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Russell Watson Keeney

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1957–1959ID K000042
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LegislationHEADLINE
21%with Dems
of 53 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
21%with Dems
of 53 · both combined

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 ↓1957
1957–5885th Congress
Sat as a Republican
20.8%with Democrats
of 53 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Aug 30, 1957H.R. 9302No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Aug 30, 1957S. 2377No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 28, 1957S. 2792No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2792), 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
Aug 27, 1957H.R. 7915No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 27, 1957H.Res. 410No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Aug 27, 1957H.Res. 410No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Aug 23, 1957H.R. 9131No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 22, 1957H.Con.Res. 17No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 20, 1957S. 1520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 53 contested votes scored in the 85th 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

1 Congresses
85th · 1957
Republican · House · IL85th–85th
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
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Russell Watson Keeney

Representative from Illinois
HOUSER1957–19591 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
20.8%with Democrats
of 53 votes · 79.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested21%of 53 · combined

Career arc

10050019571957
1957–58 · 85th · Republican · of 53 votes20.8%

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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 · 53 contested votes scored in the 85th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

85th · 195785th · 1957
Republican85th–85th

Party switchers

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