Karl Clarence King

Representative from Pennsylvania

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1951–1957ID K000208

LegislationHEADLINE

15%with Dems

of 161 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

15%with Dems

of 161 · both combined

Steepest move

−7 pts

1953 → 1955

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 ↓1951

1955–5684th Congress

Sat as a Republican

11.9%with Democrats

of 59 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1953 → 1955, −7 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

Jul 27, 1956H.Res. 604No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Jul 27, 1956S. 3338No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jul 27, 1956H.Res. 625No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 625), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

NAYSided with the Republican majority

Open roll call

Jul 26, 1956H.Res. 602No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jul 26, 1956H.Res. 641No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jul 25, 1956H.Res. 638No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jul 25, 1956H.Res. 618No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jul 24, 1956H.R. 12061No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 59 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

3 Congresses

82nd · 195184th · 1955

Republican · House · PA82nd–84th

Term datesexact

Karl Clarence King

Representative from Pennsylvania

HOUSER1951–19573 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

14.9%with Democrats

of 161 votes · 85.1% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested15%of 161 · combined

Steepest move−7 pts1953→55, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019511955

1955–56 · 84th · Republican · of 59 votes11.9%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 59 contested votes scored in the 84th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

82nd · 195184th · 1955

Republican82nd–84th

Party switchers

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