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Richard Ichord

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 27, 1926 in Licking, TX
Died: December 25, 1992 in Nevada, MO

Education:

  • University of Missouri, B.S., 1949, J.D., 1952

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1944-1946

Elected Office:

  • MO House, 1952-1960 (Speaker, 1959)


Election Results for Richard Ichord


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1960 34 MO D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 30,103 55.5%
1960 34 MO D U.S. House District 08 General 1 79,020 58.0%
1962 36 MO D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 39,117 59.3%
1962 36 MO D U.S. House District 08 General 1 77,535 59.0%
1964 38 MO D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 59,379 82.1%
1964 38 MO D U.S. House District 08 General 1 117,672 65.2%
1966 40 MO D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 49,500 81.2%
1966 40 MO D U.S. House District 08 General 1 61,128 58.1%
1968 42 MO D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 51,888 83.0%
1968 42 MO D U.S. House District 08 General 1 108,416 52.0%
1970 44 MO D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 43,351 76.0%
1970 44 MO D U.S. House District 08 General 1 97,560 64.3%
1972 46 MO D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 49,629 100.0%
1972 46 MO D U.S. House District 08 General 1 112,556 62.1%
1974 48 MO D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 36,055 84.5%
1974 48 MO D U.S. House District 08 General 1 86,595 69.9%
1976 50 MO D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 72,584 100.0%
1976 50 MO D U.S. House District 08 General 1 132,386 67.3%
1978 52 MO D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 51,477 100.0%
1978 52 MO D U.S. House District 08 General 1 96,509 60.5%


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



Ideology Data for Richard Ichord


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
1961 35 House 35 61 72 12 D 71 20 89 80 31
1962 36 House 63 25 60 26 D 67 25 81 50 40
1963 37 House 53 33 74 19 D 75 17 90 67 29
1964 38 House 75 8 48 39 D 63 27 83 33 53
1965 39 House 65 27 50 41 D 63 30 93 22 63
1966 40 House 86 11 44 50 D 50 38 92 12 70
1967 41 House 83 15 37 57 D 50 39 91 14 86
1968 42 House 57 18 33 48 D 46 33 81 10 86
1969 43 House 87 13 25 69 R 36 53 93 20 73
1970 44 House 68 18 43 38 R 48 38 80 13 56
1971 45 House 77 9 31 49 R 72 16 85 10 67
1972 46 House 73 13 29 60 R 54 30 86 21 67
1973 47 House 75 13 40 50 R 51 42 87 8 64
1974 48 House 78 11 31 58 R 60 32 89 9* 68
1975 49 House 79 13 32 59 R 48 43 92 0* 78
1976 50 House 87 7 25 68 R 65 27 92 5 85
1977 51 House 86 8 18 74 D 35 53 90 6 92
1978 52 House 88 9 21 75 D 30 62 93 20 79
1979 53 House 92 3 14 82 D 30 67 92 5 90
1980 54 House 66 3 15 57 D 27 50 73 0 88
Lifetime conservative rating:   73%


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.