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Howard Cannon

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 26, 1912 in St. George, UT
Died: March 5, 2002 in Las Vegas, NV

Education:

  • Arizona State Teachers College, 1933
  • University of Arizona Law School, 1937

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1941-1946

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Attorney for UT Senate, 1939
  • Washington County attorney, 1940
  • Elected Las Vegas city attorney, 1949 (served four terms)

Elected Office:

  • UT Senate, 1939-1940


Election Results for Howard Cannon


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1956 44 NV D U.S. House At-Large District Primary 2 12,160 31.2%
1958 46 NV D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 22,787 51.7%
1958 46 NV D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 48,732 57.7%
1964 52 NV D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 36,320 59.6%
1964 52 NV D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 67,336 50.0%
1970 58 NV D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 54,320 89.3%
1970 58 NV D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 85,187 57.6%
1976 64 NV D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 61,407 85.8%
1976 64 NV D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 127,295 63.0%
1982 70 NV D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 54,288 48.8%
1982 70 NV D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 114,720 47.7%


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



Ideology Data for Howard 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
1959 47 Senate 45 55 82 16 R 36 63 98 46
1960 48 Senate 39 57 71 14 R 41 48 88 67
1961 49 Senate 38 54 76 19 D 73 23 94 80 29
1962 50 Senate 71 26 59 23 D 62 23 86 33 33
1963 51 Senate 32 65 67 12 D 67 21 83 53 20
1964 52 Senate 35 31 44 23 D 41 21 74 39 27
1965 53 Senate 41 44 69 22 D 69 18 89 63 21
1966 54 Senate 56 36 53 36 D 54 33 86 37 41
1967 55 Senate 45 25 55 21 D 61 20 80 42 57
1968 56 Senate 57 24 51 34 D 54 38 89 29 58
1969 57 Senate 45 29 52 20 R 42 42 78 53 17
1970 58 Senate 43 22 37 31 R 41 30 63 18 76
1971 59 Senate 76 18 57 35 R 56 30 87 42 53
1972 60 Senate 46 34 48 30 R 54 17 77 26 25
1973 61 Senate 42 48 64 25 R 42 48 87 37 32
1974 62 Senate 51 41 61 33 R 47 41 92 33* 25
1975 63 Senate 58 29 55 32 R 56 28 89 29 39
1976 64 Senate 53 37 57 36 R 49 42 85 42 44
1977 65 Senate 58 34 56 36 D 66 20 89 25 43
1978 66 Senate 62 30 45 50 D 46 44 93 32 46
1979 67 Senate 62 33 68 24 D 60 28 90 22 27
1980 68 Senate 48 23 51 25 D 63 23 80 40 33
1981 69 Senate 48 28 48 21 R 55 29 72 47 23
1982 70 Senate 49 26 63 18 R 34 37 81 56 53
Lifetime conservative rating:   39%


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.