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Clark Fisher

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 22, 1903 in Junction, TX
Died: December 9, 1994 in San Angelo, TX

Education:

  • Baylor University, LL.B., J.D., 1929

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Rancher
  • Tom Green County attorney, 1931-1935
  • District attorney, 1937-1943

Elected Office:

  • TX House, 1935-1937


Election Results for Clark Fisher


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1942 38 TX D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 24,167 45.8%
1942 38 TX D U.S. House District 21 General 1 16,554 100.0%
1944 40 TX D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 40,315 100.0%
1944 40 TX D U.S. House District 21 General 1 47,796 88.1%
1946 42 TX D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 56,476 100.0%
1946 42 TX D U.S. House District 21 General 1 15,943 100.0%
1948 44 TX D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 33,919 58.0%
1948 44 TX D U.S. House District 21 General 1 45,274 100.0%
1950 46 TX D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 53,898 100.0%
1950 46 TX D U.S. House District 21 General 1 16,334 100.0%
1952 48 TX D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 38,822 65.3%
1952 48 TX D U.S. House District 21 General 1 65,762 100.0%
1954 50 TX D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 37,600 67.0%
1954 50 TX D U.S. House District 21 General 1 25,381 100.0%
1956 52 TX D U.S. House District 21 General 1 60,344 100.0%
1958 54 TX D U.S. House District 21 General 1 26,497 100.0%
1960 56 TX D U.S. House District 21 General 1 63,277 100.0%
1962 58 TX D U.S. House District 21 General 1 39,261 76.1%
1964 60 TX D U.S. House District 21 General 1 61,785 78.1%
1966 62 TX D U.S. House District 21 General 1 60,497 100.0%
1968 64 TX D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 55,808 82.0%
1968 64 TX D U.S. House District 21 General 1 91,784 60.8%
1970 66 TX D U.S. House District 21 General 1 76,004 61.4%
1972 68 TX D U.S. House District 21 General 1 91,180 56.8%


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



Ideology Data for Clark Fisher


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 39 House 54 40 D 95
1944 40 House 50 43 D 91
1945 41 House 60 28 D 87
1946 42 House 16 31 D 54
1947 43 House 61 32 D 88 30
1948 44 House 53 36 D 82 45
1949 45 House 45 50 D 98 31
1950 46 House 36 55 D 90 0
1951 47 House 34 61 D 84 0
1952 48 House 32 59 D 81 0
1953 49 House 45 45 R 48 86 0
1954 50 House 47 33 R 32 34 79 14
1955 51 House 39 58 R 41 56 97 0
1956 52 House 66 31 R 62 38 97 14
1957 53 House 61 37 R 23 70 95 11
1958 54 House 62 35 R 44 50 90 0
1959 55 House 100 0 65 27 R 41 50 92 13
1960 56 House 100 0 47 51 R 35 58 97 22
1961 57 House 91 9 45 55 D 42 57 98 0 87
1962 58 House 100 0 39 61 D 32 65 93 13 80
1963 59 House 93 0 34 53 D 41 46 89 0 87
1964 60 House 83 0 29 61 D 40 54 89 0 92
1965 61 House 92 4 26 68 D 39 55 95 0 100
1966 62 House 41 0 14 31 D 20 25 48 0 83
1967 63 House 87 6 27 60 D 43 41 85 0 100
1968 64 House 76 4 17 52 D 42 41 72 8 83
1969 65 House 84 7 31 62 R 38 45 87 0 80
1970 66 House 75 2 31 53 R 43 37 76 13 83
1971 67 House 93 1 27 69 R 70 21 92 0 100
1972 68 House 88 4 16 73 R 51 32 88 7 89
1973 69 House 45 4 17 35 R 32 19 58 0 75
1974 70 House 80 1 16 66 R 72 15 81 0* 89
Lifetime conservative rating:   88%


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.