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Everett Dirksen

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 4, 1886 in Pekin, IL
Died: September 7, 1969 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Attended University of Minnesota Law School

Military Service:

  • Field Artillery, 1918-1919

Elected Office:

  • Dredging company manager, 1922-1925
  • Pekin finance commissioner, 1927-1931
  • Lawyer


Election Results for Everett Dirksen


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 50 IL R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 35,369 100.0%
1936 50 IL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 68,964 53.2%
1938 52 IL R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 30,071 100.0%
1938 52 IL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 61,012 63.5%
1940 54 IL R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 34,636 84.2%
1940 54 IL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 79,780 58.1%
1942 56 IL R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 31,203 100.0%
1942 56 IL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 55,135 68.8%
1944 58 IL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 70,301 59.0%
1946 60 IL R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 32,370 100.0%
1946 60 IL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 64,534 67.5%
1950 64 IL R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 545,028 73.5%
1950 64 IL R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 1,951,984 53.9%
1956 70 IL R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 686,286 100.0%
1956 70 IL R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 2,307,352 54.1%
1962 76 IL R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 742,923 87.1%
1962 76 IL R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 1,961,202 52.9%
1968 82 IL R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 622,710 92.1%
1968 82 IL R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 2,358,947 53.0%


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



Ideology Data for Everett Dirksen


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
1937 51 House 76 14 D 77
1938 52 House 74 21 D 95
1939 53 House 91 6 D 94
1940 54 House 77 14 D 77
1941 55 House 70 7 D 69
1942 56 House 65 15 D 85
1943 57 House 81 2 D 78
1944 58 House 57 3 D 54
1945 59 House 46 20 D 56
1946 60 House 72 18 D 88
1947 61 House 89 3 D 86 17
1948 62 House 50 6 D 58 18
1951 65 Senate 78 7 D 80 0
1952 66 Senate 76 3 D 69 27
1953 67 Senate 79 2 R 83 73 8
1954 68 Senate 92 3 R 83 10 91 33
1955 69 Senate 77 4 R 75 4 78 10
1956 70 Senate 86 7 R 86 8 91 21
1957 71 Senate 100 0 R 93 7 99 58
1958 72 Senate 80 13 R 86 7 92 25
1959 73 Senate 80 2 83 7 R 97 7 91 8
1960 74 Senate 93 4 79 14 R 88 7 92 17
1961 75 Senate 71 9 76 6 D 27 56 81 10 85
1962 76 Senate 74 12 79 5 D 42 42 83 25 71
1963 77 Senate 70 16 74 8 D 50 42 86 24 80
1964 78 Senate 49 18 56 17 D 39 31 68 32 67
1965 79 Senate 77 8 63 16 D 62 25 85 6 77
1966 80 Senate 90 4 80 7 D 42 25 86 5 83
1967 81 Senate 59 11 64 14 D 56 21 81 8 73
1968 82 Senate 61 9 69 12 D 32 30 65 8 83
1969 83 Senate 27 2 R 44 1 27 10 50
Lifetime conservative rating:   77%


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.