Carey Estes Kefauver

Senator from Tennessee

SENATEDEMOCRAT1939–1965ID K000044

LegislationHEADLINE

92%with Dems

of 1,521 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

92%with Dems

of 1,521 · both combined

Steepest move

+8 pts

1955 → 1957

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 ↓19391945195119571963

1963–6488th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

96.8%with Democrats

of 62 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1955 → 1957, +8 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

Aug 9, 1963H.R. 7500No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Aug 9, 1963H.R. 7500No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7500), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Aug 7, 1963H.R. 5888No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 7, 1963H.R. 5888No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Aug 7, 1963H.R. 5888No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Aug 7, 1963H.R. 5888No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Aug 7, 1963H.R. 5888No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 62 contested votes scored in the 88th 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

13 Congresses

76th · 193981st · 194988th · 1963

Democrat · House · TN76th–80th

Democrat · Senate · TN81st–88th

Term datesexact

Carey Estes Kefauver

Senator from Tennessee

SENATED1939–196513 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

92%with Democrats

of 1,521 votes · 8% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested92%of 1,521 · combined

Steepest move+8 pts1955→57, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019391963

1963–64 · 88th · Democrat · of 62 votes96.8%

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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 · 62 contested votes scored in the 88th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

76th · 193988th · 1963

Democrat76th–80th

Democrat81st–88th

Party switchers

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