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Tim Lee Carter

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 2, 1910 in Tompkinsville, KY
Died: March 27, 1987 in Glasgow, KY

Education:

  • Western Kentucky State College, 1934
  • University of Tennessee, 1937

Military Service:

  • Combat medic, World War II

Career:

  • Physician, 1940-1964


Election Results for Tim Lee Carter


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1964 53 KY R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 12,951 43.6%
1964 53 KY R U.S. House District 05 General 1 61,137 53.1%
1966 55 KY R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 17,835 63.7%
1966 55 KY R U.S. House District 05 General 1 65,596 75.4%
1968 57 KY R U.S. House District 05 General 1 86,391 72.8%
1970 59 KY R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 14,593 92.8%
1970 59 KY R U.S. House District 05 General 1 49,266 80.4%
1972 61 KY R U.S. House District 05 General 1 109,264 73.5%
1974 63 KY R U.S. House District 05 General 1 66,709 68.2%
1976 65 KY R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 28,502 89.1%
1976 65 KY R U.S. House District 05 General 1 100,204 67.1%
1978 67 KY R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 17,147 92.9%
1978 67 KY R U.S. House District 05 General 1 59,743 79.2%


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



Ideology Data for Tim Lee Carter


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
1965 54 House 69 12 59 25 D 54 32 84 11 88
1966 55 House 57 3 54 11 D 32 34 66 0 79
1967 56 House 85 11 76 20 D 52 44 94 20 71
1968 57 House 69 10 61 15 D 46 30 78 20 76
1969 58 House 82 13 71 25 R 62 32 95 13 67
1970 59 House 66 11 58 29 R 68 23 87 19 72
1971 60 House 86 6 73 18 R 82 12 91 9 60
1972 61 House 77 9 63 24 R 62 19 87 7 71
1973 62 House 71 15 55 31 R 44 30 85 21 67
1974 63 House 82 12 70 22 R 57 30 90 9 76
1975 64 House 79 19 70 28 R 63 36 97 11 72
1976 65 House 71 18 61 31 R 69 27 87 16 73
1977 66 House 78 15 63 30 D 48 46 92 11 64
1978 67 House 66 26 57 35 D 38 57 93 22 77
1979 68 House 56 21 47 35 D 32 51 80 19 50
1980 69 House 82 9 64 29 D 45 49 93 17 84
Lifetime conservative rating:   70%


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.