Carleton James King

Representative from New York

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1961–1975ID K000195

LegislationHEADLINE

11%with Dems

of 1,145 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

11%with Dems

of 1,145 · both combined

Steepest move

+8 pts

1967 → 1969

still a Republican

Career arc

Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.

100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓196119671973

1973–7493rd Congress

Sat as a Republican

14.3%with Democrats

of 279 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1967 → 1969, +8 pts — within one party label.

Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with

Dec 20, 1974H.R. 6668No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 20, 1974H.R. 421No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 20, 1974H.R. 10710No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10710), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 19, 1974S. 3976No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 18, 1974H.R. 16596No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 18, 1974H.J.Res. 1178No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 18, 1974S. 3394No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Dec 18, 1974H.Res. 1512No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 279 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

Economics and Public Finance10.4% · 48 votes

Congress12.5% · 40 votes

Energy23.1% · 26 votes

Transportation and Public Works0% · 14 votes

Government Operations and Politics7.7% · 13 votes

District of Columbia8.3% · 12 votes

International Affairs8.3% · 12 votes

Labor and Employment9.1% · 11 votes

Armed Forces and National Security10% · 10 votes

Too few contested votes to score

Mines and mineral resources— · 8 votes

Commerce— · 6 votes

Health— · 6 votes

Housing and Community Development— · 5 votes

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4 votes

Law— · 4 votes

Coins and coinage— · 3 votes

Crime and Law Enforcement— · 3 votes

Education— · 3 votes

Environmental Protection— · 3 votes

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3 votes

Petroleum industry— · 3 votes

Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 3 votes

Vietnamese Conflict— · 3 votes

Agriculture and Food— · 2 votes

Congressional-executive relations— · 2 votes

Public works— · 2 votes

Real property— · 2 votes

Commemorations— · 1 vote

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 1 vote

Gold— · 1 vote

Immigration— · 1 vote

Livestock— · 1 vote

Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote

Private Legislation— · 1 vote

Science, Technology, Communications— · 1 vote

Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 26 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, Rivers, Social Welfare, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

7 Congresses

87th · 196193rd · 1973

Republican · House · NY87th–93rd

Term datesexact

Carleton James King

Representative from New York

HOUSER1961–19757 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

10.7%with Democrats

of 1,145 votes · 89.3% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested11%of 1,145 · combined

Steepest move+8 pts1967→69, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019611973

1973–74 · 93rd · Republican · of 279 votes14.3%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.

Democratic majorityYea

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

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Latest 6 shown · 279 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career

Economics and Public Finance10.4% · 48

Congress12.5% · 40

Energy23.1% · 26

Transportation and Public Works0% · 14

Government Operations and Politics7.7% · 13

District of Columbia8.3% · 12

International Affairs8.3% · 12

Labor and Employment9.1% · 11

Armed Forces and National Security10% · 10

Mines and mineral resources— · 8

Commerce— · 6

Health— · 6

Housing and Community Development— · 5

Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4

Law— · 4

Coins and coinage— · 3

Crime and Law Enforcement— · 3

Education— · 3

Environmental Protection— · 3

Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 3

Petroleum industry— · 3

Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 3

Vietnamese Conflict— · 3

Agriculture and Food— · 2

Congressional-executive relations— · 2

Public works— · 2

Real property— · 2

Commemorations— · 1

Congressional-Presidential relations— · 1

Gold— · 1

Immigration— · 1

Livestock— · 1

Monuments and memorials— · 1

Private Legislation— · 1

Science, Technology, Communications— · 1

Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 26 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, Rivers, Social Welfare, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Service record

87th · 196193rd · 1973

Republican87th–93rd

Party switchers

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