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Antonio Fernandez

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 17, 1902 in Springer, NM
Died: November 7, 1956 in Albuquerque, NM

Education:

  • Attended Cumberland University Law School

Career:

  • Court reporter, 1925-1930
  • Lawyer
  • NM State Tax Commission, 1935-1936
  • Assistant NM Attorney General, 1937-1941
  • NM Public Service Commission, 1941-1942

Elected Office:

  • NM House, 1935


Election Results for Antonio Fernandez


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1942 40 NM D U.S. House District AL Primary 2 19,314 19.9%
1942 40 NM D U.S. House At-Large District General 2 57,474 54.2%
1944 42 NM D U.S. House District AL Primary 2 16,339 25.2%
1944 42 NM D U.S. House At-Large District General 2 80,752 53.2%
1946 44 NM D U.S. House District AL Primary 1 25,091 24.7%
1946 44 NM D U.S. House At-Large District General 2 65,242 51.4%
1948 46 NM D U.S. House District AL Primary 2 32,337 27.5%
1948 46 NM D U.S. House At-Large District General 2 105,300 56.6%
1950 48 NM D U.S. House District AL Primary 2 41,795 26.2%
1950 48 NM D U.S. House At-Large District General 2 96,291 55.6%
1952 50 NM D U.S. House At-Large District General 2 119,925 51.3%
1954 52 NM D U.S. House At-Large District General 2 109,816 58.1%
1956 54 NM D U.S. House District A1 Primary 2 56,524 37.6%
1956 54 NM D U.S. House At-Large District General 2 128,330 52.5%


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



Ideology Data for Antonio Fernandez


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
1943 41 House 71 17 D 88
1944 42 House 70 13 D 71
1945 43 House 72 18 D 82
1946 44 House 46 34 D 72
1947 45 House 79 16 D 80 75
1948 46 House 67 17 D 84 77
1949 47 House 73 26 D 94 69
1950 48 House 68 21 D 85 53
1951 49 House 63 34 D 94 38
1952 50 House 55 36 D 89 31
1953 51 House 53 34 R 46 85 40
1954 52 House 50 50 R 74 24 96 44
1955 53 House 65 35 R 63 34 93 60
1956 54 House 63 25 R 68 24 92 100


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.