Hiram Johnson, former Senator for California

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Johnson was a senator from California and was a Republican. He served from 1923 to 1945.

He was previously a senator from California as a Republican from 1917 to 1923.

Photo of Sen. Hiram Johnson [R-CA, 1923-1945]

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Apr 1917 to Jul 1945, Johnson missed 1,422 of 4,253 roll call votes, which is 33.4%. This is much worse than the median of 13.9% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Jul 1945. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1917 Apr-Jun	63	7	11.1%	50^th
1917 Jul-Sep	103	5	4.9%	25^th
1917 Oct-Oct	11	11	100.0%	75^th
Dec 1917-Feb 1918	34	4	11.8%	25^th
1918 Mar-May	54	18	33.3%	50^th
1918 Jun-Aug	42	2	4.8%	0^th
1918 Sep-Nov	20	14	70.0%	75^th
Dec 1918-Mar 1919	55	20	36.4%	25^th
1919 May-Jul	31	10	32.3%	67^th
1919 Aug-Oct	31	19	61.3%	83^rd
1919 Nov-Nov	80	8	10.0%	50^th
Dec 1919-Feb 1920	56	50	89.3%	86^th
1920 Mar-May	103	77	74.8%	86^th
1920 Jun-Jun	19	19	100.0%	86^th
Dec 1920-Mar 1921	87	46	52.9%	86^th
1921 Apr-Jun	66	18	27.3%	71^st
1921 Jul-Sep	40	23	57.5%	71^st
1921 Oct-Nov	90	53	58.9%	71^st
Dec 1921-Feb 1922	40	20	50.0%	75^th
1922 Mar-May	199	49	24.6%	29^th
1922 Jun-Aug	215	148	68.8%	86^th
1922 Sep-Sep	15	15	100.0%	86^th
1922 Nov-Nov	13	13	100.0%	88^th
Dec 1922-Mar 1923	72	21	29.2%	50^th
1921 Mar-Mar	1	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1923-Feb 1924	54	11	20.4%	27^th
1924 Mar-May	86	54	62.8%	91^st
1924 Jun-Jun	18	2	11.1%	64^th
Dec 1924-Mar 1925	77	10	13.0%	36^th
1926 Jan-Feb	59	34	57.6%	92^nd
1926 Mar-May	51	4	7.8%	0^th
1926 Jun-Jul	38	6	15.8%	45^th
Dec 1926-Mar 1927	77	12	15.6%	33^rd
1925 Mar-Mar	11	1	9.1%	30^th
Dec 1927-May 1928	125	15	12.0%	47^th
Dec 1928-Mar 1929	66	9	13.6%	22^nd
1929 May-Jun	36	2	5.6%	18^th
1929 Sep-Sep	8	2	25.0%	76^th
1929 Oct-Nov	55	12	21.8%	71^st
Dec 1929-Feb 1930	100	37	37.0%	83^rd
1930 Mar-May	142	23	16.2%	39^th
1930 Jun-Jul	23	2	8.7%	17^th
Dec 1930-Mar 1931	63	6	9.5%	35^th
1930 Jul-Jul	9	0	0.0%	0^th
Dec 1931-Feb 1932	63	36	57.1%	95^th
1932 Mar-May	90	6	6.7%	9^th
1932 Jun-Jul	64	13	20.3%	41^st
Dec 1932-Mar 1933	63	10	15.9%	43^rd
1933 Mar-Jun	97	18	18.6%	70^th
1934 Jan-Jun	130	32	24.6%	79^th
1933 Mar-Mar	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1935 Jan-Mar	37	8	21.6%	83^rd
1935 Apr-Jun	49	11	22.4%	81^st
1935 Jul-Aug	46	4	8.7%	36^th
1936 Jan-Jun	61	17	27.9%	81^st
1937 Jan-Mar	19	7	36.8%	86^th
1937 Apr-Jun	21	10	47.6%	93^rd
1937 Jul-Aug	31	2	6.5%	38^th
1937 Nov-Dec	22	7	31.8%	83^rd
1938 Jan-Jun	81	22	27.2%	70^th
1939 Jan-Mar	17	2	11.8%	60^th
1939 Apr-Jun	36	11	30.6%	79^th
1939 Jul-Aug	41	10	24.4%	75^th
1939 Oct-Nov	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1940 Jan-Mar	44	16	36.4%	81^st
1940 Apr-Jun	64	21	32.8%	83^rd
1940 Jul-Sep	38	3	7.9%	30^th
1940 Oct-Nov	5	1	20.0%	36^th
1941 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Jan-Mar	23	2	8.7%	57^th
1941 Apr-Jun	31	18	58.1%	93^rd
1941 Jul-Sep	23	12	52.2%	88^th
1941 Oct-Dec	21	3	14.3%	67^th
1942 Jan-Mar	23	12	52.2%	94^th
1942 Apr-Jun	28	10	35.7%	77^th
1942 Jul-Sep	19	7	36.8%	61^st
1942 Oct-Dec	24	2	8.3%	19^th
1943 Jan-Mar	20	12	60.0%	96^th
1943 Apr-Jun	52	51	98.1%	98^th
1943 Jul-Sep	20	20	100.0%	98^th
1943 Oct-Dec	30	10	33.3%	84^th
1944 Jan-Mar	51	51	100.0%	99^th
1944 Apr-Jun	23	23	100.0%	98^th
1944 Aug-Sep	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Nov-Dec	17	5	29.4%	63^rd
1945 Jan-Mar	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Apr-Jun	38	1	2.6%	40^th
1945 Jul-Sep	8	4	50.0%	95^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

Sen. Hiram Johnson

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