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Bernard Kearney

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 23, 1889 in Ithaca, NY
Died: June 3, 1976 in Canadiagua, NY

Education:

  • Union University Albany Law School, 1914

Military Service:

  • NY National Guard, 1909-1940 (served on Mexican border, 1916-1917)
  • World War I
  • Decorated with the French Legion of Honor, the Croix de Guerre, and the Philippine Legion of Honor

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Gloversville municipal judge, 1920-1924
  • Assistant Hamilton County and Fulton County district attorney, 1924-1931
  • Fulton County district attorney, 1931-1942


Election Results for Bernard Kearney


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1942 53 NY R U.S. House District 30 General 1 53,147 62.6%
1944 55 NY R U.S. House District 31 General 1 85,178 60.0%
1946 57 NY R U.S. House District 31 General 1 66,395 59.2%
1948 59 NY R U.S. House District 31 General 1 77,725 55.3%
1950 61 NY R U.S. House District 31 General 1 79,007 64.1%
1952 63 NY R U.S. House District 32 General 1 111,025 67.4%
1954 65 NY R U.S. House District 32 General 1 77,891 61.5%
1956 67 NY R U.S. House District 32 General 1 107,959 67.5%


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



Ideology Data for Bernard Kearney


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
1943 54 House 54 15 D 73
1944 55 House 67 23 D 88
1945 56 House 62 14 D 77
1946 57 House 69 28 D 84
1947 58 House 82 8 D 87 18
1948 59 House 83 3 D 75 27
1949 60 House 65 23 D 77 17
1950 61 House 68 12 D 77 27
1951 62 House 67 24 D 77 46
1952 63 House 61 20 D 69 30
1953 64 House 61 18 R 95 61 38
1954 65 House 73 13 R 66 33 67 25
1955 66 House 42 6 R 29 24 46 33
1956 67 House 66 19 R 65 26 89 43
1957 68 House 34 2 R 13 28 31 29
1958 69 House 22 5 R 30 4 33 14


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.