Election results and ideology ratings for Ezekiel Gathings -- RightDataUSA.com

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 10, 1903 in Prairie, MS
Died: May 2, 1979 in West Memphis, AR

Election Results for Ezekiel Gathings

Year	Age	State	Party	Office	District	Stage	Pos	Votes	%
1938	34	AR	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	23,274	100.0%

1940	36	AR	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	33,127	100.0%

1942	38	AR	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	13,998	100.0%

1944	40	AR	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	32,501	100.0%

1946	42	AR	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	20,250	100.0%

1948	44	AR	D	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	24,723	63.1%
1948	44	AR	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	34,676	100.0%

1950	46	AR	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	47,238	100.0%

1952	48	AR	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	42,494	100.0%

1954	50	AR	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	38,951	100.0%

1956	52	AR	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	25,622	100.0%

1958	54	AR	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	0	0.0%

1960	56	AR	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	0	0.0%

1962	58	AR	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	0	0.0%

1964	60	AR	D	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	46,956	90.8%
1964	60	AR	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	0	0.0%

1966	62	AR	D	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	80,053	71.9%
1966	62	AR	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	0	0.0%

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

Ideology Data for Ezekiel Gathings

Year	Age	Body	Conservative Coalition		Party Unity		Presidential Support			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
Year	Age	Body					P			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
1939	35	House			75	19	D			94
1940	36	House			83	15	D			96
1941	37	House			89	11	D			98
1942	38	House			45	40	D			90
1943	39	House			48	50	D			99
1944	40	House			40	57	D			97
1945	41	House			42	34	D			71
1946	42	House			39	44	D			68
1947	43	House			42	53	D			87	18
1948	44	House			47	42	D			84	46
1949	45	House			50	44	D			94	38
1950	46	House			56	38	D			94	20
1951	47	House			40	54	D			92	0
1952	48	House			36	61	D			97	8
1953	49	House			58	34	R	61		89	36
1954	50	House			33	63	R	63	34	97	33
1955	51	House			58	35	R	54	37	89	33
1956	52	House			81	19	R	65	32	96	71
1957	53	House			54	42	R	40	57	97	44
1958	54	House			65	35	R	56	42	98	33
1959	55	House	100	0	69	27	R	43	54	95	22
1960	56	House	95	5	51	49	R	44	56	100	11
1961	57	House	96	4	59	40	D	58	38	98	20	73
1962	58	House	94	6	46	53	D	50	50	95	13	80
1963	59	House	93	7	43	57	D	44	54	96	17	81
1964	60	House	100	0	44	55	D	50	48	96	31	75
1965	61	House	96	2	27	70	D	45	53	98	6	88
1966	62	House	95	0	24	75	D	49	50	98	0	85
1967	63	House	93	2	21	73	D	43	53	96	0	93
1968	64	House	98	2	29	71	D	47	51	98	0	87
Lifetime conservative rating:												83%

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.