Elections and Offices
Sen. Robert Kennedy [D-NY, 1965-1968] leaves office as Senator from New York
Oct 14, 1968Sen. Robert Kennedy
Former Senator from New York
Elected Positions
| Dates | Title | Representing |
|---|---|---|
| Senator | New York |
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Voting Record
From Jan 1965 to Jul 1968, Kennedy missed 204 of 894 roll call votes, which is 22.8%. This is worse than the median of 9.8% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Jul 1968. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
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
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
Recent Legislative Activity
Elections and Offices
Sen. Robert Kennedy [D-NY, 1965-1968] takes office as Senator from New York
Jan 04, 1965