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Kenneth James Gray

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1955–1989ID G000400
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LegislationHEADLINE
89%with Dems
of 2,271 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
89%with Dems
of 2,271 · both combined
Steepest move
+9 pts
1955 → 1957
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 ↓195519611967197319791985
1987–88100th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
95.5%with Democrats
of 447 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1955 → 1957, +9 pts — while still a Democrat.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Oct 21, 1988H.R. 5210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 21, 1988H.R. 5560No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 21, 1988H.R. 4333No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4333), 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
Oct 21, 1988S. 2204No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 21, 1988H.R. 5552No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 21, 1988S. 2100No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 21, 1988H.R. 5043No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 21, 1988H.R. 5264No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 21, 1988H.R. 3048No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 447 contested votes scored in the 100th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance94.5% · 291 votes
Armed Forces and National Security87.7% · 162 votes
International Affairs90.8% · 87 votes
Congress91.3% · 80 votes
Government Operations and Politics88.5% · 61 votes
Labor and Employment96.2% · 53 votes
Housing and Community Development97.8% · 45 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance95.5% · 44 votes
Energy69.7% · 33 votes
Transportation and Public Works78.8% · 33 votes
Agriculture and Food81.3% · 32 votes
Social Welfare100% · 27 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement71.4% · 21 votes
Environmental Protection83.3% · 18 votes
Law88.9% · 18 votes
Science, Technology, Communications94.1% · 17 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources93.3% · 15 votes
Immigration100% · 14 votes
Commerce83.3% · 12 votes
Health100% · 12 votes
District of Columbia90.9% · 11 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues90% · 10 votes
Education100% · 10 votes
Water Resources Development90% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Commemorations— · 9 votes
Native Americans— · 8 votes
Mines and mineral resources— · 6 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 4 votes
Taxation— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Public works— · 3 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 2 votes
Petroleum industry— · 2 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 2 votes
Families— · 1 vote
Finance and Financial Sector— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote
Private Legislation— · 1 vote
Real property— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote

They also voted in 22 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

12 Congresses
84th · 1955100th · 1987
Democrat · House · IL84th–100th
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
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Kenneth James Gray

Representative from Illinois
HOUSED1955–198912 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
88.8%with Democrats
of 2,271 votes · 11.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested89%of 2,271 · combined
Steepest move+9 pts1955→57, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019551987
1987–88 · 100th · Democrat · of 447 votes95.5%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. 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 · 447 contested votes scored in the 100th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance94.5% · 291
Armed Forces and National Security87.7% · 162
International Affairs90.8% · 87
Congress91.3% · 80
Government Operations and Politics88.5% · 61
Labor and Employment96.2% · 53
Housing and Community Development97.8% · 45
Foreign Trade and International Finance95.5% · 44
Energy69.7% · 33
Transportation and Public Works78.8% · 33
Agriculture and Food81.3% · 32
Social Welfare100% · 27
Crime and Law Enforcement71.4% · 21
Environmental Protection83.3% · 18
Law88.9% · 18
Science, Technology, Communications94.1% · 17
Public Lands and Natural Resources93.3% · 15
Immigration100% · 14
Commerce83.3% · 12
Health100% · 12
District of Columbia90.9% · 11
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues90% · 10
Education100% · 10
Water Resources Development90% · 10
Commemorations— · 9
Native Americans— · 8
Mines and mineral resources— · 6
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 4
Taxation— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Public works— · 3
Congressional-executive relations— · 2
Petroleum industry— · 2
Vietnamese Conflict— · 2
Families— · 1
Finance and Financial Sector— · 1
Gold— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Private Legislation— · 1
Real property— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1

Also voted in 22 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Service record

84th · 1955100th · 1987
Democrat84th–100th

Party switchers

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