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Vaughn Gary

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 25, 1892 in Richmond, VA
Died: September 6, 1973 in Richmond, VA

Education:

  • University of Richmond, B.A., 1912, B.L. 1915

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, World War I

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • VA Tax Board, 1919-1924

Elected Office:

  • VA House, 1926-1933


Election Results for Vaughn Gary


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1945 53 VA D U.S. House District 03 Special 1 10,444 48.5%
1946 54 VA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 21,947 73.3%
1948 56 VA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 14,632 70.9%
1948 56 VA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 33,950 72.9%
1950 58 VA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 13,047 60.4%
1950 58 VA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 15,300 89.6%
1952 60 VA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 36,085 57.5%
1954 62 VA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 19,466 58.0%
1956 64 VA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 46,109 59.1%
1958 66 VA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 34,040 76.1%
1960 68 VA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 52,908 77.8%
1962 70 VA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 28,914 49.8%


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



Ideology Data for Vaughn Gary


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 53 House 72 2 D 78
1946 54 House 56 33 D 79
1947 55 House 79 18 D 89 75
1948 56 House 72 28 D 96 62
1949 57 House 59 26 D 83 45
1950 58 House 56 30 D 83 36
1951 59 House 73 24 D 92 46
1952 60 House 59 32 D 86 42
1953 61 House 53 47 R 76 97 27
1954 62 House 63 37 R 45 55 100 44
1955 63 House 65 35 R 71 27 99 50
1956 64 House 66 34 R 56 44 99 29
1957 65 House 58 41 R 38 62 99 11
1958 66 House 38 62 R 50 46 98 17
1959 67 House 100 0 42 56 R 57 43 98 11
1960 68 House 100 0 43 55 R 56 44 96 11
1961 69 House 96 4 52 48 D 65 35 99 10 53
1962 70 House 56 44 56 42 D 68 30 95 25 40
1963 71 House 47 40 71 22 D 72 23 91 36 38
1964 72 House 75 25 66 24 D 77 17 91 54 44
Lifetime conservative rating:   44%


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.