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Sam Gibbons

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 20, 1920 in Tampa, FL
Died: October 10, 2012 in Tampa, FL

Education:

  • University of Florida, J.D., 1947

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1941-1945

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • FL House, 1953-1958
  • FL Senate, 1959-1962


Election Results for Sam Gibbons


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1962 41 FL D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 21,321 31.0%
1962 41 FL D U.S. House District 10 Primary Runoff 1 37,620 55.3%
1962 41 FL D U.S. House District 10 General 1 41,426 70.6%
1964 43 FL D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 56,584 77.2%
1964 43 FL D U.S. House District 10 General 1 69,860 99.6%
1966 45 FL D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 49,906 73.1%
1966 45 FL D U.S. House District 06 General 1 50,772 99.8%
1968 47 FL D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 49,323 60.3%
1968 47 FL D U.S. House District 06 General 1 84,193 62.0%
1970 49 FL D U.S. House District 06 General 1 78,832 72.3%
1972 51 FL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 91,931 68.0%
1974 53 FL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 0 0.0%
1976 55 FL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 102,739 65.7%
1978 57 FL D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 49,766 69.1%
1978 57 FL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 0 0.0%
1980 59 FL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 133,529 71.9%
1982 61 FL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 85,331 74.2%
1984 63 FL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 100,430 58.8%
1986 65 FL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 0 0.0%
1988 67 FL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 0 0.0%
1990 69 FL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 99,464 67.6%
1992 71 FL D U.S. House District 11 General 1 100,984 52.8%
1994 73 FL D U.S. House District 11 General 1 76,814 51.6%


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



Ideology Data for Sam Gibbons


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
1963 42 House 27 53 62 21 D 70 15 83 58 47
1964 43 House 33 67 76 21 D 79 19 96 67 33
1965 44 House 22 73 74 20 D 80 13 93 68 47
1966 45 House 11 78 93 3 D 87 3 92 69 12
1967 46 House 31 65 84 9 D 84 8 91 67 21
1968 47 House 27 57 72 17 D 64 17 83 64 15
1969 48 House 29 53 71 13 R 49 38 85 58 33
1970 49 House 25 57 61 25 R 55 35 86 59 27
1971 50 House 26 70 75 16 R 46 49 89 67 30
1972 51 House 39 46 58 24 R 49 38 84 47 30
1973 52 House 30 62 73 19 R 38 53 90 59 29
1974 53 House 39 47 65 23 R 64 21 87 52* 30
1975 54 House 53 33 52 37 R 51 43 89 72 40
1976 55 House 48 45 59 34 R 35 55 91 50 27
1977 56 House 45 49 55 38 D 66 23 90 42 46
1978 57 House 49 32 40 40 D 56 20 73 11 57
1979 58 House 43 40 55 28 D 56 25 79 38 49
1980 59 House 54 42 70 24 D 68 19 89 39 32
1981 60 House 80 15 46 45 R 62 34 90 33 40
1982 61 House 64 32 62 35 R 65 29 92 50 41
1983 62 House 38 55 68 23 R 45 50 92 63 23
1984 63 House 51 36 59 24 R 45 47 85 37 30
1985 64 House 49 45 69 20 R 50 45 91 40 42
1986 65 House 56 34 71 19 R 33 62 92 53 45
1987 66 House 49 47 82 12 R 29 67 95 61 32
1988 67 House 55 32 74 20 R 35 54 93 71 35
1989 68 House 49 51 78 13 R 37 53 92 84 19
1990 69 House 48 52 82 14 R 32 66 95 61 27
1991 70 House 49 51 82 15 R 41 59 97 60 16
1992 71 House 58 35 80 14 R 29 62 95 72 23
1993 72 House 45 50 86 8 D 93 6 94 75 17
1994 73 House 50 47 87 6 D 83 9 93 72 16
1995 74 House 31 61 82 8 D 85 11 89 84 4
1996 75 House 29 47 69 7 D 63 16 72 82 6
Lifetime conservative rating:   30%


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.