Harley Martin Kilgore

Senator from West Virginia

SENATEDEMOCRAT1941–1957ID K000176

LegislationHEADLINE

90%with Dems

of 1,063 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

90%with Dems

of 1,063 · both combined

Steepest move

+10 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 ↓194119471953

1955–5684th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

96%with Democrats

of 25 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1941 → 1943, +10 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

Feb 22, 1956S.Res. 219No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 22, 1956noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 8, 1956H.R. 7030No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7030), 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

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Feb 7, 1956S.Res. 205No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 6, 1956H.R. 6645No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 6, 1956S. 1853No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 6, 1956S. 1853No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 25 contested votes scored in the 84th 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

8 Congresses

77th · 194184th · 1955

Democrat · Senate · WV77th–84th

Term datesexact

Harley Martin Kilgore

Senator from West Virginia

SENATED1941–19578 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

90.5%with Democrats

of 1,063 votes · 9.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested90%of 1,063 · combined

Steepest move+10 pts1941→43, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019411955

1955–56 · 84th · Democrat · of 25 votes96%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 25 contested votes scored in the 84th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

77th · 194184th · 1955

Democrat77th–84th

Party switchers

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