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Thomas Gordon

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 17, 1893 in Chicago, IL
Died: January 22, 1959 in Chicago, IL

Education:

  • St. Stanislaus College, 1912

Career:

  • Banker, 1916-1920
  • Worked for Polish-language newspaper, 1921-1942
  • Chicago city treasurer, 1939-1942


Election Results for Thomas Gordon


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1942 48 IL D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 19,492 72.1%
1942 48 IL D U.S. House District 08 General 1 33,425 78.8%
1944 50 IL D U.S. House District 08 General 1 39,866 79.2%
1946 52 IL D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 23,346 100.0%
1946 52 IL D U.S. House District 08 General 1 38,317 77.3%
1948 54 IL D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 32,954 100.0%
1948 54 IL D U.S. House District 08 General 1 101,098 65.1%
1950 56 IL D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 33,880 100.0%
1950 56 IL D U.S. House District 08 General 1 77,736 59.3%
1952 58 IL D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 35,456 100.0%
1952 58 IL D U.S. House District 08 General 1 87,871 59.0%
1954 60 IL D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 27,158 100.0%
1954 60 IL D U.S. House District 08 General 1 74,837 68.4%
1956 62 IL D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 36,409 100.0%
1956 62 IL D U.S. House District 08 General 1 73,628 59.5%


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



Ideology Data for Thomas Gordon


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 49 House 79 13 D 86
1944 50 House 90 7 D 98
1945 51 House 92 4 D 90
1946 52 House 87 7 D 88
1947 53 House 89 11 D 96 100
1948 54 House 92 8 D 92 92
1949 55 House 85 11 D 94 85
1950 56 House 78 14 D 81 87
1951 57 House 94 3 D 80 100
1952 58 House 95 0 D 89 100
1953 59 House 82 16 R 54 72 100
1954 60 House 90 0 R 55 39 88 100
1955 61 House 87 0 R 63 29 91 100
1956 62 House 50 9 R 50 26 66 100
1957 63 House 68 5 R 52 15 70 100
1958 64 House 24 3 R 28 6 33 100


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.