John Edward Kenna

Senator from West Virginia

SENATEDEMOCRAT1877–1893ID K000099

LegislationHEADLINE

86%with Dems

of 1,219 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

86%with Dems

of 1,219 · both combined

Steepest move

+8 pts

1879 → 1881

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 ↓187718831889

1891–9252nd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

93.1%with Democrats

of 29 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1879 → 1881, +8 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

Jul 19, 1892H.R. 7845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 18, 1892noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 18, 1892S. 842No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 842), 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

Jul 18, 1892noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 14, 1892H.R. 7520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 14, 1892H.R. 7520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jul 14, 1892H.R. 7520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 29 contested votes scored in the 52nd 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

8 Congresses

45th · 187748th · 188352nd · 1891

Democrat · House · WV45th–47th

Democrat · Senate · WV48th–52nd

Term datesexact

John Edward Kenna

Senator from West Virginia

SENATED1877–18938 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

86.3%with Democrats

of 1,219 votes · 13.7% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested86%of 1,219 · combined

Steepest move+8 pts1879→81, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018771891

1891–92 · 52nd · Democrat · of 29 votes93.1%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 29 contested votes scored in the 52nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

45th · 187752nd · 1891

Democrat45th–47th

Democrat48th–52nd

Party switchers

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