Rep. Kenneth Gray

Former Representative from Illinois's 22^nd District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1985-1988	Representative	Illinois's 22^nd District
1973-1974	Representative	Illinois's 24^th District
1963-1972	Representative	Illinois's 21^st District
1961-1962	Representative	Illinois's 25^th District
1959-1960	Representative	Illinois's 25^th District
1957-1958	Representative	Illinois's 25^th District
1955-1956	Representative	Illinois's 25^th District

Sponsorship Analysis

Gray was a moderate Democratic follower according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Gray’s time serving in the House of Representatives.

Use this chart to compare Gray to other members of the House of Representatives in the 100^th Congress on leadership and ideology.

This chart is based on principal components analysis for ideology and PageRank for leadership. See analysis methodology.

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

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Voting Record

From Jan 1955 to Oct 1988, Gray missed 888 of 5,753 roll call votes, which is 15.4%. This is worse than the median of 5.3% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1988. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1955 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Apr-Jun	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Jul-Aug	19	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Apr-Jun	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jul-Jul	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Apr-Jun	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jul-Aug	50	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Apr-Jun	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jul-Aug	40	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 Jan-Apr	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 May-Aug	53	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 Sep-Sep	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1960 Feb-Apr	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1960 May-Aug	70	1	1.4%	95^th
1961 Jan-Apr	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 May-Aug	65	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 Sep-Sep	29	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Apr-Jun	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Jul-Sep	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Oct-Oct	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jan-Mar	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Apr-Jun	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jul-Sep	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Oct-Dec	48	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Apr-Jun	34	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jul-Sep	48	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Oct-Oct	3	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	28	4	14.3%	83^rd
1965 Apr-Jun	53	9	17.0%	79^th
1965 Jul-Sep	97	13	13.4%	88^th
1965 Oct-Oct	22	1	4.5%	40^th
1966 Jan-Mar	30	3	10.0%	65^th
1966 Apr-Jun	51	7	13.7%	61^st
1966 Jul-Sep	66	16	24.2%	84^th
1966 Oct-Oct	36	4	11.1%	51^st
1967 Jan-Mar	30	1	3.3%	87^th
1967 Apr-Jun	52	1	1.9%	95^th
1967 Jul-Sep	59	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	95	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jan-Mar	38	1	2.6%	81^st
1968 Apr-Jun	77	1	1.3%	55^th
1968 Jul-Sep	90	7	7.8%	85^th
1968 Oct-Oct	24	1	4.2%	45^th
1969 Jan-Mar	14	6	42.9%	96^th
1969 Apr-Jun	25	3	12.0%	70^th
1969 Jul-Sep	45	3	6.7%	44^th
1969 Oct-Dec	87	8	9.2%	48^th
1970 Jan-Mar	35	12	34.3%	91^st
1970 Apr-Jun	74	3	4.1%	14^th
1970 Jul-Sep	72	20	27.8%	82^nd
1970 Oct-Dec	75	22	29.3%	84^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	2	9.1%	57^th
1971 Apr-Jun	90	21	23.3%	87^th
1971 Jul-Sep	72	12	16.7%	79^th
1971 Oct-Dec	133	25	18.8%	80^th
1972 Jan-Mar	64	10	15.6%	74^th
1972 Apr-Jun	111	17	15.3%	63^rd
1972 Jul-Sep	100	13	13.0%	69^th
1972 Oct-Oct	50	18	36.0%	85^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	5	13.9%	68^th
1973 Apr-Jun	183	54	29.5%	94^th
1973 Jul-Sep	128	49	38.3%	96^th
1973 Oct-Dec	178	51	28.7%	93^rd
1974 Jan-Mar	75	40	53.3%	99^th
1974 Apr-Jun	167	57	34.1%	96^th
1974 Jul-Sep	145	76	52.4%	98^th
1974 Oct-Dec	137	46	33.6%	95^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	6	16.7%	83^rd
1985 Apr-Jun	154	15	9.7%	81^st
1985 Jul-Sep	100	8	8.0%	77^th
1985 Oct-Dec	147	27	18.4%	97^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	14	23.0%	93^rd
1986 Apr-Jun	127	3	2.4%	44^th
1986 Jul-Sep	200	6	3.0%	49^th
1986 Oct-Oct	60	5	8.3%	71^st
1987 Jan-Mar	39	2	5.1%	58^th
1987 Apr-Jun	183	22	12.0%	88^th
1987 Jul-Sep	95	18	18.9%	94^th
1987 Oct-Dec	162	35	21.6%	96^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	23	46.9%	98^th
1988 Apr-Jun	160	15	9.4%	80^th
1988 Jul-Sep	144	39	27.1%	95^th
1988 Oct-Oct	89	7	7.9%	70^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Rep. Kenneth Gray [D-IL22, 1985-1988] leaves office as Representative for Illinois's 22nd congressional district

Oct 22, 1988

Elections and Offices

Rep. Kenneth Gray [D-IL22, 1985-1988] takes office as Representative for Illinois's 22nd congressional district

Jan 03, 1985

Elections and Offices

Rep. Kenneth Gray [D-IL22, 1985-1988] leaves office as Representative for Illinois's 24th congressional district

Dec 20, 1974

Elections and Offices

Rep. Kenneth Gray [D-IL22, 1985-1988] takes office as Representative for Illinois's 24th congressional district

Jan 03, 1973

Elections and Offices

Rep. Kenneth Gray [D-IL22, 1985-1988] leaves office as Representative for Illinois's 21st congressional district

Oct 18, 1972