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Omar Burleson

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 19, 1906 in Anson, TX
Died: May 14, 1991 in Abilene, TX

Education:

  • Cumberland University, 1929

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1942-1946

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Jones County attorney, 1931-1934
  • Jones County judge, 1934-1940
  • FBI special agent, 1940-1941
  • Secretary to Rep. Sam Russell, 1941-1942


Election Results for Omar Burleson


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1946 40 TX D U.S. House District 17 Primary 2 9,450 17.3%
1946 40 TX D U.S. House District 17 Primary Runoff 1 27,002 56.4%
1946 40 TX D U.S. House District 17 General 1 14,874 100.0%
1948 42 TX D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 51,954 100.0%
1948 42 TX D U.S. House District 17 General 1 34,078 100.0%
1950 44 TX D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 45,866 100.0%
1950 44 TX D U.S. House District 17 General 1 10,228 100.0%
1952 46 TX D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 30,057 50.4%
1952 46 TX D U.S. House District 17 General 1 59,387 100.0%
1954 48 TX D U.S. House District 17 General 1 18,484 100.0%
1956 50 TX D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 39,126 72.4%
1956 50 TX D U.S. House District 17 General 1 53,003 100.0%
1958 52 TX D U.S. House District 17 General 1 25,123 100.0%
1960 54 TX D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 42,322 63.9%
1960 54 TX D U.S. House District 17 General 1 60,401 77.6%
1962 56 TX D U.S. House District 17 General 1 46,895 100.0%
1964 58 TX D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 45,006 69.4%
1964 58 TX D U.S. House District 17 General 1 59,769 76.4%
1966 60 TX D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 41,268 63.3%
1966 60 TX D U.S. House District 17 General 1 52,169 100.0%
1968 62 TX D U.S. House District 17 General 1 90,856 100.0%
1970 64 TX D U.S. House District 17 General 1 70,040 100.0%
1972 66 TX D U.S. House District 17 General 1 95,122 100.0%
1974 68 TX D U.S. House District 17 General 1 64,959 100.0%
1976 70 TX D U.S. House District 17 General 1 127,613 99.9%


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



Ideology Data for Omar Burleson


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
1947 41 House 87 13 D 99 67
1948 42 House 81 19 D 94 69
1949 43 House 62 36 D 96 54
1950 44 House 49 49 D 97 33
1951 45 House 39 52 D 94 8
1952 46 House 34 61 D 96 0
1953 47 House 50 39 R 48 92 18
1954 48 House 67 33 R 42 58 100 44
1955 49 House 58 42 R 56 44 100 40
1956 50 House 47 19 R 29 38 63 0
1957 51 House 66 34 R 30 70 100 11
1958 52 House 62 38 R 42 58 100 17
1959 53 House 91 9 65 35 R 44 56 99 22
1960 54 House 37 5 31 33 R 19 47 69 20
1961 55 House 78 22 48 50 D 42 58 100 10 80
1962 56 House 88 6 49 49 D 40 58 98 13 80
1963 57 House 80 20 58 41 D 52 48 100 17 69
1964 58 House 92 0 29 52 D 33 44 78 18 80
1965 59 House 88 12 42 57 D 49 50 99 0 88
1966 60 House 86 5 29 50 D 37 43 79 14 83
1967 61 House 83 9 42 47 D 53 39 92 7 92
1968 62 House 90 6 30 63 D 44 45 89 8 86
1969 63 House 93 2 29 64 R 55 40 92 0 93
1970 64 House 93 2 32 61 R 54 35 86 0 78
1971 65 House 88 5 24 68 R 72 25 90 0 100
1972 66 House 91 4 17 79 R 57 35 96 0 89
1973 67 House 95 4 29 69 R 64 34 95 0 76
1974 68 House 96 0 21 77 R 68 32 98 0* 86
1975 69 House 94 6 22 77 R 65 31 98 0* 89
1976 70 House 95 5 18 82 R 73 27 99 0 89
1977 71 House 97 3 19 80 D 25 71 98 5 92
1978 72 House 90 6 25 71 D 30 64 95 10 92
Lifetime conservative rating:   86%


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.