Election results and ideology ratings for Frank Boykin -- RightDataUSA.com

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 21, 1885 in Bladon Springs, AL
Died: March 12, 1969 in Washington, DC

Election Results for Frank Boykin

Year	Age	State	Party	Office	District	Stage	Pos	Votes	%
1936	51	AL	D	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	15,716	58.9%
1936	51	AL	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	23,421	100.0%

1938	53	AL	D	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	23,134	74.9%
1938	53	AL	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	9,853	100.0%

1940	55	AL	D	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	20,396	76.5%
1940	55	AL	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	25,993	100.0%

1942	57	AL	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	19,880	100.0%
1942	57	AL	D	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	5,600	100.0%

1944	59	AL	D	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	14,590	100.0%
1944	59	AL	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	19,082	100.0%

1946	61	AL	D	U.S. Senate Class 2		Special Primary	3	35,982	21.2%
1946	61	AL	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	12,448	100.0%

1948	63	AL	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	19,778	100.0%

1950	65	AL	D	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	24,201	57.6%
1950	65	AL	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	14,206	100.0%

1952	67	AL	D	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	21,059	50.1%
1952	67	AL	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	30,758	100.0%

1954	69	AL	D	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	37,472	64.0%
1954	69	AL	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	27,462	100.0%

1956	71	AL	D	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	31,494	72.7%
1956	71	AL	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	31,519	100.0%

1958	73	AL	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	23,099	100.0%

1960	75	AL	D	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	42,314	79.0%
1960	75	AL	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	45,225	100.0%

1962	77	AL	D	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	35,742	52.9%

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

Ideology Data for Frank Boykin

Year	Age	Body	Conservative Coalition		Party Unity		Presidential Support			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
Year	Age	Body					P			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
1937	52	House			68	10	D			66
1938	53	House			43	0	D			41
1939	54	House			67	4	D			66
1940	55	House			73	7	D			80
1941	56	House			65	2	D			60
1942	57	House			40	5	D			60
1943	58	House			44	23	D			58
1944	59	House			30	23	D			54
1945	60	House			52	22	D			69
1946	61	House			28	30	D			41
1947	62	House			50	37	D			70	33
1948	63	House			53	22	D			56	50
1949	64	House			38	38	D			82	25
1950	65	House			41	32	D			66	8
1951	66	House			45	39	D			77	8
1952	67	House			36	16	D			46	13
1953	68	House			53	34	R	62		75	27
1954	69	House			37	43	R	47	21	74	50
1955	70	House			55	29	R	37	32	70	38
1956	71	House			38	13	R	38	29	66	57
1957	72	House			54	15	R	32	40	69	0
1958	73	House			43	19	R	38	28	69	44
1959	74	House	73	18	71	6	R	17	50	66	43
1960	75	House	37	5	41	12	R	28	37	66	50
1961	76	House	65	9	55	21	D	54	20	73	30	50
1962	77	House	25	19	33	16	D	28	18	39	29	50
Lifetime conservative rating:												50%

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.