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Carl Elliott

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 20, 1913 in Vina, AL
Died: January 9, 1999 in Jasper, AL

Education:

  • University of Alabama, 1933, Law School, 1936

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1942-1944

Career:

  • Recorder's court judge, 1942, 1946
  • City attorney for several cities
  • U.S. Department of Commerce, 1967-1970


Election Results for Carl Elliott


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1948 34 AL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 21,552 100.0%
1950 36 AL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 20,580 100.0%
1952 38 AL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 33,533 72.5%
1954 40 AL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 31,988 78.9%
1956 42 AL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 31,988 100.0%
1958 44 AL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 29,936 100.0%
1960 46 AL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 36,124 100.0%
1962 48 AL D U.S. House At-Large District General 8 257,299 57.8%
1964 50 AL D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 38,376 62.4%
1966 52 AL D Governor Primary 3 71,972 8.1%


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



Ideology Data for Carl Elliott


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
1949 35 House 77 21 D 97 75
1950 36 House 81 10 D 88 57
1951 37 House 70 13 D 85 50
1952 38 House 95 2 D 97 85
1953 39 House 71 18 R 65 92 90
1954 40 House 87 10 R 66 29 92 89
1955 41 House 87 10 R 56 41 96 100
1956 42 House 88 13 R 56 38 96 71
1957 43 House 78 12 R 68 27 92 78
1958 44 House 84 14 R 66 34 99 67
1959 45 House 36 18 81 4 R 30 54 83 57
1960 46 House 16 79 82 10 R 37 58 94 75
1961 47 House 26 74 98 2 D 92 8 100 90 13
1962 48 House 25 56 79 5 D 75 8 78 63 25
1963 49 House 40 40 83 5 D 83 6 90 82 33
1964 50 House 33 33 63 3 D 65 6 65 78 27
Lifetime conservative rating:   25%


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.