Election results and ideology ratings for Lindley Beckworth -- RightDataUSA.com

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 30, 1913 in Mabank, TX
Died: March 9, 1984 in Tyler, TX

Election Results for Lindley Beckworth

Year	Age	State	Party	Office	District	Stage	Pos	Votes	%
1938	25	TX	D	U.S. House	District 03	Primary	1	14,107	24.9%
1938	25	TX	D	U.S. House	District 03	Primary Runoff	1	29,274	52.8%
1938	25	TX	D	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	17,115	100.0%

1940	27	TX	D	U.S. House	District 03	Primary	1	46,272	77.3%
1940	27	TX	D	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	47,292	100.0%

1942	29	TX	D	U.S. House	District 03	Primary	1	27,969	56.3%
1942	29	TX	D	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	10,929	100.0%

1944	31	TX	D	U.S. House	District 03	Primary	1	22,474	50.9%
1944	31	TX	D	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	36,654	93.2%

1946	33	TX	D	U.S. House	District 03	Primary	1	29,519	50.3%
1946	33	TX	D	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	10,686	100.0%

1948	35	TX	D	U.S. House	District 03	Primary	1	55,255	100.0%
1948	35	TX	D	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	36,361	88.7%

1950	37	TX	D	U.S. House	District 03	Primary	1	40,434	81.5%
1950	37	TX	D	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	11,784	91.1%

1952	39	TX	D	U.S. Senate Class 1		Primary	2	285,842	22.0%

1954	41	TX	D	U.S. House	District 03	Primary	2	30,721	48.9%

1956	43	TX	D	U.S. House	District 03	Primary	1	37,578	58.6%
1956	43	TX	D	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	47,570	83.5%

1958	45	TX	D	U.S. House	District 03	Primary	1	37,046	60.8%
1958	45	TX	D	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	22,751	100.0%

1960	47	TX	D	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	59,386	100.0%

1962	49	TX	D	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	26,915	52.0%

1964	51	TX	D	U.S. House	District 03	Primary	1	39,396	60.4%
1964	51	TX	D	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	53,331	59.3%

1966	53	TX	D	U.S. House	District 04	Primary	2	29,076	43.8%

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

Ideology Data for Lindley Beckworth

Year	Age	Body	Conservative Coalition		Party Unity		Presidential Support			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
Year	Age	Body					P			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
1939	26	House			74	25	D			99
1940	27	House			81	19	D			100
1941	28	House			93	7	D			100
1942	29	House			65	15	D			88
1943	30	House			79	17	D			96
1944	31	House			80	20	D			98
1945	32	House			84	10	D			90
1946	33	House			56	18	D			65
1947	34	House			89	11	D			99	83
1948	35	House			94	6	D			100	85
1949	36	House			83	17	D			98	85
1950	37	House			86	12	D			99	60
1951	38	House			88	7	D			97	67
1952	39	House			34	16	D			43	0
1957	44	House			80	20	R	58	42	100	44
1958	45	House			92	8	R	72	28	100	67
1959	46	House	82	18	90	10	R	46	54	100	67
1960	47	House	42	58	76	24	R	53	47	100	56
1961	48	House	48	52	74	26	D	78	20	98	50	47
1962	49	House	44	56	68	32	D	73	27	100	38	40
1963	50	House	33	67	76	24	D	75	25	100	67	31
1964	51	House	42	58	82	10	D	83	10	93	77	20
1965	52	House	49	51	78	21	D	83	17	100	32	41
1966	53	House	35	62	80	18	D	83	15	95	50	17
Lifetime conservative rating:												32%

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.