Former U.S. Representative

Phillip BurtonNo longer serving

Fact sheet
Cosponsored
0

Signed on to someone else's bill

Recorded votes
0

Roll calls tied to a bill, nominations aside

Biography

A Representative from California. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, June 1, 1926. Attended Washington High School, Milwaukee, Wis. Graduated from George Washington High School, Richmond District, Calif. , 1944. B. A. , University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif. , 1947. LL. B. , Golden Gate Law School, San Francisco, Calif. , 1952. Lawyer, private practice. Admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, 1956. United States Air Force, World War II and the Korean conflict. Member of the California state assembly, 1956-1964. Represented the United States at the Atlantic Treaty Association Conference in France, 1959. Delegate, California State Democratic convention, 1968-1982. Delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1968 and 1970. Elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-eighth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative John F. Shelley, and reelected to the ten succeeding Congresses (February 18, 1964-April 10, 1983). Died on April 10, 1983, in San Francisco, Calif. Cremated. Ashes interred in the National Cemetery of the Presidio, San Francisco, Calif.

Votes

How this member answered on every recorded vote tied to a bill, newest first — including the procedural motions on it, such as cloture. Votes on nominations are not listed, because they are not attached to a bill.

No recorded votes on bills are on file for this member.

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions this member introduced.

No sponsored bills on file.

Cosponsored bills

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No cosponsored bills on file.

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