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Carl Curtis

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 15, 1905 in Minden, NE
Died: January 24, 2000 in Lincoln, NE

Education:

  • Attended Nebraska Wesleyan University

Career:

  • School teacher, 1927
  • Lawyer
  • Kearney County attorney, 1931-1934


Election Results for Carl Curtis


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1938 33 NE R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 11,144 42.3%
1938 33 NE R U.S. House District 04 General 1 59,794 58.2%
1940 35 NE R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 23,846 69.8%
1940 35 NE R U.S. House District 04 General 1 66,966 57.7%
1942 37 NE R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 18,803 54.3%
1942 37 NE R U.S. House District 01 General 1 69,651 66.6%
1944 39 NE R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 22,515 100.0%
1944 39 NE R U.S. House District 01 General 1 100,816 70.0%
1946 41 NE R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 36,109 89.1%
1946 41 NE R U.S. House District 01 General 1 73,602 66.4%
1948 43 NE R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 42,436 83.3%
1948 43 NE R U.S. House District 01 General 1 76,359 57.2%
1950 45 NE R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 30,209 74.2%
1950 45 NE R U.S. House District 01 General 1 67,164 54.5%
1952 47 NE R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 59,053 100.0%
1952 47 NE R U.S. House District 01 General 1 117,336 72.0%
1954 49 NE R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 64,410 39.4%
1954 49 NE R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 255,695 61.1%
1960 55 NE R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 125,741 99.7%
1960 55 NE R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 352,748 58.9%
1966 61 NE R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 161,331 99.8%
1966 61 NE R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 296,116 61.0%
1972 67 NE R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 141,213 74.0%
1972 67 NE R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 301,841 53.1%


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



Ideology Data for Carl Curtis


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
1939 34 House 80 20 D 99
1940 35 House 77 17 D 90
1941 36 House 80 13 D 90
1942 37 House 85 15 D 85
1943 38 House 77 19 D 93
1944 39 House 83 13 D 89
1945 40 House 82 10 D 91
1946 41 House 93 5 D 96
1947 42 House 76 16 D 92 9
1948 43 House 72 28 D 99 8
1949 44 House 85 2 D 87 0
1950 45 House 84 10 D 92 0
1951 46 House 91 3 D 95 8
1952 47 House 84 5 D 83 8
1953 48 House 84 5 R 79 90 27 0
1954 49 House 40 7 R 34 3 37 14
1955 50 Senate 81 19 R 75 23 95 0
1956 51 Senate 80 20 R 63 37 99 7
1957 52 Senate 82 18 R 65 35 96 17
1958 53 Senate 86 9 R 73 21 93 0
1959 54 Senate 97 2 87 12 R 74 21 94 0
1960 55 Senate 91 9 71 21 R 57 31 89 0
1961 56 Senate 82 0 91 5 D 23 69 90 0 86
1962 57 Senate 91 3 90 5 D 29 67 96 0 94
1963 58 Senate 90 0 86 2 D 14 75 87 0 100
1964 59 Senate 75 0 70 8 D 30 56 84 16 94
1965 60 Senate 62 3 65 4 D 31 49 78 6 93
1966 61 Senate 76 1 69 3 D 30 44 71 0 97
1967 62 Senate 95 2 83 10 D 47 47 91 0 93
1968 63 Senate 79 3 82 4 D 37 53 87 7 96
1969 64 Senate 97 0 91 6 R 69 28 97 0 80
1970 65 Senate 82 3 83 6 R 78 19 87 0 95
1971 66 Senate 83 3 76 6 R 70 15 83 4 100
1972 67 Senate 83 2 81 6 R 70 9 81 0 83
1973 68 Senate 84 1 80 1 R 72 18 81 0 88
1974 69 Senate 91 2 87 3 R 73 24 91 0* 94
1975 70 Senate 88 1 83 2 R 75 12 86 0 100
1976 71 Senate 90 1 87 2 R 77 8 84 0 90
1977 72 Senate 92 2 88 6 D 43 51 94 0 91
1978 73 Senate 78 5 84 2 D 15 69 84 12 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   93%


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.