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Kenneth Gray

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 14, 1924 in West Frankfort, IL
Died: July 12, 2014 in Herrin, IL

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1943-1945

Career:

  • Automobile dealership owner, 1942-1954
  • Pilot
  • Operator of air service company, 1948-1952


Election Results for Kenneth Gray


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1950 25 IL D U.S. House District 26 Primary 2 12,929 38.3%
1954 29 IL D U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 26,927 100.0%
1954 29 IL D U.S. House District 25 General 1 69,562 52.6%
1956 31 IL D U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 33,659 100.0%
1956 31 IL D U.S. House District 25 General 1 82,845 53.8%
1958 33 IL D U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 35,807 100.0%
1958 33 IL D U.S. House District 25 General 1 78,385 58.2%
1960 35 IL D U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 39,040 100.0%
1960 35 IL D U.S. House District 25 General 1 92,227 57.9%
1962 37 IL D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 55,620 100.0%
1962 37 IL D U.S. House District 21 General 1 96,971 60.0%
1964 39 IL D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 47,183 100.0%
1964 39 IL D U.S. House District 21 General 1 117,701 65.0%
1966 41 IL D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 51,100 94.9%
1966 41 IL D U.S. House District 21 General 1 103,128 56.2%
1968 43 IL D U.S. House District 21 General 1 111,425 54.1%
1970 45 IL D U.S. House District 21 General 1 110,374 62.5%
1972 47 IL D U.S. House District 24 General 1 138,867 93.7%
1984 59 IL D U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 43,156 55.9%
1984 59 IL D U.S. House District 22 General 1 116,952 50.3%
1986 61 IL D U.S. House District 22 General 1 97,585 53.2%


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



Ideology Data for Kenneth Gray


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
1955 30 House 74 26 R 41 54 93 60
1956 31 House 75 19 R 56 35 93 57
1957 32 House 73 19 R 50 45 90 56
1958 33 House 92 5 R 66 32 95 70
1959 34 House 0 100 85 4 R 37 56 88 78
1960 35 House 11 89 84 16 R 33 65 97 89
1961 36 House 22 65 83 9 D 77 11 86 89 7
1962 37 House 19 69 81 9 D 78 10 86 75 7
1963 38 House 20 67 84 2 D 77 7 83 83 27
1964 39 House 25 75 85 3 D 81 2 83 85 6
1965 40 House 14 84 84 8 D 78 8 86 59 25
1966 41 House 19 46 75 4 D 74 8 80 75 12
1967 42 House 24 61 73 7 D 66 9 73 77 8
1968 43 House 20 63 68 13 D 70 12 76 73 13
1969 44 House 38 42 65 18 R 43 32 85 47 40
1970 45 House 27 57 68 15 R 49 28 75 33 27
1971 46 House 42 42 62 21 R 56 33 81 45 37
1972 47 House 30 48 69 15 R 51 32 82 45 22
1973 48 House 20 51 66 9 R 26 49 68 71 6
1974 49 House 27 35 45 16 R 42 26 57 30* 29
1985 60 House 40 51 75 10 R 26 65 86 63 26
1986 61 House 48 50 84 8 R 28 71 93 65 18
1987 62 House 28 56 81 2 R 18 65 82 83 4
1988 63 House 21 58 74 5 R 20 62 79 72 18
Lifetime conservative rating:   18%


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.