Robert Samuel Kerr

Senator from Oklahoma

SENATEDEMOCRAT1949–1963ID K000144

LegislationHEADLINE

86%with Dems

of 1,166 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

86%with Dems

of 1,166 · both combined

Steepest move

−11 pts

1957 → 1959

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 ↓194919551961

1961–6287th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

80.4%with Democrats

of 224 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1957 → 1959, −11 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

Oct 5, 1962H.R. 10117No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 4, 1962S. 3313No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 3, 1962H.R. 12580No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12580), 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

Open roll call

Oct 3, 1962H.R. 12580No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Oct 2, 1962H.R. 10650No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 2, 1962H.R. 13175No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 2, 1962H.R. 13175No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Oct 2, 1962H.R. 13175No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 1, 1962H.R. 13175No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 224 contested votes scored in the 87th 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

7 Congresses

81st · 194987th · 1961

Democrat · Senate · OK81st–87th

Term datesexact

Robert Samuel Kerr

Senator from Oklahoma

SENATED1949–19637 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

85.8%with Democrats

of 1,166 votes · 14.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested86%of 1,166 · combined

Steepest move−11 pts1957→59, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019491961

1961–62 · 87th · Democrat · of 224 votes80.4%

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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 · 224 contested votes scored in the 87th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

81st · 194987th · 1961

Democrat81st–87th

Party switchers

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