Rep. Robert Carlton “Bob” Wilson

Former Representative for California’s 41^st District

Wilson was the representative for California’s 41^st congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1975 to 1980.

He was previously the representative for California’s 40^th congressional district as a Republican from 1973 to 1974; the representative for California’s 36^th congressional district as a Republican from 1963 to 1972; and the representative for California’s 30^th congressional district as a Republican from 1953 to 1962.

Bioguide

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Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Wilson is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1980 positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Wilson sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 14, 1975 to Dec 13, 1980. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Wilson was the primary sponsor of 9 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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Does 9 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Wilson sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Armed Forces and National Security (43%) Private Legislation (25%) Education (9%) Labor and Employment (6%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Wilson recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1953 to Dec 1980, Wilson missed 1,477 of 8,271 roll call votes, which is 17.9%. This is much worse than the median of 8.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 1980. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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

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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	3	10.0%	95^th
1954 Jan-Mar	14	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Apr-Jun	24	4	16.7%	96^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%	64^th
1955 Jul-Aug	19	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Apr-Jun	30	2	6.7%	90^th
1956 Jul-Jul	31	5	16.1%	93^rd
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	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Apr-Jun	32	6	18.8%	97^th
1958 Jul-Aug	40	3	7.5%	87^th
1959 Jan-Apr	16	4	25.0%	98^th
1959 May-Aug	54	5	9.3%	98^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	1	4.5%	91^st
1961 May-Aug	65	6	9.2%	93^rd
1961 Sep-Sep	29	5	17.2%	96^th
1962 Jan-Mar	21	3	14.3%	93^rd
1962 Apr-Jun	32	1	3.1%	85^th
1962 Jul-Sep	49	7	14.3%	97^th
1962 Oct-Oct	22	2	9.1%	82^nd
1963 Jan-Mar	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Apr-Jun	31	1	3.2%	63^rd
1963 Jul-Sep	28	5	17.9%	99^th
1963 Oct-Dec	50	5	10.0%	84^th
1964 Jan-Mar	26	2	7.7%	88^th
1964 Apr-Jun	34	3	8.8%	94^th
1964 Jul-Sep	49	8	16.3%	98^th
1964 Oct-Oct	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	28	6	21.4%	90^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	7	13.2%	65^th
1965 Jul-Sep	98	17	17.3%	83^rd
1965 Oct-Oct	22	15	68.2%	99^th
1966 Jan-Mar	30	5	16.7%	74^th
1966 Apr-Jun	51	13	25.5%	83^rd
1966 Jul-Sep	72	30	41.7%	89^th
1966 Oct-Oct	40	17	42.5%	72^nd
1967 Jan-Mar	31	2	6.5%	82^nd
1967 Apr-Jun	57	2	3.5%	67^th
1967 Jul-Sep	59	2	3.4%	58^th
1967 Oct-Dec	98	8	8.2%	91^st
1968 Jan-Mar	38	1	2.6%	59^th
1968 Apr-Jun	79	8	10.1%	94^th
1968 Jul-Sep	91	14	15.4%	90^th
1968 Oct-Oct	25	5	20.0%	72^nd
1969 Jan-Mar	16	2	12.5%	75^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	8	28.6%	91^st
1969 Jul-Sep	45	8	17.8%	80^th
1969 Oct-Dec	88	20	22.7%	83^rd
1970 Jan-Mar	35	5	14.3%	63^rd
1970 Apr-Jun	74	23	31.1%	85^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	16	21.1%	75^th
1970 Oct-Dec	81	25	30.9%	78^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	6	27.3%	89^th
1971 Apr-Jun	90	21	23.3%	83^rd
1971 Jul-Sep	74	14	18.9%	81^st
1971 Oct-Dec	134	43	32.1%	91^st
1972 Jan-Mar	64	9	14.1%	65^th
1972 Apr-Jun	114	32	28.1%	87^th
1972 Jul-Sep	101	34	33.7%	94^th
1972 Oct-Oct	50	9	18.0%	60^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	7	19.4%	79^th
1973 Apr-Jun	191	29	15.2%	81^st
1973 Jul-Sep	131	5	3.8%	39^th
1973 Oct-Dec	182	23	12.6%	76^th
1974 Jan-Mar	79	7	8.9%	51^st
1974 Apr-Jun	170	16	9.4%	48^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	19	12.8%	82^nd
1974 Oct-Dec	141	13	9.2%	50^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	12	17.6%	86^th
1975 Apr-Jun	199	22	11.1%	73^rd
1975 Jul-Sep	154	34	22.1%	95^th
1975 Oct-Dec	191	17	8.9%	68^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	6	5.7%	49^th
1976 Apr-Jun	267	55	20.6%	86^th
1976 Jul-Sep	281	24	8.5%	61^st
1976 Oct-Oct	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1977 Jan-Mar	100	10	10.0%	73^rd
1977 Apr-Jun	273	28	10.3%	67^th
1977 Jul-Sep	198	66	33.3%	98^th
1977 Oct-Dec	135	29	21.5%	92^nd
1978 Jan-Mar	150	23	15.3%	80^th
1978 Apr-Jun	300	31	10.3%	59^th
1978 Jul-Sep	308	13	4.2%	29^th
1978 Oct-Oct	76	3	3.9%	34^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	17	27.0%	89^th
1979 Apr-Jun	221	90	40.7%	98^th
1979 Jul-Sep	198	32	16.2%	83^rd
1979 Oct-Dec	190	68	35.8%	96^th
1980 Jan-Mar	148	51	34.5%	93^rd
1980 Apr-Jun	197	78	39.6%	97^th
1980 Jul-Sep	192	100	52.1%	98^th
1980 Oct-Dec	67	36	53.7%	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
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills