John Hosea Kerr

Representative from North Carolina

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1923–1953ID K000138

LegislationHEADLINE

85%with Dems

of 1,125 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

85%with Dems

of 1,125 · both combined

Steepest move

−19 pts

1945 → 1947

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 ↓19231929193519411947

1951–5282nd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

88.2%with Democrats

of 93 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1945 → 1947, −19 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 4, 1952H.R. 7289No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jul 4, 1952H.R. 7656No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 4, 1952S. 3066No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3066), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored

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Jul 3, 1952H.Res. 695No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 3, 1952noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Jul 3, 1952H.R. 7289No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jul 3, 1952H.R. 7176No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 3, 1952H.R. 7176No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 2, 1952H.R. 7072No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 93 contested votes scored in the 82nd 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

15 Congresses

68th · 192382nd · 1951

Democrat · House · NC68th–82nd

Term datesexact

John Hosea Kerr

Representative from North Carolina

HOUSED1923–195315 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

84.6%with Democrats

of 1,125 votes · 15.4% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested85%of 1,125 · combined

Steepest move−19 pts1945→47, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019231951

1951–52 · 82nd · Democrat · of 93 votes88.2%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 93 contested votes scored in the 82nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

68th · 192382nd · 1951

Democrat68th–82nd

Party switchers

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