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Francis Kernan

Senator from New York
SENATEDEMOCRAT1863–1881ID K000133
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LegislationHEADLINE
83%with Dems
of 1,319 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
83%with Dems
of 1,319 · both combined
Steepest move
+9 pts
1877 → 1879
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 ↓186318691875
1879–8046th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
87.2%with Democrats
of 375 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1877 → 1879, +9 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 3, 1881S. 404No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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 3, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 375 contested votes scored in the 46th 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

4 Congresses
38th · 186344th · 187546th · 1879
Democrat · House · NY38th–38th
Democrat · Senate · NY44th–46th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
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Francis Kernan

Senator from New York
SENATED1863–18814 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
82.6%with Democrats
of 1,319 votes · 17.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested83%of 1,319 · combined
Steepest move+9 pts1877→79, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018631879
1879–80 · 46th · Democrat · of 375 votes87.2%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 · 375 contested votes scored in the 46th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

38th · 186346th · 1879
Democrat38th–38th
Democrat44th–46th

Party switchers

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