Frank Welsh Burke

Representative from Kentucky

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1959–1963ID B001090

LegislationHEADLINE

94%with Dems

of 201 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

94%with Dems

of 201 · both combined

Steepest move

+3 pts

1959 → 1961

still a Democrat

Career arc

Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.

100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓1959

1961–6287th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

95.3%with Democrats

of 106 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, +3 pts — while still a Democrat.

Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, usually a bill number, how they voted and which side that matched — nothing is filled in by hand.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with

Oct 11, 1962S. 3451No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 6, 1962H.R. 13175No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 4, 1962H.R. 11970No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 11970), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Oct 1, 1962H.R. 13241No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Sep 26, 1962S.J.Res. 230No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 26, 1962S.J.Res. 230No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Sep 25, 1962H.R. 10No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 24, 1962S.J.Res. 2245No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 21, 1962H.R. 121803No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 106 contested votes scored in the 87th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

2 Congresses

86th · 195987th · 1961

Democrat · House · KY86th–87th

Term datesexact

Frank Welsh Burke

Representative from Kentucky

HOUSED1959–19632 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

94%with Democrats

of 201 votes · 6% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested94%of 201 · combined

Steepest move+3 pts1959→61, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019591961

1961–62 · 87th · Democrat · of 106 votes95.3%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.

Democratic majorityYea

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 106 contested votes scored in the 87th

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

86th · 195987th · 1961

Democrat86th–87th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40th Wesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105th Ben Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th