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Earle Clements

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 22, 1886 in Morganfield, KY
Died: March 12, 1985 in Morganfield, KY

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, World War I

Career:

  • Farmer
  • Union County sherriff, 1922-1925
  • Union County clerk, 1926-1933
  • Union County judge, 1934-1941
  • KY highway commissioner, 1960
  • President of Tobacco Institute, 1964-1976

Elected Office:

  • KY Senate, 1942-1944
  • Resigned from Congress on January 6, 1948


Election Results for Earle Clements


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1944 57 KY D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 11,128 87.2%
1944 57 KY D U.S. House District 02 General 1 57,948 57.3%
1946 59 KY D U.S. House District 02 General 1 38,020 56.6%
1947 60 KY D Governor Primary 1 158,196 54.9%
1947 60 KY D Governor General 1 387,795 57.2%
1950 63 KY D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 114,482 70.9%
1950 63 KY D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 334,249 54.2%
1950 63 KY D U.S. Senate Class 3 Special 1 317,734 54.4%
1956 69 KY D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 218,353 60.9%
1956 69 KY D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 2 499,922 49.7%


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



Ideology Data for Earle Clements


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 58 House 62 18 D 70
1946 59 House 66 11 D 68
1947 60 House 37 5 D 29 80
1950 63 Senate 5 0 D 4 0
1951 64 Senate 82 8 D 83 82
1952 65 Senate 94 3 D 98 79
1953 66 Senate 63 31 R 76 91 53
1954 67 Senate 85 13 R 39 58 96 54
1955 68 Senate 69 12 R 60 21 79 70
1956 69 Senate 74 6 R 32 54 82 86


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.