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Carl Dewey Perkins

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1949–1985ID P000230
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LegislationHEADLINE
85%with Dems
of 4,204 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
85%with Dems
of 4,204 · both combined
Steepest move
−13 pts
1951 → 1953
still a Democrat

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 ↓194919551961196719731979
1983–8498th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
87.9%with Democrats
of 420 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, −13 pts — while still a Democrat.
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
Aug 2, 1984H.R. 5973No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 2, 1984H.R. 5973No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 2, 1984H.R. 5973No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5973), 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
Aug 2, 1984H.R. 5973No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 2, 1984H.R. 5973No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 2, 1984H.R. 5399No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 1, 1984H.R. 5151No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 1, 1984H.R. 5151No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 1, 1984H.R. 5151No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 420 contested votes scored in the 98th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance82.6% · 621 votes
Congress87.7% · 316 votes
International Affairs63.7% · 201 votes
Government Operations and Politics85.2% · 196 votes
Energy69.6% · 148 votes
Armed Forces and National Security62.3% · 130 votes
Transportation and Public Works89% · 73 votes
Agriculture and Food85.7% · 70 votes
Labor and Employment94.3% · 70 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance66.2% · 68 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources93.4% · 61 votes
Education100% · 60 votes
Taxation67.9% · 56 votes
Science, Technology, Communications80% · 45 votes
Law85.4% · 41 votes
Environmental Protection81.1% · 37 votes
Health88.2% · 34 votes
Housing and Community Development85.3% · 34 votes
Commerce79.3% · 29 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement81.5% · 27 votes
Finance and Financial Sector85.7% · 21 votes
Social Welfare88.9% · 18 votes
District of Columbia100% · 15 votes
Immigration86.7% · 15 votes
Industrial relations100% · 14 votes
Mines and mineral resources92.9% · 14 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues81.8% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 9 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9 votes
Lobbying— · 9 votes
Private Legislation— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Electronic surveillance— · 7 votes
Native Americans— · 7 votes
Black lung— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Public works— · 6 votes
Water Resources Development— · 6 votes
Home repair and improvement— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 4 votes
Families— · 4 votes
Government securities— · 4 votes
Income tax— · 4 votes
Municipal finance— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Social Sciences and History— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
Embargo— · 3 votes
Financial disclosure— · 3 votes
Indian claims— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Contested elections— · 2 votes
Cultural centers— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Museums— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Sports and Recreation— · 2 votes
Territories (U.S.)— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Animals— · 1 vote
Aquaculture— · 1 vote
Barber and beauty shops— · 1 vote
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Domestic relations— · 1 vote
Droughts— · 1 vote
Earthquakes— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Impeachments— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Political representation— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Rehabilitation— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote

They also voted in 68 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Import restrictions, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

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

Service record

18 Congresses
81st · 194998th · 1983
Democrat · House · KY81st–98th
Term datesexact
Members · Kentucky
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Carl Dewey Perkins

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSED1949–198518 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
84.7%with Democrats
of 4,204 votes · 15.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested85%of 4,204 · combined
Steepest move−13 pts1951→53, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019491983
1983–84 · 98th · Democrat · of 420 votes87.9%

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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
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 420 contested votes scored in the 98th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance82.6% · 621
Congress87.7% · 316
International Affairs63.7% · 201
Government Operations and Politics85.2% · 196
Energy69.6% · 148
Armed Forces and National Security62.3% · 130
Transportation and Public Works89% · 73
Agriculture and Food85.7% · 70
Labor and Employment94.3% · 70
Foreign Trade and International Finance66.2% · 68
Public Lands and Natural Resources93.4% · 61
Education100% · 60
Taxation67.9% · 56
Science, Technology, Communications80% · 45
Law85.4% · 41
Environmental Protection81.1% · 37
Health88.2% · 34
Housing and Community Development85.3% · 34
Commerce79.3% · 29
Crime and Law Enforcement81.5% · 27
Finance and Financial Sector85.7% · 21
Social Welfare88.9% · 18
District of Columbia100% · 15
Immigration86.7% · 15
Industrial relations100% · 14
Mines and mineral resources92.9% · 14
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues81.8% · 11
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 9
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Independent regulatory commissions— · 9
Lobbying— · 9
Private Legislation— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Depletion allowances— · 7
Electronic surveillance— · 7
Native Americans— · 7
Black lung— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Public works— · 6
Water Resources Development— · 6
Home repair and improvement— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Families— · 4
Government securities— · 4
Income tax— · 4
Municipal finance— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Social Sciences and History— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Credit— · 3
Embargo— · 3
Financial disclosure— · 3
Indian claims— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Contested elections— · 2
Cultural centers— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Museums— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Sports and Recreation— · 2
Territories (U.S.)— · 2
Youth— · 2
Animals— · 1
Aquaculture— · 1
Barber and beauty shops— · 1
Chemicals— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Domestic relations— · 1
Droughts— · 1
Earthquakes— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Impeachments— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Noise— · 1
Political representation— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Rehabilitation— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1

Also voted in 68 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Import restrictions, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

81st · 194998th · 1983
Democrat81st–98th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40thWesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105thBen Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th
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