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Albert Carnahan

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 9, 1897 in Ellsinore, MO
Died: March 24, 1968 in Rochester, MN

Education:

  • Missouri State Teachers College, 1926
  • University of Missouri, 1934

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1918-1919

Career:

  • School teacher/administrator, 1920-1944
  • U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone, 1961-1962

Other notes:

  • Father of Mel Carnahan, father-in-law of Jean Carnahan, gradfather of Russ Carnahan


Election Results for Albert Carnahan


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1942 45 MO D U.S. House District 08 Primary 2 8,423 32.0%
1944 47 MO D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 8,507 36.1%
1944 47 MO D U.S. House District 08 General 1 54,010 50.5%
1946 49 MO D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 17,063 100.0%
1946 49 MO D U.S. House District 08 General 2 40,241 48.9%
1948 51 MO D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 16,422 55.7%
1948 51 MO D U.S. House District 08 General 1 60,081 57.2%
1950 53 MO D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 24,361 100.0%
1950 53 MO D U.S. House District 08 General 1 49,894 54.6%
1952 55 MO D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 22,694 57.2%
1952 55 MO D U.S. House District 08 General 1 69,068 52.8%
1954 57 MO D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 29,773 100.0%
1954 57 MO D U.S. House District 08 General 1 52,658 57.2%
1956 59 MO D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 24,495 57.5%
1956 59 MO D U.S. House District 08 General 1 69,336 54.3%
1958 61 MO D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 29,351 75.7%
1958 61 MO D U.S. House District 08 General 1 58,628 64.3%
1960 63 MO D U.S. House District 08 Primary 2 21,599 39.8%


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



Ideology Data for Albert Carnahan


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
1945 48 House 88 6 D 93
1946 49 House 84 8 D 93
1949 52 House 85 12 D 93 92
1950 53 House 86 5 D 90 93
1951 54 House 85 3 D 81 100
1952 55 House 66 0 D 67 100
1953 56 House 79 16 R 64 86 100
1954 57 House 90 10 R 55 32 92 100
1955 58 House 84 13 R 51 37 91 80
1956 59 House 47 6 R 32 29 52 100
1957 60 House 66 14 R 65 17 78 100
1958 61 House 57 11 R 46 20 69 91
1959 62 House 27 73 90 2 R 43 46 87 100
1960 63 House 0 11 45 4 R 35 19 55 100


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.