Joe Madison Kilgore

Representative from Texas

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1955–1965ID K000177

LegislationHEADLINE

62%with Dems

of 485 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

62%with Dems

of 485 · both combined

Steepest move

−19 pts

1959 → 1961

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 ↓19551961

1963–6488th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

57.1%with Democrats

of 112 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, −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

Oct 3, 1964H.R. 12633No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 1, 1964S. 3060No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 1, 1964S. 3060No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3060), 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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Oct 1, 1964H.Res. 892No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Sep 23, 1964H.R. 1096No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Sep 22, 1964H.R. 12633No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Sep 1, 1964H.R. 4487No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Sep 1, 1964S. 2701No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Aug 20, 1964H.R. 9586No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 112 contested votes scored in the 88th 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

5 Congresses

84th · 195588th · 1963

Democrat · House · TX84th–88th

Term datesexact

Joe Madison Kilgore

Representative from Texas

HOUSED1955–19655 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

62.3%with Democrats

of 485 votes · 37.7% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested62%of 485 · combined

Steepest move−19 pts1959→61, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019551963

1963–64 · 88th · Democrat · of 112 votes57.1%

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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 · 112 contested votes scored in the 88th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

84th · 195588th · 1963

Democrat84th–88th

Party switchers

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