Election results and ideology ratings for Clifford Davis -- RightDataUSA.com

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 18, 1897 in Hazlehurst, MS
Died: June 8, 1970 in Washington, DC

Election Results for Clifford Davis

Year	Age	State	Party	Office	District	Stage	Pos	Votes	%
1940	42	TN	D	U.S. House	District 09	Special	1	30,313	93.5%
1940	42	TN	D	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	55,952	96.0%

1942	44	TN	D	U.S. House	District 10	General	1	23,660	100.0%

1944	46	TN	D	U.S. House	District 10	Primary	1	19,753	100.0%
1944	46	TN	D	U.S. House	District 10	General	1	47,500	100.0%

1946	48	TN	D	U.S. House	District 10	Primary	1	48,046	95.3%
1946	48	TN	D	U.S. House	District 10	General	1	37,069	100.0%

1948	50	TN	D	U.S. House	District 10	Primary	1	40,909	100.0%
1948	50	TN	D	U.S. House	District 10	General	1	49,371	93.1%

1950	52	TN	D	U.S. House	District 10	Primary	1	37,524	66.6%
1950	52	TN	D	U.S. House	District 10	General	1	15,128	100.0%

1952	54	TN	D	U.S. House	District 09	Primary	1	75,107	100.0%
1952	54	TN	D	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	101,427	85.7%

1954	56	TN	D	U.S. House	District 09	Primary	1	52,620	75.5%
1954	56	TN	D	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	40,121	83.5%

1956	58	TN	D	U.S. House	District 09	Primary	1	42,531	100.0%
1956	58	TN	D	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	90,874	71.7%

1958	60	TN	D	U.S. House	District 09	Primary	1	68,379	100.0%
1958	60	TN	D	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	46,550	100.0%

1960	62	TN	D	U.S. House	District 09	Primary	1	66,463	83.5%
1960	62	TN	D	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	120,159	100.0%

1962	64	TN	D	U.S. House	District 09	Primary	1	52,217	49.5%
1962	64	TN	D	U.S. House	District 09	General	1	55,345	50.6%

1964	66	TN	D	U.S. House	District 09	Primary	2	37,856	40.8%

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

Ideology Data for Clifford Davis

Year	Age	Body	Conservative Coalition		Party Unity		Presidential Support			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
Year	Age	Body					P			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
1940	42	House			67	13	D			81
1941	43	House			80	4	D			83
1942	44	House			60	25	D			82
1943	45	House			85	6	D			86
1944	46	House			80	0	D			78
1945	47	House			76	10	D			83
1946	48	House			51	15	D			58
1947	49	House			66	16	D			68	50
1948	50	House			72	17	D			80	56
1949	51	House			53	29	D			80	62
1950	52	House			48	22	D			68	27
1951	53	House			61	19	D			73	45
1952	54	House			34	16	D			49	40
1953	55	House			74	13	R	52		76	50
1954	56	House			30	10	R	26	18	39	100
1955	57	House			64	16	R	27	27	62	40
1956	58	House			75	13	R	47	32	78	67
1957	59	House			58	10	R	32	28	70	25
1958	60	House			46	16	R	40	26	67	55
1959	61	House	45	27	77	4	R	31	41	76	63
1960	62	House	47	37	49	22	R	37	40	71	63
1961	63	House	35	39	71	10	D	63	12	76	50	27
1962	64	House	31	31	42	9	D	52	5	51	40	27
1963	65	House	33	27	50	9	D	46	4	50	55	33
1964	66	House	17	42	56	2	D	50	4	53	90	17
Lifetime conservative rating:												26%

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.