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James Preston Kem
Senator from MissouriSENATEREPUBLICAN1947–1953ID K000082
LegislationHEADLINE
8%with Dems
of 579 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
8%with Dems
of 579 · both combined
Steepest move
+3 pts
1949 → 1951
still a Republican
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 ↓1947
1951–5282nd Congress
Sat as a Republican
9.9%with Democrats
of 171 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1949 → 1951, +3 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
Jul 5, 1952H.R. 7391LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 5, 1952S. 1084LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 4, 1952S. 827LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 827), 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
Jul 2, 1952H.R. 5767LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 2, 1952H.R. 5767LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 30, 1952H.R. 7391LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 30, 1952H.R. 7391LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1952H.R. 7391LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1952H.R. 7391LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 171 contested votes scored in the 82nd CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
3 Congresses80th · 194782nd · 1951
Republican · Senate · MO80th–82nd
Term datesexact