The Vote Ledger
/
Data through Sep 17, 2026Compare members
The Vote Ledger
JK

John Kean

Senator from New Jersey
SENATEREPUBLICAN1883–1911ID K000028
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
6%with Dems
of 888 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
6%with Dems
of 888 · both combined
Steepest move
−11 pts
1907 → 1909
still a Republican

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 ↓18831889189519011907
1909–1061st Congress
Sat as a Republican
4%with Democrats
of 199 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1907 → 1909, −11 pts — within one party label.
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
Mar 4, 1911H.R. 29346No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 4, 1911H.J.Res. 295No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 4, 1911H.R. 32010No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 32010), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Mar 4, 1911H.R. 32010No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1911H.R. 31539No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1911H.R. 32909No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1911noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1911noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1911H.R. 32212No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 199 contested votes scored in the 61st 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

8 Congresses
48th · 188356th · 189961st · 1909
Republican · House · NJ48th–50th
Republican · Senate · NJ56th–61st
Term datesexact
Members · New Jersey
JK

John Kean

Senator from New Jersey
SENATER1883–19118 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
6.2%with Democrats
of 888 votes · 93.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested6%of 888 · combined
Steepest move−11 pts1907→09, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018831909
1909–10 · 61st · Republican · of 199 votes4%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 199 contested votes scored in the 61st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

48th · 188361st · 1909
Republican48th–50th
Republican56th–61st

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40thWesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105thBen Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th
AD320 × 50 · Anchor