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Paul Brown

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 31, 1880 in Hartwell, GA
Died: September 24, 1961 in Elberton, GA

Education:

  • University of Georgia Law School, 1901

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Farmer
  • Elbert County attorney, 1928-1933

Elected Office:

  • Mayor of Lexington (GA), 1908-1914
  • GA House, 1907-1908


Election Results for Paul Brown


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 56 GA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 43,011 100.0%
1936 56 GA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 27,147 100.0%
1938 58 GA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 9,044 94.4%
1940 60 GA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 18,291 98.7%
1942 62 GA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 5,393 100.0%
1944 64 GA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 17,229 100.0%
1944 64 GA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 25,102 100.0%
1946 66 GA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 62,190 100.0%
1946 66 GA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 16,398 100.0%
1948 68 GA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 64,767 100.0%
1948 68 GA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 35,479 100.0%
1950 70 GA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 52,976 100.0%
1950 70 GA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 27,568 100.0%
1952 72 GA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 38,056 100.0%
1952 72 GA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 44,646 100.0%
1954 74 GA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 45,810 100.0%
1954 74 GA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 28,068 100.0%
1956 76 GA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 40,521 100.0%
1956 76 GA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 41,812 99.8%
1958 78 GA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 41,852 92.8%
1958 78 GA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 14,103 100.0%


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



Ideology Data for Paul Brown


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
1937 57 House 78 22 D 100
1938 58 House 98 2 D 100
1939 59 House 90 10 D 100
1940 60 House 90 10 D 100
1941 61 House 96 4 D 100
1942 62 House 75 25 D 100
1943 63 House 81 19 D 100
1944 64 House 73 27 D 100
1945 65 House 88 12 D 100
1946 66 House 67 33 D 100
1947 67 House 76 24 D 100 58
1948 68 House 81 19 D 100 69
1949 69 House 68 32 D 100 54
1950 70 House 79 19 D 92 53
1951 71 House 87 13 D 100 46
1952 72 House 77 23 D 100 46
1953 73 House 82 18 R 59 100 55
1954 74 House 77 23 R 53 47 100 56
1955 75 House 71 29 R 59 41 100 50
1956 76 House 84 16 R 56 44 100 57
1957 77 House 85 15 R 43 57 100 44
1958 78 House 68 32 R 48 52 100 25
1959 79 House 82 18 90 10 R 30 70 100 33
1960 80 House 89 11 55 45 R 33 67 100 44


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.