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Carroll Dudley Kearns

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1947–1963ID K000032
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LegislationHEADLINE
23%with Dems
of 711 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
23%with Dems
of 711 · both combined
Steepest move
+24 pts
1955 → 1957
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 ↓194719531959
1961–6287th Congress
Sat as a Republican
31.7%with Democrats
of 104 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1955 → 1957, +24 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
Oct 13, 1962H.R. 12900No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 12, 1962H.R. 12900No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 11, 1962S. 3451No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3451), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Oct 6, 1962H.R. 13175No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 5, 1962S. 1447No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 5, 1962H.Con.Res. 570No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 5, 1962H.R. 7972No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 4, 1962H.R. 4670No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 4, 1962S. 1123No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 104 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

8 Congresses
80th · 194787th · 1961
Republican · House · PA80th–87th
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
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Carroll Dudley Kearns

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSER1947–19638 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
23.3%with Democrats
of 711 votes · 76.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested23%of 711 · combined
Steepest move+24 pts1955→57, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019471961
1961–62 · 87th · Republican · of 104 votes31.7%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 104 contested votes scored in the 87th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

80th · 194787th · 1961
Republican80th–87th

Party switchers

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