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Jim Allen

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 28, 1912 in Gadsden, AL
Died: June 1, 1978 in Gulf Shores, AL

Education:

  • Attended University of Alabama Law School

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy Reserve, 1943-1946

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • AL House, 1938-1942
  • AL Senate, 1946-1950
  • AL Lt. Governor, 1951-1955, 1963-1967


Election Results for Jim Allen


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1954 41 AL D Governor Primary 3 61,530 10.3%
1962 49 AL D Lt. Governor Primary 1 183,775 33.3%
1962 49 AL D Lt. Governor Primary Runoff 1 308,491 54.4%
1962 49 AL D Lt. Governor General 1 0 0.0%
1968 55 AL D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 224,483 41.9%
1968 55 AL D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary Runoff 1 196,511 50.5%
1968 55 AL D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 638,774 70.0%
1974 61 AL D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 572,584 82.8%
1974 61 AL D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 501,541 95.9%


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



Ideology Data for Jim Allen


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
1969 56 Senate 83 10 38 56 R 38 56 94 12 71
1970 57 Senate 83 7 25 64 R 66 29 94 16 77
1971 58 Senate 93 6 47 51 R 59 38 98 19 85
1972 59 Senate 89 10 24 74 R 78 20 99 0 75
1973 60 Senate 89 7 26 67 R 66 33 92 5 71
1974 61 Senate 85 12 34 64 R 65 31 97 14 63
1975 62 Senate 86 6 26 69 R 58 34 92 6* 84
1976 63 Senate 89 11 20 80 R 77 23 100 0 89
1977 64 Senate 94 6 23 75 D 59 40 99 0 89
1978 65 Senate 95 5 9 91 D 14 86 100 25 81
Lifetime conservative rating:   80%


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.