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Page Belcher

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 21, 1899 in Jefferson, OK
Died: August 2, 1980 in Midwest City, OK

Education:

  • Attended University of Oklahoma

Military Service:

  • World War I

Career:

  • Garfield County court clerk, 1934-1938
  • Lawyer
  • Enid municipal judge, 1938
  • Secretary to Rep. Ross Rizley, 1941


Election Results for Page Belcher


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1950 51 OK R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 8,566 51.5%
1950 51 OK R U.S. House District 08 General 1 38,285 54.2%
1952 53 OK R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 15,816 65.0%
1952 53 OK R U.S. House District 01 General 1 121,442 58.6%
1954 55 OK R U.S. House District 01 General 1 79,151 58.8%
1956 57 OK R U.S. House District 01 General 1 114,896 63.5%
1958 59 OK R U.S. House District 01 General 1 74,853 50.8%
1960 61 OK R U.S. House District 01 General 1 133,964 63.8%
1962 63 OK R U.S. House District 01 General 1 102,585 68.6%
1964 65 OK R U.S. House District 01 General 1 125,377 63.5%
1966 67 OK R U.S. House District 01 General 1 106,259 69.7%
1968 69 OK R U.S. House District 01 General 1 92,513 59.3%
1970 71 OK R U.S. House District 01 General 1 67,386 55.7%


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



Ideology Data for Page Belcher


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
1951 52 House 91 3 D 92 8
1952 53 House 86 0 D 72 0
1953 54 House 79 13 R 76 94 9
1954 55 House 67 23 R 74 13 87 11
1955 56 House 81 10 R 54 39 92 10
1956 57 House 63 34 R 62 26 92 14
1957 58 House 78 19 R 45 50 94 11
1958 59 House 68 24 R 42 42 85 8
1959 60 House 100 0 77 15 R 67 28 92 11
1960 61 House 95 0 78 18 R 58 40 98 13
1961 62 House 100 0 79 14 D 25 68 92 0 80
1962 63 House 81 0 79 7 D 28 58 77 0 85
1963 64 House 80 0 69 7 D 15 49 72 0 92
1964 65 House 83 17 95 3 D 21 75 96 8 94
1965 66 House 96 4 92 5 D 28 68 96 0 100
1966 67 House 84 0 74 9 D 32 50 82 0 92
1967 68 House 87 2 84 10 D 39 50 89 0 100
1968 69 House 90 4 83 7 D 46 47 88 0 91
1969 70 House 89 2 78 11 R 57 36 92 0 67
1970 71 House 89 2 72 14 R 75 15 86 11 94
1971 72 House 69 2 67 7 R 82 5 76 3 93
1972 73 House 79 5 73 9 R 78 11 84 13 70
Lifetime conservative rating:   89%


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.