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Carl Albert

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 10, 1908 in North McAlester, OK
Died: February 4, 2000 in McAlester, OK

Education:

  • University of Oklahoma, B.A., 1931
  • Oxford University, B.C.L., 1934

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Air Force, 1941-1946
  • U.S. Army Reserve, 1946-1968
  • Awarded the Bronze Star

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • House Majority whip, 1955-1962
  • House Majority Leader, 1962-1970
  • Speaker of the House, 1971-1976


Election Results for Carl Albert


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1946 38 OK D U.S. House District 03 Primary 2 16,456 28.7%
1946 38 OK D U.S. House District 03 Primary Runoff 1 27,574 50.3%
1946 38 OK D U.S. House District 03 General 1 38,699 85.0%
1948 40 OK D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 41,381 83.7%
1948 40 OK D U.S. House District 03 General 1 57,300 83.9%
1950 42 OK D U.S. House District 03 General 1 46,404 82.8%
1952 44 OK D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 45,941 66.4%
1952 44 OK D U.S. House District 03 General 1 73,185 77.9%
1954 46 OK D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 50,288 70.8%
1954 46 OK D U.S. House District 03 General 1 52,662 83.3%
1956 48 OK D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 55,736 90.5%
1956 48 OK D U.S. House District 03 General 1 60,620 76.5%
1958 50 OK D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 59,348 88.3%
1958 50 OK D U.S. House District 03 General 1 43,868 90.9%
1960 52 OK D U.S. House District 03 General 1 56,138 74.9%
1962 54 OK D U.S. House District 03 General 1 56,010 100.0%
1964 56 OK D U.S. House District 03 General 1 62,952 79.0%
1966 58 OK D U.S. House District 03 General 1 43,049 77.2%
1968 60 OK D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 77,508 69.9%
1968 60 OK D U.S. House District 03 General 1 85,981 68.4%
1970 62 OK D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 87,449 80.4%
1970 62 OK D U.S. House District 03 General 1 112,458 100.0%
1972 64 OK D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 100,810 85.7%
1972 64 OK D U.S. House District 03 General 1 101,732 93.4%
1974 66 OK D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 122,144 82.3%
1974 66 OK D U.S. House District 03 General 1 0 0.0%


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



Ideology Data for Carl Albert


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
1947 39 House 95 5 D 99 92
1948 40 House 92 6 D 94 85
1949 41 House 74 24 D 98 85
1950 42 House 89 11 D 99 67
1951 43 House 87 7 D 88 54
1952 44 House 36 11 D 43 100
1953 45 House 82 18 R 47 96 64
1954 46 House 73 7 R 32 39 76 67
1955 47 House 90 6 R 71 29 96 90
1956 48 House 88 13 R 59 38 99 71
1957 49 House 81 10 R 67 27 93 67
1958 50 House 89 8 R 74 26 98 75
1959 51 House 55 36 90 2 R 37 52 91 78
1960 52 House 21 74 86 12 R 58 42 99 89
1961 53 House 22 78 95 2 D 91 5 97 90 7
1962 54 House 6 94 96 0 D 97 3 98 88 7
1963 55 House 40 60 91 5 D 92 6 97 75 25
1964 56 House 33 58 87 5 D 94 4 96 85 13
1965 57 House 12 88 96 2 D 96 3 98 72 18
1967 59 House 0 43 60 0 D 60 2 61 73 14
1968 60 House 27 69 87 10 D 86 11 96 58 4
1969 61 House 36 51 75 13 R 62 28 92 33 29
1970 62 House 36 57 82 15 R 72 26 96 44 28
1971 63 House 39 10 R 30 18 29 52 25
1972 64 House 30 6 R 3 5 13 63 0
1973 65 House 6 0 R 0 2 3 100 0
1974 66 House 1 0 R 1 0 1 0 0
1975 67 House 2 0 R 0 3 2 100 0
1976 68 House 1 1 R 6 2 1 0 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   16%


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.