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Robert Kean

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 28, 1893 in Elberon, NJ
Died: September 21, 1980 in Livingston, NJ

Education:

  • Harvard University, 1915

Military Service:

  • NY National Guard, 1916 (Mexican border)
  • U.S. Army, 1917-1918
  • Decorated with the Silver Star Medal and the Distinguished Service Cross

Career:

  • Bank clerk, 1915-1917
  • Investment banker, 1920-1969

Other notes:

  • Father of Tom Kean, grandfather of Tom Kean, Jr.


Election Results for Robert Kean


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1938 44 NJ R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 13,923 45.1%
1938 44 NJ R U.S. House District 12 General 1 48,854 55.0%
1940 46 NJ R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 31,841 100.0%
1940 46 NJ R U.S. House District 12 General 1 67,996 53.7%
1942 48 NJ R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 17,665 100.0%
1942 48 NJ R U.S. House District 12 General 1 43,942 60.8%
1944 50 NJ R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 17,925 100.0%
1944 50 NJ R U.S. House District 12 General 1 67,680 50.6%
1946 52 NJ R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 28,485 85.4%
1946 52 NJ R U.S. House District 12 General 1 55,732 63.6%
1948 54 NJ R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 21,839 100.0%
1948 54 NJ R U.S. House District 12 General 1 63,232 50.8%
1950 56 NJ R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 14,821 100.0%
1950 56 NJ R U.S. House District 12 General 1 54,123 53.1%
1952 58 NJ R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 31,763 100.0%
1952 58 NJ R U.S. House District 12 General 1 84,949 54.8%
1954 60 NJ R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 22,011 100.0%
1954 60 NJ R U.S. House District 12 General 1 59,151 53.1%
1956 62 NJ R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 23,970 100.0%
1956 62 NJ R U.S. House District 12 General 1 90,032 59.7%
1958 64 NJ R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 152,884 43.0%
1958 64 NJ R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 882,287 46.9%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for Robert Kean


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
1939 45 House 91 9 D 97
1940 46 House 86 12 D 92
1941 47 House 83 17 D 99
1942 48 House 70 20 D 93
1943 49 House 88 8 D 88
1944 50 House 70 27 D 95
1945 51 House 58 32 D 91
1946 52 House 56 30 D 75
1947 53 House 84 13 D 93 25
1948 54 House 92 8 D 92 31
1949 55 House 70 24 D 92 31
1950 56 House 70 30 D 86 40
1951 57 House 61 36 D 86 62
1952 58 House 45 43 D 83 77
1953 59 House 79 18 R 91 97 45
1954 60 House 73 23 R 82 18 96 67
1955 61 House 68 23 R 76 10 91 70
1956 62 House 69 28 R 82 18 97 86
1957 63 House 61 24 R 65 22 88 78
1958 64 House 62 30 R 50 26 81 58


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.