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Charles Joseph Kersten

Representative from Wisconsin
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1947–1955ID K000150
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LegislationHEADLINE
21%with Dems
of 198 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
21%with Dems
of 198 · both combined
Steepest move
+23 pts
1947 → 1951
still a Republican

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 ↓19471953
1953–5483rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
19.3%with Democrats
of 57 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1947 → 1951, +23 pts — within one party label.
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
Aug 20, 1954H.R. 2236No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 19, 1954S. 3706No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 19, 1954H.R. 10051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10051), 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
Aug 19, 1954H.R. 10051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 17, 1954S. 3706No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 16, 1954S. 3706No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 9, 1954H.R. 9678No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 9, 1954H.Res. 687No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 9, 1954H.R. 9245No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 57 contested votes scored in the 83rd 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

3 Congresses
80th · 194783rd · 1953
Republican · House · WI80th–83rd
Term datesexact
Members · Wisconsin
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Charles Joseph Kersten

Representative from Wisconsin
HOUSER1947–19553 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
20.7%with Democrats
of 198 votes · 79.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested21%of 198 · combined
Steepest move+23 pts1947→51, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019471953
1953–54 · 83rd · Republican · of 57 votes19.3%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 57 contested votes scored in the 83rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

80th · 194783rd · 1953
Republican80th–83rd

Party switchers

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