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Kenneth Keating

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 18, 1900 in Lima, NY
Died: May 5, 1975 in New York City, NY

Education:

  • University of Rochester, 1919
  • Harvard University Law School, 1923

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, World War I and World War II

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • NY Court of Appeals, 1965-1969
  • U.S. Ambassador to India, 1969-1972
  • U.S. Ambassador to Israel, 1973-1975


Election Results for Kenneth Keating


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1946 46 NY R U.S. House District 40 General 1 84,852 60.5%
1948 48 NY R U.S. House District 40 General 1 90,305 51.4%
1950 50 NY R U.S. House District 40 General 1 103,710 65.8%
1952 52 NY R U.S. House District 38 General 1 128,566 69.3%
1954 54 NY R U.S. House District 38 General 1 103,293 71.9%
1956 56 NY R U.S. House District 38 General 1 135,572 71.7%
1958 58 NY R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 2,842,942 50.7%
1964 64 NY R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 3,104,056 43.4%


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



Ideology Data for Kenneth Keating


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 47 House 87 13 D 99 42
1948 48 House 83 17 D 100 38
1949 49 House 65 29 D 91 17
1950 50 House 78 22 D 99 33
1951 51 House 69 31 D 100 54
1952 52 House 64 36 D 99 62
1953 53 House 82 18 R 85 96 55
1954 54 House 80 20 R 74 21 97 33
1955 55 House 71 29 R 68 32 97 50
1956 56 House 81 16 R 74 21 96 57
1957 57 House 80 12 R 57 38 92 56
1958 58 House 73 22 R 86 12 98 50
1959 59 Senate 62 35 75 24 R 83 17 98 42
1960 60 Senate 33 65 63 33 R 74 24 98 67
1961 61 Senate 37 63 58 40 D 59 40 99 60 50
1962 62 Senate 47 50 60 29 D 58 34 94 50 38
1963 63 Senate 26 70 50 46 D 79 15 94 88 13
1964 64 Senate 20 76 48 50 D 67 28 97 84 25
Lifetime conservative rating:   31%


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.