Election results and ideology ratings for Thomas Abernethy -- RightDataUSA.com

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 16, 1903 in Eupora, MS
Died: June 11, 1998 in Jackson, MS

Election Results for Thomas Abernethy

Year	Age	State	Party	Office	District	Stage	Pos	Votes	%
1942	39	MS	D	U.S. House	District 04	Primary	1	9,119	58.9%
1942	39	MS	D	U.S. House	District 04	General	1	5,660	100.0%

1944	41	MS	D	U.S. House	District 04	General	1	13,343	100.0%

1946	43	MS	D	U.S. House	District 04	General	1	10,017	100.0%

1948	45	MS	D	U.S. House	District 04	Primary	1	10,588	77.1%
1948	45	MS	D	U.S. House	District 04	General	1	15,290	98.4%

1950	47	MS	D	U.S. House	District 04	General	1	12,602	95.8%

1952	49	MS	D	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	27,400	56.3%
1952	49	MS	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	40,333	100.0%

1954	51	MS	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	15,944	100.0%

1956	53	MS	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	38,021	100.0%

1958	55	MS	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	12,413	100.0%

1960	57	MS	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	44,381	93.6%

1962	59	MS	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	26,251	100.0%

1964	61	MS	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	60,052	100.0%

1966	63	MS	D	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	43,949	89.0%
1966	63	MS	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	47,359	68.8%

1968	65	MS	D	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	60,297	83.0%
1968	65	MS	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	73,800	100.0%

1970	67	MS	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	42,367	100.0%

Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.

Ideology Data for Thomas Abernethy

Year	Age	Body	Conservative Coalition		Party Unity		Presidential Support			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
Year	Age	Body					P			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
1943	40	House			77	21	D			98
1944	41	House			50	40	D			92
1945	42	House			58	30	D			90
1946	43	House			39	61	D			100
1947	44	House			87	13	D			100	67
1948	45	House			69	31	D			96	46
1949	46	House			39	61	D			100	15
1950	47	House			44	56	D			98	7
1951	48	House			27	72	D			98	0
1952	49	House			23	43	D			56	0
1953	50	House			79	21	R	35		100	27
1954	51	House			77	23	R	29	63	96	44
1955	52	House			58	32	R	44	54	93	33
1956	53	House			84	16	R	53	47	100	43
1957	54	House			63	36	R	30	68	99	0
1958	55	House			54	46	R	24	76	100	17
1959	56	House	100	0	65	33	R	33	65	98	13
1960	57	House	95	5	41	59	R	23	77	99	22
1961	58	House	74	9	41	41	D	43	49	87	10	100
1962	59	House	100	0	32	63	D	35	62	95	13	93
1963	60	House	87	0	21	57	D	20	61	79	0	100
1964	61	House	92	0	24	73	D	35	63	96	0	100
1965	62	House	92	2	14	74	D	29	63	91	6	100
1966	63	House	59	0	8	56	D	17	45	63	0	100
1967	64	House	93	0	16	72	D	30	60	89	0	100
1968	65	House	96	0	26	67	D	40	54	93	0	95
1969	66	House	84	0	25	58	R	45	47	91	7	100
1970	67	House	80	5	21	64	R	55	38	86	0	89
1971	68	House	88	2	23	67	R	74	19	88	0	100
1972	69	House	45	1	8	36	R	24	32	54	0	100
Lifetime conservative rating:												98%

Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.

Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.

Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.

Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.

Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)

Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.

Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.