Kearney was the representative for New York’s 32nd congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1953 to 1958.
He was previously the representative for New York’s 31st congressional district as a Republican from 1945 to 1952; and the representative for New York’s 30th congressional district as a Republican from 1943 to 1944.
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Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 1943 to Aug 1958, Kearney missed 133 of 1,495 roll call votes, which is 8.9%. This is much worse than the median of 2.5% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Aug 1958. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.
| Time Period | Votes Eligible | Missed Votes | Percent | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 Jan-Mar | 17 | 2 | 11.8% | 72nd |
| 1943 Apr-Jun | 49 | 4 | 8.2% | 63rd |
| 1943 Jul-Sep | 13 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1943 Oct-Dec | 12 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1944 Jan-Mar | 23 | 1 | 4.3% | 40th |
| 1944 Apr-Jun | 32 | 3 | 9.4% | 71st |
| 1944 Sep-Sep | 3 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1944 Nov-Dec | 7 | 1 | 14.3% | 37th |
| 1945 Jan-Mar | 27 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1945 Apr-Jun | 40 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1945 Jul-Sep | 12 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1945 Oct-Dec | 22 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1946 Jan-Mar | 34 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1946 Apr-Jun | 53 | 6 | 11.3% | 91st |
| 1946 Jul-Aug | 43 | 2 | 4.7% | 78th |
| 1947 Jan-Mar | 24 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1947 Apr-Jun | 32 | 3 | 9.4% | 79th |
| 1947 Jul-Jul | 22 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1947 Nov-Dec | 6 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1948 Jan-Mar | 21 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1948 Apr-Jun | 54 | 3 | 5.6% | 73rd |
| 1948 Aug-Aug | 4 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1949 Jan-Mar | 35 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1949 Apr-Jun | 27 | 2 | 7.4% | 86th |
| 1949 Jul-Sep | 43 | 5 | 11.6% | 86th |
| 1949 Oct-Oct | 16 | 1 | 6.2% | 75th |
| 1950 Jan-Mar | 54 | 2 | 3.7% | 58th |
| 1950 Apr-Jun | 30 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1950 Jul-Sep | 59 | 6 | 10.2% | 88th |
| 1950 Dec-Dec | 7 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1951 Jan-Jan 81st Congress | 4 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1951 Jan-Mar | 12 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1951 Apr-Jun | 40 | 5 | 12.5% | 86th |
| 1951 Jul-Sep | 39 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1951 Oct-Oct | 18 | 3 | 16.7% | 90th |
| 1952 Jan-Mar | 22 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1952 Apr-Jun | 40 | 2 | 5.0% | 65th |
| 1952 Jul-Jul | 10 | 1 | 10.0% | 86th |
| 1953 Jan-Mar | 13 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1953 Apr-Jun | 28 | 5 | 17.9% | 95th |
| 1953 Jul-Aug | 30 | 5 | 16.7% | 96th |
| 1954 Jan-Mar | 14 | 3 | 21.4% | 97th |
| 1954 Apr-Jun | 24 | 3 | 12.5% | 89th |
| 1954 Jul-Aug | 38 | 2 | 5.3% | 83rd |
| 1955 Jan-Mar | 21 | 1 | 4.8% | 83rd |
| 1955 Apr-Jun | 36 | 5 | 13.9% | 98th |
| 1955 Jul-Aug | 19 | 8 | 42.1% | 99th |
| 1956 Jan-Mar | 12 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1956 Apr-Jun | 30 | 1 | 3.3% | 55th |
| 1956 Jul-Jul | 31 | 1 | 3.2% | 75th |
| 1957 Jan-Mar | 12 | 5 | 41.7% | 97th |
| 1957 Apr-Jun | 36 | 7 | 19.4% | 98th |
| 1957 Jul-Aug | 52 | 15 | 28.8% | 98th |
| 1958 Jan-Mar | 21 | 0 | 0.0% | 0th |
| 1958 Apr-Jun | 32 | 8 | 25.0% | 98th |
| 1958 Jul-Aug | 40 | 12 | 30.0% | 96th |
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- 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
Pronunciation Guide
Bernard “Pat” Kearney is pronounced:
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