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Thomas Eagleton

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 4, 1929 in St. Louis, MO
Died: March 4, 2007 in St. Louis, MO

Education:

  • Amherst College, 1950
  • Harvard University Law School, 1953

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1948-1949

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Circuit attorney of St. Louis, 1956

Elected Office:

  • MO Attorney General, 1960-1964
  • MO Lt. Governor, 1964-1968
  • Candidate for Democrat Vice-President nomination, 1972


Election Results for Thomas Eagleton


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1960 30 MO D Attorney General Primary 1 276,719 55.2%
1960 30 MO D Attorney General General 1 1,076,074 57.6%
1964 34 MO D Lt. Governor Primary 1 432,733 78.6%
1964 34 MO D Lt. Governor General 1 1,142,977 64.8%
1968 38 MO D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 224,017 36.6%
1968 38 MO D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 887,414 51.1%
1974 44 MO D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 420,681 87.5%
1974 44 MO D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 735,433 60.1%
1980 50 MO D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 553,392 85.8%
1980 50 MO D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 1,074,859 52.0%


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



Ideology Data for Thomas Eagleton


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
1969 39 Senate 17 72 82 10 R 47 39 89 94 0
1970 40 Senate 6 77 76 5 R 43 45 83 90 19
1971 41 Senate 18 63 78 6 R 41 49 83 96 0
1972 42 Senate 8 72 79 5 R 28 59 79 72 18
1973 43 Senate 7 83 89 3 R 33 58 91 100 5
1974 44 Senate 17 69 74 13 R 36 55 85 71* 19
1975 45 Senate 16 75 82 9 R 47 40 90 76 14
1976 46 Senate 13 78 85 8 R 36 51 90 71 10
1977 47 Senate 39 55 72 19 D 82 13 94 68 24
1978 48 Senate 20 69 82 10 D 76 13 89 53 13
1979 49 Senate 30 54 74 12 D 73 12 88 65 17
1980 50 Senate 24 52 65 13 D 56 28 84 94 24
1981 51 Senate 10 86 85 9 R 33 63 94 90 14
1982 52 Senate 12 87 91 7 R 29 68 97 89 21
1983 53 Senate 27 61 79 15 R 45 51 92 84 9
1984 54 Senate 26 68 81 14 R 29 56 87 89 14
1985 55 Senate 17 75 83 9 R 30 63 91 90 10
1986 56 Senate 22 67 71 15 R 29 65 86 94 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   13%


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.