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Leo Allen

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 5, 1898 in Elizabeth, IL
Died: January 19, 1973 in Galena, IL

Education:

  • University of Michigan, 1923

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army (field artillery), 1917-1919

Career:

  • School teacher, 1922-1923
  • Court clerk, 1924-1932
  • Lawyer


Election Results for Leo Allen


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 37 IL R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 24,249 82.9%
1936 37 IL R U.S. House District 13 General 1 52,495 58.4%
1938 39 IL R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 30,892 99.7%
1938 39 IL R U.S. House District 13 General 1 45,177 65.6%
1940 41 IL R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 34,706 100.0%
1940 41 IL R U.S. House District 13 General 1 65,698 67.6%
1942 43 IL R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 26,509 100.0%
1942 43 IL R U.S. House District 13 General 1 48,500 79.4%
1944 45 IL R U.S. House District 13 General 1 59,372 70.0%
1946 47 IL R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 21,045 100.0%
1946 47 IL R U.S. House District 13 General 1 48,238 77.8%
1948 49 IL R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 33,826 100.0%
1948 49 IL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 76,840 58.5%
1950 51 IL R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 38,574 100.0%
1950 51 IL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 82,190 67.3%
1952 53 IL R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 57,566 100.0%
1952 53 IL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 110,182 66.5%
1954 55 IL R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 31,107 61.7%
1954 55 IL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 77,557 100.0%
1956 57 IL R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 46,280 100.0%
1956 57 IL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 106,734 63.7%
1958 59 IL R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 44,341 80.7%
1958 59 IL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 71,049 61.4%


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



Ideology Data for Leo 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
1937 38 House 78 3 D 76
1938 39 House 90 5 D 93
1939 40 House 84 9 D 85
1940 41 House 82 9 D 83
1941 42 House 91 4 D 83
1942 43 House 85 5 D 83
1943 44 House 75 4 D 76
1944 45 House 77 7 D 72
1945 46 House 72 14 D 84
1946 47 House 84 7 D 81
1947 48 House 82 0 D 82 0
1948 49 House 94 0 D 80 0
1949 50 House 85 5 D 83 0
1950 51 House 73 7 D 80 0
1951 52 House 94 1 D 85 9
1952 53 House 91 5 D 82 0
1953 54 House 95 5 R 94 99 27
1954 55 House 90 7 R 71 11 87 25
1955 56 House 81 19 R 80 17 99 40
1956 57 House 78 3 R 74 18 85 40
1957 58 House 76 15 R 47 48 93 22
1958 59 House 89 11 R 52 48 100 0
1959 60 House 100 0 90 8 R 70 26 92 0
1960 61 House 100 0 69 20 R 53 35 89 11


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.