160	16	10.0%	88^th
1988 Jul-Sep	150	39	26.0%	96^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	1	7.1%	57^th
1989 Apr-Jun	105	7	6.7%	82^nd
1989 Jul-Sep	128	8	6.3%	86^th
1989 Oct-Nov	120	16	13.3%	96^th
1990 Jan-Mar	60	14	23.3%	97^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	19	12.7%	91^st
1990 Jul-Sep	183	13	7.1%	82^nd
1990 Oct-Oct	143	25	17.5%	98^th
1991 Jan-Mar	62	3	4.8%	65^th
1991 Apr-Jun	139	7	5.0%	68^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	4	4.9%	61^st
1991 Oct-Nov	162	22	13.6%	96^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	4	6.1%	65^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	13	7.0%	80^th
1992 Jul-Sep	196	16	8.2%	85^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	14	11.0%	95^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	33	17.4%	98^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	18	11.0%	97^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	24	17.9%	99^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	24	25.3%	99^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	26	11.9%	96^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	10	7.0%	82^nd
1994 Oct-Nov	51	7	13.7%	93^rd
1995 Jan-Mar	279	34	12.2%	98^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	12	6.3%	88^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	29	12.5%	95^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	3	1.6%	45^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	2	1.8%	48^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	10	5.5%	81^st
1996 Jul-Sep	163	6	3.7%	69^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	5	7.0%	83^rd
1997 Apr-Jun	174	11	6.3%	87^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	12	5.2%	82^nd
1997 Oct-Nov	163	17	10.4%	93^rd
1998 Jan-Mar	89	4	4.5%	71^st
1998 Apr-Jun	185	11	5.9%	83^rd
1998 Jul-Sep	199	6	3.0%	64^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	1	1.4%	41^st
1999 Jan-Mar	77	8	10.4%	94^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	168	91.3%	100^th
1999 Jul-Sep	45	45	100.0%	100^th

Primary Sources

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

The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
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
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Rep. George Brown [D-CA42, 1993-1999] leaves office as Representative for California's 42nd congressional district

Jul 15, 1999

Elections and Offices

Rep. George Brown [D-CA42, 1993-1999] takes office as Representative for California's 42nd congressional district

Jan 06, 1999

Elections and Offices

Rep. George Brown [D-CA42, 1993-1999] takes office as Representative for California's 42nd congressional district

Jan 05, 1993

Elections and Offices

Rep. George Brown [D-CA42, 1993-1999] leaves office as Representative for California's 36th congressional district

Oct 09, 1992

Elections and Offices

Rep. George Brown [D-CA42, 1993-1999] takes office as Representative for California's 36th congressional district

Jan 14, 1975