RightDataUSA


Alan Dixon

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 7, 1927 in Belleville, IL
Died: July 6, 2014 in Fairview Heights, IL

Education:

  • University of Illinois, B.S., 1949
  • Washington University of St. Louis Law School, 1949

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy Air Corps, 1945

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • IL House, 1951-1963
  • IL Senate, 1963-1971
  • IL Treasurer, 1971-1977
  • IL Secretary of State, 1977-1981


Election Results for Alan Dixon


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1970 42 IL D Treasurer General 1 1,772,209 50.9%
1974 46 IL D Treasurer General 1 1,796,144 64.6%
1976 48 IL D Secretary of State District SOS Primary 1 984,934 77.4%
1976 48 IL D Secretary of State District SOS General 1 2,906,311 64.5%
1978 50 IL D Secretary of State District SOS General 1 2,314,546 73.8%
1980 52 IL D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 671,746 66.9%
1980 52 IL D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 2,565,302 56.0%
1986 58 IL D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 720,571 84.8%
1986 58 IL D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 2,033,783 65.1%
1992 64 IL D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 2 504,077 34.6%


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



Ideology Data for Alan Dixon


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
1981 53 Senate 57 38 73 26 R 57 41 97 65 20
1982 54 Senate 39 54 76 20 R 45 50 97 80 33
1983 55 Senate 55 43 70 26 R 54 41 93 63 29
1984 56 Senate 49 38 56 35 R 42 54 90 68 27
1985 57 Senate 50 47 69 29 R 46 50 96 60 40
1986 58 Senate 59 38 62 36 R 51 46 97 60 43
1987 59 Senate 84 16 75 23 R 41 55 97 60 23
1988 60 Senate 89 11 60 30 R 56 32 93 45 44
1989 61 Senate 58 42 62 38 R 72 28 100 55 32
1990 62 Senate 73 27 70 30 R 53 47 100 44 39
1991 63 Senate 75 23 69 30 R 57 42 97 55 52
1992 64 Senate 39 47 63 21 R 32 50 86 69 28
Lifetime conservative rating:   34%


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.