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Henry Bellmon

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 3, 1921 in Tonkawa, OK
Died: September 29, 2009 in Red Rock, OK

Education:

  • Oklahoma State University, B.S., 1942

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1942-1946

Career:

  • Farmer/rancher
  • Founder, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

Elected Office:

  • OK House, 1946-1948


Election Results for Henry Bellmon


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1962 40 OK R Governor Primary 1 56,560 91.4%
1962 40 OK R Governor General 1 392,316 55.3%
1968 46 OK R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 470,120 51.7%
1974 52 OK R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 132,888 87.1%
1974 52 OK R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 390,997 49.4%
1986 64 OK R Governor Primary 1 111,665 70.3%
1986 64 OK R Governor General 1 431,762 47.5%


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



Ideology Data for Henry Bellmon


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
1969 47 Senate 77 13 74 20 R 76 17 91 17 79
1970 48 Senate 70 7 64 13 R 67 15 76 21 84
1971 49 Senate 73 3 66 10 R 63 12 76 15 71
1972 50 Senate 72 14 68 16 R 80 7 79 13 82
1973 51 Senate 64 15 68 17 R 65 23 80 19 65
1974 52 Senate 56 8 48 9 R 60 20 55 19* 80
1975 53 Senate 79 14 80 11 R 73 20 89 19 74
1976 54 Senate 77 10 74 13 R 74 21 87 12 65
1977 55 Senate 82 11 75 17 D 51 40 92 24 65
1978 56 Senate 58 30 54 35 D 44 41 88 26 38
1979 57 Senate 58 30 48 44 D 53 39 90 17 50
1980 58 Senate 63 19 58 29 D 59 35 88 29 48
Lifetime conservative rating:   64%


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.