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Robert Kerr

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 11, 1896 near Ada, OK
Died: January 1, 1963 near Ada, OK

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1917-1919
  • OK National Guard, 1921-1929

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Oil drilling contractor
  • Chairman of Kerr-McGee Oil Industries, Inc.
  • Member of DNC, 1940-1948


Election Results for Robert Kerr


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1942 45 OK D Governor Primary 1 147,169 37.3%
1942 45 OK D Governor General 1 196,565 51.9%
1948 51 OK D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 135,878 37.4%
1948 51 OK D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary Runoff 1 168,861 57.6%
1948 51 OK D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 441,654 62.3%
1954 57 OK D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 238,543 49.0%
1954 57 OK D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 335,127 55.8%
1960 63 OK D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 300,061 77.6%
1960 63 OK D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 474,116 54.8%


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



Ideology Data for Robert Kerr


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
1949 52 Senate 84 13 D 95 57
1950 53 Senate 79 10 D 78 47
1951 54 Senate 93 6 D 93 58
1952 55 Senate 62 1 D 49 80
1953 56 Senate 46 8 R 61 55 50
1954 57 Senate 85 5 R 18 55 70 55
1955 58 Senate 73 19 R 56 37 91 40
1956 59 Senate 87 10 R 31 68 98 79
1957 60 Senate 76 18 R 46 44 93 25
1958 61 Senate 83 8 R 45 43 91 42
1959 62 Senate 55 35 71 24 R 28 57 87 46
1960 63 Senate 54 33 55 17 R 34 44 75 27
1961 64 Senate 46 37 65 14 D 59 17 77 60 29
1962 65 Senate 68 26 74 16 D 74 16 91 58 50
Lifetime conservative rating:   40%


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.