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Thomas Curtis

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 14, 1911 in St. Louis, MO
Died: January 10, 1993 in Allegan, MI

Education:

  • Dartmouth College, A.B., 1932, M.A., 1951
  • Washington University, LL.B., 1935
  • Westminster College, J.D., 1964

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1942-1945

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • St. Louis County election commission, 1942
  • MO State Board of Law Examiners, 1947-1950
  • VP of Encyclopedia Britannica, 1969-1973
  • Chairman, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 1972-1973
  • Chairman, Federal Election Commission, 1975-1976


Election Results for Thomas Curtis


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1950 39 MO R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 38,267 62.9%
1950 39 MO R U.S. House District 12 General 1 110,757 50.9%
1952 41 MO R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 58,165 86.1%
1952 41 MO R U.S. House District 02 General 1 125,625 56.9%
1954 43 MO R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 25,419 90.2%
1954 43 MO R U.S. House District 02 General 1 83,861 54.7%
1956 45 MO R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 37,929 100.0%
1956 45 MO R U.S. House District 02 General 1 123,596 51.8%
1958 47 MO R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 23,594 100.0%
1958 47 MO R U.S. House District 02 General 1 88,321 51.9%
1960 49 MO R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 32,953 100.0%
1960 49 MO R U.S. House District 02 General 1 150,327 56.7%
1962 51 MO R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 24,229 90.2%
1962 51 MO R U.S. House District 02 General 1 102,861 56.3%
1964 53 MO R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 37,354 100.0%
1964 53 MO R U.S. House District 02 General 1 130,894 53.1%
1966 55 MO R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 27,004 100.0%
1966 55 MO R U.S. House District 02 General 1 102,985 66.2%
1968 57 MO R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 192,028 84.5%
1968 57 MO R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 2 850,544 48.9%
1974 63 MO R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 136,447 81.9%
1974 63 MO R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 2 480,900 39.3%


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



Ideology Data for Thomas 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
1951 40 House 82 15 D 83 31
1952 41 House 73 20 D 88 23
1953 42 House 82 16 R 79 99 36
1954 43 House 80 13 R 74 16 83 38
1955 44 House 77 10 R 61 32 84 22
1956 45 House 72 22 R 88 3 92 71
1957 46 House 64 15 R 38 45 76 50
1958 47 House 65 30 R 76 18 91 45
1959 48 House 55 36 79 8 R 65 19 85 25
1960 49 House 47 53 63 37 R 79 21 98 22
1961 50 House 78 9 72 9 D 32 51 83 30 64
1962 51 House 81 12 81 16 D 32 60 91 38 79
1963 52 House 60 20 79 5 D 24 62 85 9 93
1964 53 House 75 17 79 3 D 21 83 83 15 87
1965 54 House 75 14 80 7 D 27 54 82 17 94
1966 55 House 81 8 84 6 D 31 59 90 13 91
1967 56 House 83 9 89 3 D 31 61 86 7 93
1968 57 House 69 6 66 9 D 34 47 76 8 91
Lifetime conservative rating:   88%


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.