Paul Joseph Kilday

Representative from Texas

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1939–1963ID K000171

LegislationHEADLINE

69%with Dems

of 1,009 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

69%with Dems

of 1,009 · both combined

Steepest move

−16 pts

1941 → 1943

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 ↓1939194519511957

1961–6287th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

89.8%with Democrats

of 49 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1941 → 1943, −16 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

Sep 21, 1961H.R. 4172No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Sep 21, 1961H.R. 5628No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Sep 21, 1961H.R. 7500No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7500), 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

Sep 19, 1961H.R. 9118No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 18, 1961H.R. 7377No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 18, 1961H.R. 8914No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Sep 18, 1961H.R. 5751No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 18, 1961S. 1459No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 18, 1961S. 2393No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 49 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

12 Congresses

76th · 193987th · 1961

Democrat · House · TX76th–87th

Term datesexact

Paul Joseph Kilday

Representative from Texas

HOUSED1939–196312 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

69.4%with Democrats

of 1,009 votes · 30.6% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested69%of 1,009 · combined

Steepest move−16 pts1941→43, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019391961

1961–62 · 87th · Democrat · of 49 votes89.8%

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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 · 49 contested votes scored in the 87th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

76th · 193987th · 1961

Democrat76th–87th

Party switchers

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