Melville Clyde Kelly

Representative from Pennsylvania

HOUSEREPUBLICAN→OTHER PARTY→REPUBLICAN1913–1935ID K000076

LegislationHEADLINE

25%with Dems

of 852 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

25%with Dems

of 852 · both combined

Steepest move

+31 pts

1921 → 1923

still a Republican

Changed parties

65th

R → O · first Congress under it

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 ↓1913191919251931R→O · 65th

1933–3473rd Congress

Sat as a Republican

18.7%with Democrats

of 91 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1921 → 1923, +31 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

Jun 16, 1934S.J.Res. 131No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jun 15, 1934H.R. 441No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 15, 1934H.R. 9725No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9725), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Jun 15, 1934H.R. 404No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jun 15, 1934S. 3645No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jun 14, 1934S. 3530No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jun 14, 1934H.R. 400No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jun 11, 1934S. 2347No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jun 7, 1934H.R. 9391No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 91 contested votes scored in the 73rd 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

10 Congresses

63rd · 191365th · 191766th · 191973rd · 1933

Republican · House · PA63rd–63rd

Other party · House · PA65th–65th

Republican · House · PA66th–73rd

Term datesexact

Melville Clyde Kelly

Representative from Pennsylvania

HOUSER→O→R1913–193510 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

25%with Democrats

of 852 votes · 75% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested25%of 852 · combined

Steepest move+31 pts1921→23, as a Republican

Changed parties65thR→O

Career arc

100500R→O19131933

1933–34 · 73rd · Republican · of 91 votes18.7%

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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 majorityNay

Republican majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 91 contested votes scored in the 73rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

63rd · 191373rd · 1933

Republican63rd–63rd

Other party65th–65th

Republican66th–73rd

Other party switchers

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