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Sidney Camp

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 26, 1892 in Moreland, GA
Died: July 24, 1954 in Bethesda, MD

Education:

  • University of Georgia Law School, 1915

Military Service:

  • World War I

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant U.S. Attorney for North GA, 1934-1939

Elected Office:

  • GA House, 1923-1928


Election Results for Sidney Camp


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1938 45 GA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 2 11,166 35.0%
1939 46 GA D U.S. House District 04 Special 1 8,568 46.8%
1940 47 GA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 25,609 100.0%
1942 49 GA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 5,106 100.0%
1944 51 GA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 22,680 100.0%
1944 51 GA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 27,375 100.0%
1946 53 GA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 58,392 100.0%
1946 53 GA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 8,476 100.0%
1948 55 GA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 61,231 100.0%
1948 55 GA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 33,522 100.0%
1950 57 GA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 49,363 100.0%
1950 57 GA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 21,900 100.0%
1952 59 GA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 25,004 82.1%
1952 59 GA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 52,327 100.0%


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



Ideology Data for Sidney Camp


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
1939 46 House 9 0 D 6
1940 47 House 76 13 D 83
1941 48 House 77 2 D 80
1942 49 House 60 40 D 85
1943 50 House 83 17 D 99
1944 51 House 70 23 D 92
1945 52 House 82 12 D 89
1946 53 House 48 36 D 68
1947 54 House 79 16 D 88 75
1948 55 House 78 22 D 92 58
1949 56 House 64 33 D 71 50
1950 57 House 60 33 D 96 29
1951 58 House 78 15 D 81 36
1952 59 House 68 16 D 74 42
1953 60 House 68 24 R 48 94 60
1954 61 House 43 13 R 21 7 35 57


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.