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Joseph Morgan Kendall

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1891–1897ID K000095
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LegislationHEADLINE
81%with Dems
of 70 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
81%with Dems
of 70 · both combined
Steepest move
+1 pts
1891 → 1895
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 ↓1891
1895–9654th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
82.1%with Democrats
of 39 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1891 → 1895, +1 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
Feb 15, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 27, 1897H.R. 7864No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 22, 1897S. 1128No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1128), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Jan 22, 1897H.R. 1061No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 22, 1897S. 90No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 22, 1897H.R. 9469No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 21, 1897H.Res. 312No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 21, 1897H.Res. 320No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 21, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 39 contested votes scored in the 54th 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

2 Congresses
52nd · 189154th · 1895
Democrat · House · KY52nd–54th
Term datesexact
Members · Kentucky
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Joseph Morgan Kendall

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSED1891–18972 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
81.4%with Democrats
of 70 votes · 18.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested81%of 70 · combined
Steepest move+1 pts1891→95, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018911895
1895–96 · 54th · Democrat · of 39 votes82.1%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 39 contested votes scored in the 54th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

52nd · 189154th · 1895
Democrat52nd–54th

Party switchers

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