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Frank Carlson

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 23, 1893 in Concordia, KS
Died: May 30, 1987 in Concordia, KS

Education:

  • Attended Kansas State University

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1918-1919

Career:

  • Farmer/rancher

Elected Office:

  • KS House, 1929-1933


Election Results for Frank Carlson


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 43 KS R U.S. House District 06 General 1 61,669 52.0%
1938 45 KS R U.S. House District 06 General 1 69,989 63.4%
1940 47 KS R U.S. House District 06 General 1 69,627 60.9%
1942 49 KS R U.S. House District 06 General 1 49,403 64.2%
1944 51 KS R U.S. House District 06 General 1 63,035 66.0%
1946 53 KS R Governor Primary 1 110,946 65.7%
1946 53 KS R Governor General 1 309,064 53.5%
1948 55 KS R Governor Primary 1 170,831 81.1%
1948 55 KS R Governor General 1 433,396 57.0%
1950 57 KS R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 140,798 58.6%
1950 57 KS R U.S. Senate Class 3 Special Primary 1 121,020 57.4%
1950 57 KS R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 335,880 54.3%
1950 57 KS R U.S. Senate Class 3 Special 1 321,718 55.2%
1956 63 KS R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 215,364 77.9%
1956 63 KS R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 477,822 57.9%
1962 69 KS R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 167,498 86.9%
1962 69 KS R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 388,500 62.4%


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



Ideology Data for Frank Carlson


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 44 House 80 17 D 95
1938 45 House 76 19 D 97
1939 46 House 86 14 D 98
1940 47 House 81 18 D 95
1941 48 House 80 20 D 93
1942 49 House 95 5 D 94
1943 50 House 73 17 D 84
1944 51 House 83 13 D 94
1945 52 House 66 16 D 68
1946 53 House 87 0 D 72
1950 57 Senate 5 0 D 3 0
1951 58 Senate 73 23 D 97 8
1952 59 Senate 22 3 D 22 17
1953 60 Senate 83 15 R 81 91 27
1954 61 Senate 86 9 R 87 9 95 31
1955 62 Senate 73 19 R 87 6 94 20
1956 63 Senate 64 20 R 69 15 84 25
1957 64 Senate 76 11 R 84 7 90 58
1958 65 Senate 68 15 R 80 10 85 18
1959 66 Senate 65 15 69 14 R 73 11 83 17
1960 67 Senate 87 11 74 18 R 71 19 88 17
1961 68 Senate 63 2 47 10 D 23 35 58 13 82
1962 69 Senate 85 3 72 13 D 42 42 84 17 75
1963 70 Senate 67 12 69 8 D 46 29 76 29 79
1964 71 Senate 75 8 60 19 D 52 36 86 29 69
1965 72 Senate 79 8 65 20 D 56 30 81 6 71
1966 73 Senate 71 10 65 8 D 42 39 74 5 70
1967 74 Senate 63 11 60 17 D 47 27 77 17 86
1968 75 Senate 73 7 56 10 D 38 39 69 8 73
Lifetime conservative rating:   75%


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.