Frank Melvin Karsten

Representative from Missouri

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1947–1969ID K000013

LegislationHEADLINE

96%with Dems

of 1,187 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

96%with Dems

of 1,187 · both combined

Steepest move

−10 pts

1951 → 1953

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 ↓1947195319591965

1967–6890th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

98.2%with Democrats

of 114 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, −10 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

Sep 25, 1968H.R. 17126No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Sep 18, 1968H.Res. 1253No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Sep 12, 1968H.R. 18707No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 18707), 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

Sep 12, 1968H.R. 18707No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 5, 1968H.R. 15045No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 24, 1968H.R. 17735No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 24, 1968H.R. 17735No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jul 24, 1968H.R. 17735No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 24, 1968H.R. 17735No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 114 contested votes scored in the 90th 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

11 Congresses

80th · 194790th · 1967

Democrat · House · MO80th–90th

Term datesexact

Frank Melvin Karsten

Representative from Missouri

HOUSED1947–196911 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

95.8%with Democrats

of 1,187 votes · 4.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested96%of 1,187 · combined

Steepest move−10 pts1951→53, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019471967

1967–68 · 90th · Democrat · of 114 votes98.2%

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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 · 114 contested votes scored in the 90th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

80th · 194790th · 1967

Democrat80th–90th

Party switchers

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