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Carroll Kearns

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 7, 1898 in Youngstown, OH
Died: June 11, 1976 in Meadville, PA

Education:

  • Chicago Musical College, B.M, 1921, D.M, 1948
  • Attended Penn State University, 1932-1933
  • Westminster College, B.S., 1933
  • University of Pittsburgh, M.E., 1938

Career:

  • School teacher/administrator, 1924-1947
  • Construction worker, 1925-1929
  • Concert musician/conductor


Election Results for Carroll Kearns


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1946 48 PA R U.S. House District 28 General 1 56,835 63.9%
1948 50 PA R U.S. House District 28 General 1 65,276 54.5%
1950 52 PA R U.S. House District 28 General 1 67,604 57.0%
1952 54 PA R U.S. House District 24 General 1 90,276 57.1%
1954 56 PA R U.S. House District 24 General 1 66,005 52.0%
1956 58 PA R U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 32,232 71.9%
1956 58 PA R U.S. House District 24 General 1 93,824 57.8%
1958 60 PA R U.S. House District 24 General 1 76,870 53.8%
1960 62 PA R U.S. House District 24 General 1 95,149 51.0%
1962 64 PA R U.S. House District 24 Primary 2 21,147 44.1%


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



Ideology Data for Carroll Kearns


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
1947 49 House 92 0 D 82 10
1948 50 House 94 0 D 80 8
1949 51 House 76 14 D 84 8
1950 52 House 77 16 D 75 13
1951 53 House 81 10 D 81 25
1952 54 House 82 18 D 99 23
1953 55 House 84 16 R 81 96 36
1954 56 House 77 10 R 74 16 84 25
1955 57 House 65 16 R 44 32 75 25
1956 58 House 59 22 R 74 6 81 71
1957 59 House 39 46 R 70 20 87 67
1958 60 House 51 32 R 62 24 87 30
1959 61 House 73 27 48 29 R 59 24 79 22
1960 62 House 32 68 51 41 R 67 28 91 44
1961 63 House 61 30 57 28 D 43 45 84 20 42
1962 64 House 63 31 53 26 D 37 40 74 25 91
Lifetime conservative rating:   65%


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.