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James Kerr

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1889–1891ID K000135
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LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 209 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 209 · both combined

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 ↓1889
1889–9051st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
92.3%with Democrats
of 209 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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, 1891S. 4212No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891H.R. 13658No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13658), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Mar 2, 1891H.R. 13658No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891S. 210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891H.R. 10881No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891H.R. 5958No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891H.R. 13069No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 209 contested votes scored in the 51st 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

1 Congresses
51st · 1889
Democrat · House · PA51st–51st
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
JK

James Kerr

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSED1889–18911 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
92.3%with Democrats
of 209 votes · 7.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested92%of 209 · combined

Career arc

10050018891889
1889–90 · 51st · Democrat · of 209 votes92.3%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 209 contested votes scored in the 51st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

51st · 188951st · 1889
Democrat51st–51st

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