Election results and ideology ratings for Martin Dies, Jr. -- RightDataUSA.com

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 5, 1900 in Colorado, TX
Died: November 14, 1972 in Lufkin, TX

Election Results for Martin Dies, Jr.

Year	Age	State	Party	Office	District	Stage	Pos	Votes	%
1936	35	TX	D	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	39,484	100.0%

1938	37	TX	D	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	12,816	100.0%

1940	39	TX	D	U.S. House	District 02	Primary	1	55,173	88.4%
1940	39	TX	D	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	43,597	100.0%

1941	40	TX	D	U.S. Senate Class 2		Special	4	80,551	14.0%

1942	41	TX	D	U.S. House	District 02	Primary	1	52,575	100.0%
1942	41	TX	D	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	10,128	100.0%

1952	51	TX	D	U.S. House	District AL	Primary	1	612,840	49.9%
1952	51	TX	D	U.S. House	At-Large District	General	1	1,979,889	100.0%

1954	53	TX	D	U.S. House	At-Large District	General	1	555,446	88.0%

1956	55	TX	D	U.S. House	District AL	Primary	1	905,685	67.4%
1956	55	TX	D	U.S. House	At-Large District	General	1	1,437,580	98.5%

1957	56	TX	D	U.S. Senate Class 1		Special	2	290,803	30.4%

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

Ideology Data for Martin Dies, Jr.

Year	Age	Body	Party Unity		Presidential Support			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
Year	Age	Body			P			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
1937	36	House	58	32	D			85
1938	37	House	86	12	D			97
1939	38	House	30	6	D			33
1940	39	House	40	14	D			47
1941	40	House	28	4	D			36
1942	41	House	10	25	D			25
1943	42	House	33	10	D			38
1944	43	House	23	17	D			34
1953	52	House	34	47	R	63		55	10
1954	53	House	50	40	R	37	55	91	25
1955	54	House	32	58	R	46	46	92	0
1956	55	House	63	25	R	41	59	95	14
1957	56	House	25	20	R	22	27	55	11
1958	57	House	3	3	R	0	2	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.