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Clinton Anderson

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 23, 1895 in Centerville, SD
Died: November 11, 1975 in Albuquerque, NM

Career:

  • Newspaper publisher/editor, 1918-1922
  • Insurance businessman, 1922-1946
  • NM Relief Administration, 1935
  • Federal Emergency Relief Administration, 1935-1936
  • U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 1945-1948

Elected Office:

  • NM Treasurer, 1933-1934
  • Resigned fom Congress on June 30, 1945


Election Results for Clinton Anderson


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1940 44 NM D U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 21,908 23.4%
1940 44 NM D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 106,972 58.8%
1942 46 NM D U.S. House District AL Primary 1 34,881 36.0%
1942 46 NM D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 62,320 58.8%
1944 48 NM D U.S. House District AL Primary 1 22,606 34.8%
1944 48 NM D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 85,244 56.1%
1948 52 NM D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 41,541 60.0%
1948 52 NM D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 108,269 57.2%
1954 58 NM D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 111,351 57.3%
1960 64 NM D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 98,037 81.3%
1960 64 NM D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 190,654 63.4%
1966 70 NM D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 137,205 53.1%


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



Ideology Data for Clinton Anderson


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
1941 45 House 72 4 D 74
1942 46 House 60 30 D 89
1943 47 House 77 17 D 93
1944 48 House 77 7 D 78
1945 49 House 42 0 D 39
1949 53 Senate 88 9 D 97 93
1950 54 Senate 86 5 D 77 81
1951 55 Senate 55 4 D 48 100
1952 56 Senate 69 9 D 71 100
1953 57 Senate 67 15 R 43 76 73
1954 58 Senate 60 29 R 61 38 89 69
1955 59 Senate 65 15 R 56 23 79 56
1956 60 Senate 67 28 R 49 43 95 71
1957 61 Senate 71 13 R 39 33 79 42
1958 62 Senate 70 18 R 54 31 86 44
1959 63 Senate 37 50 64 23 R 38 45 87 58
1960 64 Senate 30 54 55 14 R 45 37 77 80
1961 65 Senate 17 43 55 10 D 54 17 68 89 18
1962 66 Senate 18 26 55 11 D 46 10 50 70 33
1963 67 Senate 21 63 67 10 D 67 11 81 80 13
1964 68 Senate 20 39 49 12 D 49 9 66 75 8
1965 69 Senate 21 52 63 10 D 60 12 75 67 36
1966 70 Senate 10 66 64 6 D 58 7 69 87 17
1967 71 Senate 43 43 66 20 D 75 11 84 36 50
1968 72 Senate 47 41 64 23 D 63 26 88 23 24
1969 73 Senate 26 17 30 12 R 50 13 49 57 44
1970 74 Senate 46 29 46 26 R 44 26 73 55 64
1971 75 Senate 57 28 59 28 R 44 35 85 57 20
1972 76 Senate 41 28 43 27 R 54 28 71 36 38
Lifetime conservative rating:   29%


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.