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Gordon Allott

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 2, 1907 in Pueblo, CO
Died: January 17, 1989 in Englewood, CO

Education:

  • University of Colorado, B.A., 1927, LL.B., 1929

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Air Corps, 1942-1946

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Powers County attorney, 1934, 1941-1946
  • Director of First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Lamar, 1934-1960
  • Lamar city attorney, 1937-1941
  • District attorney, 1946-1948

Elected Office:

  • CO Lt. Governor, 1951-1955


Election Results for Gordon Allott


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1954 47 CO R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 248,502 51.3%
1960 53 CO R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 78,057 100.0%
1960 53 CO R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 389,428 53.5%
1966 59 CO R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 79,350 100.0%
1966 59 CO R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 368,307 58.0%
1972 65 CO R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 108,399 100.0%
1972 65 CO R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 2 447,957 48.4%


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



Ideology Data for Gordon Allott


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
1955 48 Senate 85 8 R 73 4 78 11
1956 49 Senate 83 10 R 92 6 94 36
1957 50 Senate 68 11 R 75 16 91 67
1958 51 Senate 84 14 R 81 14 96 17
1959 52 Senate 90 7 79 17 R 75 18 94 23
1960 53 Senate 63 26 67 24 R 65 22 92 33
1961 54 Senate 51 3 69 6 D 20 48 70 13 83
1962 55 Senate 68 26 58 14 D 36 39 77 17 63
1963 56 Senate 77 7 56 4 D 36 41 71 18 86
1964 57 Senate 78 14 79 15 D 45 48 93 42 75
1965 58 Senate 85 11 83 12 D 51 41 92 6 87
1966 59 Senate 63 4 58 9 D 34 36 66 17 73
1967 60 Senate 70 4 68 17 D 53 32 83 8 93
1968 61 Senate 81 4 77 16 D 45 43 87 14 88
1969 62 Senate 96 3 93 6 R 81 11 94 6 73
1970 63 Senate 89 6 84 9 R 74 14 91 5 91
1971 64 Senate 81 2 73 8 R 73 6 83 4 83
1972 65 Senate 62 5 66 5 R 72 7 63 6 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   82%


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.