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Clarence Cannon

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 11, 1879 in Elsberry, MO
Died: May 12, 1964 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • William Jewell College, 1903
  • University of Missouri Law School, 1908

Career:

  • Professor at Stephens College, 1904-1908
  • Lawyer
  • U.S. House Parliamentarian, 1915-1920
  • Author
  • Regent of Smithsonian Institution, 1935-1964


Election Results for Clarence Cannon


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 57 MO D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 38,132 89.3%
1936 57 MO D U.S. House District 09 General 1 62,623 61.8%
1938 59 MO D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 49,506 100.0%
1938 59 MO D U.S. House District 09 General 1 40,686 60.5%
1940 61 MO D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 43,204 100.0%
1940 61 MO D U.S. House District 09 General 1 60,204 55.3%
1942 63 MO D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 31,181 100.0%
1942 63 MO D U.S. House District 09 General 1 30,082 54.6%
1944 65 MO D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 27,008 100.0%
1944 65 MO D U.S. House District 09 General 1 50,594 53.2%
1946 67 MO D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 23,991 100.0%
1946 67 MO D U.S. House District 09 General 1 35,253 53.9%
1948 69 MO D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 23,282 100.0%
1948 69 MO D U.S. House District 09 General 1 56,669 61.7%
1950 71 MO D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 27,197 100.0%
1950 71 MO D U.S. House District 09 General 1 43,950 61.4%
1952 73 MO D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 40,672 100.0%
1952 73 MO D U.S. House District 09 General 1 98,965 54.7%
1954 75 MO D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 39,230 88.8%
1954 75 MO D U.S. House District 09 General 1 65,862 59.0%
1956 77 MO D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 40,754 100.0%
1956 77 MO D U.S. House District 09 General 1 100,065 100.0%
1958 79 MO D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 41,307 100.0%
1958 79 MO D U.S. House District 09 General 1 67,555 64.8%
1960 81 MO D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 39,890 85.0%
1960 81 MO D U.S. House District 09 General 1 107,384 59.8%
1962 83 MO D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 47,382 89.6%
1962 83 MO D U.S. House District 09 General 1 74,254 61.2%


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



Ideology Data for Clarence Cannon


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 58 House 51 24 D 79
1938 59 House 67 33 D 100
1939 60 House 80 9 D 89
1940 61 House 64 24 D 85
1941 62 House 67 22 D 83
1942 63 House 60 25 D 88
1943 64 House 58 40 D 92
1944 65 House 80 20 D 92
1945 66 House 78 18 D 93
1946 67 House 56 31 D 84
1947 68 House 71 21 D 93 91
1948 69 House 89 6 D 95 69
1949 70 House 86 12 D 97 92
1950 71 House 73 19 D 90 87
1951 72 House 81 16 D 96 75
1952 73 House 70 18 D 89 62
1953 74 House 76 18 R 52 90 82
1954 75 House 90 10 R 58 37 97 78
1955 76 House 87 13 R 61 34 97 80
1956 77 House 75 22 R 53 32 89 100
1957 78 House 64 36 R 30 62 94 33
1958 79 House 46 46 R 42 56 96 45
1959 80 House 82 9 56 33 R 37 54 90 38
1960 81 House 32 16 41 33 R 44 47 85 25
1961 82 House 48 39 59 22 D 60 17 79 56 50
1962 83 House 37 56 72 21 D 72 18 90 63 23
1963 84 House 33 60 53 40 D 58 34 93 50 57
1964 85 House 18 13 D 27 12 35 40 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   42%


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.