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Kent Ellsworth Keller

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1931–1941ID K000056
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LegislationHEADLINE
87%with Dems
of 464 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
87%with Dems
of 464 · both combined
Steepest move
+17 pts
1931 → 1933
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 ↓19311937
1939–4076th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
92.4%with Democrats
of 131 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1931 → 1933, +17 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
Dec 18, 1940H.R. 6324No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 2, 1940H.R. 6324No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Nov 19, 1940H.Con.Res. 93No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Con.Res. 93), 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
Nov 19, 1940H.R. 960No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 7, 1940H.R. 960No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1940S. 3936No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Sep 25, 1940H.R. 3840No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 14, 1940S. 4164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 14, 1940H.R. 10361No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 131 contested votes scored in the 76th 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

5 Congresses
72nd · 193176th · 1939
Democrat · House · IL72nd–76th
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
KK

Kent Ellsworth Keller

Representative from Illinois
HOUSED1931–19415 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
87.3%with Democrats
of 464 votes · 12.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested87%of 464 · combined
Steepest move+17 pts1931→33, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019311939
1939–40 · 76th · Democrat · of 131 votes92.4%

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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 · 131 contested votes scored in the 76th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

72nd · 193176th · 1939
Democrat72nd–76th

Party switchers

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