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Leonard Allen

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 5, 1891 in Winnfield, LA
Died: January 5, 1969 in Winnfield, LA

Education:

  • Louisiana State University, 1914

Career:

  • School teacher/principal, 1914-1917
  • School superintendent, 1917-1922
  • Lawyer
  • Winnfield city attorney


Election Results for Leonard Allen


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 45 LA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 36,390 60.1%
1936 45 LA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 27,071 100.0%
1938 47 LA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 9,088 100.0%
1940 49 LA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 22,151 50.4%
1940 49 LA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 28,904 100.0%
1942 51 LA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 8,100 100.0%
1944 53 LA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 23,083 100.0%
1946 55 LA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 18,464 59.9%
1946 55 LA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 7,740 100.0%
1948 57 LA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 33,613 100.0%
1950 59 LA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 43,732 69.7%
1950 59 LA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 25,140 100.0%


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



Ideology Data for Leonard 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 46 House 69 20 D 89
1938 47 House 76 2 D 74
1939 48 House 77 17 D 91
1940 49 House 76 13 D 91
1941 50 House 93 6 D 100
1942 51 House 90 10 D 96
1943 52 House 77 19 D 96
1944 53 House 60 37 D 97
1945 54 House 72 22 D 91
1946 55 House 34 34 D 72
1947 56 House 61 34 D 94 33
1948 57 House 69 28 D 91 55
1949 58 House 62 27 D 90 58
1950 59 House 57 21 D 63 31
1951 60 House 34 24 D 49 20
1952 61 House 23 36 D 60 17


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.