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Allen Ellender

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 24, 1890 in Montegut, LA
Died: July 27, 1972 in Bethesda, MD

Education:

  • St. Aloysius College, 1909
  • Tulane University Law School, 1913

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1917-1918

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Houma city attorney, 1913-1915
  • Terrebonne Parish district attorney, 1915-1916
  • Member of DNC, 1939-1940

Elected Office:

  • LA House, 1924-1936 (Speaker, 1932-1936)


Election Results for Allen Ellender


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 45 LA D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 364,931 68.0%
1936 45 LA D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 293,256 100.0%
1942 51 LA D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 85,488 100.0%
1948 57 LA D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 284,293 61.7%
1948 57 LA D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 330,115 100.0%
1954 63 LA D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 268,064 59.1%
1954 63 LA D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 207,115 100.0%
1960 69 LA D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 432,228 79.8%
1966 75 LA D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 494,519 74.2%
1966 75 LA D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 437,695 100.0%
1972 81 LA D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 3 73,088 9.3%


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



Ideology Data for Allen Ellender


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
1945 54 Senate 78 16 D 92
1946 55 Senate 23 21 D 51
1947 56 Senate 58 35 D 92 60
1948 57 Senate 73 20 D 93 62
1949 58 Senate 68 24 D 92 57
1950 59 Senate 70 22 D 86 31
1951 60 Senate 75 18 D 91 64
1952 61 Senate 64 32 D 95 21
1953 62 Senate 38 62 R 63 94 27
1954 63 Senate 52 24 R 39 38 72 27
1955 64 Senate 58 35 R 63 35 98 20
1956 65 Senate 62 23 R 35 58 89 57
1957 66 Senate 63 21 R 49 51 93 25
1958 67 Senate 60 23 R 52 40 87 33
1959 68 Senate 67 17 58 24 R 30 56 87 23
1960 69 Senate 93 4 46 47 R 42 49 84 8
1961 70 Senate 78 12 48 40 D 51 37 90 20 50
1962 71 Senate 88 9 50 32 D 50 26 81 18 87
1963 72 Senate 79 7 52 37 D 36 40 83 19 64
1964 73 Senate 82 6 42 45 D 46 39 88 11 69
1965 74 Senate 77 13 35 55 D 44 44 88 18 93
1966 75 Senate 66 4 35 36 D 39 32 75 21 56
1967 76 Senate 73 9 47 33 D 54 26 79 25 71
1968 77 Senate 73 16 44 42 D 32 53 86 7 60
1969 78 Senate 74 16 48 37 R 56 32 90 17 60
1970 79 Senate 77 13 39 49 R 54 36 92 16 82
1971 80 Senate 78 13 49 39 R 60 32 88 19 70
1972 81 Senate 19 25 R 28 17 39 0 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   69%


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.