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Price Daniel

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 10, 1910 in Dayton, TX
Died: August 25, 1988 in Liberty, TX (stroke)

Education:

  • Baylor University, B.A., LL.B., 1932

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps, 1943-1946

Career:

  • Newspaper reporter in Fort Worth and Waco, 1926-1931
  • Newspaper publisher
  • Lawyer
  • Director, Offiice of Emergency Preparedness, 1967-1969
  • TX Supreme Court justice, 1971-1978

Elected Office:

  • TX House, 1939-1943 (Speaker, 1943-1945)
  • TX Attorney General, 1946-1953


Election Results for Price Daniel


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1952 41 TX D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 940,770 72.5%
1952 41 TX D,R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 1,895,192 100.0%
1956 45 TX D Governor Primary 1 628,914 39.9%
1956 45 TX D Governor Primary Runoff 1 698,001 50.1%
1956 45 TX D Governor General 1 1,433,051 78.9%
1958 47 TX D Governor Primary 1 799,107 60.7%
1958 47 TX D Governor General 1 695,035 88.1%
1960 49 TX D Governor Primary 1 908,992 59.5%
1960 49 TX D Governor General 1 1,637,755 72.8%
1962 51 TX D Governor Primary 3 248,524 17.2%


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



Ideology Data for Price Daniel


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
1953 42 Senate 38 46 R 61 75 27
1954 43 Senate 62 32 R 43 42 62 25
1955 44 Senate 77 15 R 58 37 93 33
1956 45 Senate 49 16 R 15 37 58 38
1957 46 Senate 3 0 R 0 0 2 0


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.