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Frank Bateman Keefe

Representative from Wisconsin
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1939–1951ID K000041
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LegislationHEADLINE
15%with Dems
of 539 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
15%with Dems
of 539 · both combined
Steepest move
+19 pts
1947 → 1949
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 ↓19391945
1949–5081st Congress
Sat as a Republican
25.3%with Democrats
of 91 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1947 → 1949, +19 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
May 15, 1950H.R. 5990No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
May 15, 1950H.Res. 567No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
May 10, 1950H.R. 7786No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7786), 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
May 10, 1950H.R. 7786No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 10, 1950H.R. 7786No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 10, 1950H.R. 7786No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 10, 1950H.R. 7786No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 6, 1950noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 4, 1950H.R. 1243No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 91 contested votes scored in the 81st 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

6 Congresses
76th · 193981st · 1949
Republican · House · WI76th–81st
Term datesexact
Members · Wisconsin
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Frank Bateman Keefe

Representative from Wisconsin
HOUSER1939–19516 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
14.7%with Democrats
of 539 votes · 85.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested15%of 539 · combined
Steepest move+19 pts1947→49, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019391949
1949–50 · 81st · Republican · of 91 votes25.3%

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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 · 91 contested votes scored in the 81st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

76th · 193981st · 1949
Republican76th–81st

Party switchers

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