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George Aiken

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 20, 1892 in Dummerston, VT
Died: November 19, 1984 in Montpelier, VT

Career:

  • Fruit farmer
  • Putney (VT) school director, 1920-1937

Elected Office:

  • VT House, 1931-1935 (Speaker, 1933-1935)
  • VT Lt. Governor, 1935-1937


Election Results for George Aiken


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 43 VT R Governor Primary 1 23,584 42.2%
1936 43 VT R Governor General 1 83,602 60.9%
1938 45 VT R Governor Primary 1 42,953 89.3%
1938 45 VT R Governor General 1 75,098 66.8%
1940 47 VT R U.S. Senate Class 3 Special Primary 1 36,237 55.4%
1940 47 VT R U.S. Senate Class 3 Special 1 87,150 61.6%
1944 51 VT R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 33,660 99.7%
1944 51 VT R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 81,094 65.8%
1950 57 VT R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 69,483 99.9%
1950 57 VT R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 69,543 78.0%
1956 63 VT R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 49,454 99.9%
1956 63 VT R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 103,101 66.4%
1962 69 VT R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 30,320 99.9%
1962 69 VT R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 81,241 66.8%
1968 75 VT R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 42,248 72.8%
1968 75 VT D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 1,354 61.8%
1968 75 VT R,D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 157,197 99.9%


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



Ideology Data for George Aiken


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
1945 52 Senate 17 47 D 68
1946 53 Senate 18 77 D 93
1947 54 Senate 38 54 D 93 60
1948 55 Senate 71 24 D 93 71
1949 56 Senate 41 51 D 94 79
1950 57 Senate 43 44 D 79 75
1951 58 Senate 44 42 D 85 64
1952 59 Senate 51 32 D 84 46
1953 60 Senate 65 33 R 74 96 53
1954 61 Senate 83 17 R 88 12 99 54
1955 62 Senate 73 23 R 87 8 95 30
1956 63 Senate 67 26 R 83 11 96 62
1957 64 Senate 61 32 R 75 16 91 80
1958 65 Senate 47 53 R 72 28 100 58
1959 66 Senate 45 40 61 29 R 69 18 90 55
1960 67 Senate 63 33 74 24 R 70 27 93 42
1961 68 Senate 45 34 43 44 D 49 36 85 50 36
1962 69 Senate 44 21 52 30 D 46 34 81 27 53
1963 70 Senate 53 28 59 32 D 66 20 86 63 40
1964 71 Senate 47 53 57 42 D 60 39 99 63 44
1965 72 Senate 69 28 60 31 D 68 28 95 35 60
1966 73 Senate 44 54 47 41 D 67 26 91 65 48
1967 74 Senate 36 46 42 39 D 57 25 80 64 57
1968 75 Senate 53 34 47 40 D 56 26 82 55 46
1969 76 Senate 51 45 43 52 R 67 24 93 56 43
1970 77 Senate 56 25 54 30 R 62 26 82 44 63
1971 78 Senate 63 30 58 35 R 62 29 93 38 28
1972 79 Senate 59 39 60 37 R 74 20 96 45 33
1973 80 Senate 70 28 58 40 R 57 37 95 40 20
1974 81 Senate 55 38 56 35 R 52 33 87 62* 33
Lifetime conservative rating:   43%


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.