JK
John Worth Kern
Senator from IndianaSENATEDEMOCRAT1911–1917ID K000132
LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 662 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 662 · both combined
Steepest move
−7 pts
1913 → 1915
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 ↓1911
1915–1664th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
87.3%with Democrats
of 158 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1913 → 1915, −7 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
Mar 2, 1917H.R. 20783LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1917S. 8322LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1917H.R. 20632LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 20632), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Mar 2, 1917H.R. 20632LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1917S. 8322LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1917noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1917noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1917noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1917H.R. 20573LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 158 contested votes scored in the 64th 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 Congresses62nd · 191164th · 1915
Democrat · Senate · IN62nd–64th
Term datesexact