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Laurence Burton

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 30, 1926 in Ogden, UT
Died: November 27, 2002 in Ogden, UT

Education:

  • Weber College, 1948
  • University of Utah, 1951
  • Utah State University, 1956

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy Air Corps, 1945-1946

Career:

  • Public relations director/athletic manager, Weber College, 1948-1956
  • Magazine editor, 1951-1961
  • Assistant to Rep. Henry Aldous, 1957-1958
  • Assistant professor at Weber College, 1958-1960
  • Assistant to UT Governor George Clyde, 1960-1962


Election Results for Laurence Burton


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1962 35 UT R U.S. House District 01 General 1 59,032 50.9%
1964 37 UT R U.S. House District 01 General 1 75,986 56.0%
1966 39 UT R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 11,605 53.5%
1966 39 UT R U.S. House District 01 General 1 99,750 66.5%
1968 41 UT R U.S. House District 01 General 1 139,456 68.1%
1970 43 UT R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 159,004 42.5%


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



Ideology Data for Laurence Burton


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
1963 36 House 60 13 71 3 D 23 52 70 0 92
1964 37 House 75 8 63 11 D 40 44 78 8 67
1965 38 House 76 10 70 10 D 35 43 80 12 93
1966 39 House 57 14 53 20 D 31 41 78 6 81
1967 40 House 83 7 80 13 D 41 46 85 7 86
1968 41 House 67 10 62 12 D 44 36 73 0 86
1969 42 House 47 16 51 15 R 55 21 67 13 67
1970 43 House 50 7 39 25 R 54 17 56 29 54
Lifetime conservative rating:   79%


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.