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John Russell Kelso

Representative from Missouri
HOUSEINDEPENDENT1865–1867ID K000081
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LegislationHEADLINE
12%with Dems
of 323 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
12%with Dems
of 323 · 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 ↓1865
1865–6639th Congress
Sat as an Independent
12.1%with Democrats
of 323 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
Mar 2, 1867noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1867S.J.Res. 164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1867S. 453No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 453), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 1220No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1867H.R. 1220No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1867H.R. 1220No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1867S. 204No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1867H.R. 598No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1867H.R. 1183No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 323 contested votes scored in the 39th 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
39th · 1865
Independent · House · MO39th–39th
Term datesexact
Members · Missouri
JK

John Russell Kelso

Representative from Missouri
HOUSEI1865–18671 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
12.1%with Democrats
of 323 votes · 87.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested12%of 323 · combined

Career arc

10050018651865
1865–66 · 39th · Independent · of 323 votes12.1%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 323 contested votes scored in the 39th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

39th · 186539th · 1865
Independent39th–39th

Party switchers

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