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Frank Ikard

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 30, 1913 in Henrietta, TX
Died: May 1, 1991 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • University of Texas, A.B., 1936, LL.B., 1937

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1944-1945 (prisoner of war in Germany in 1944 and 1945, and was awarded the Purple Heart medal)

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • District judge, 1948-1951
  • VP/President of American Petroleum Institute, 1962-1980


Election Results for Frank Ikard


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1951 38 TX D U.S. House District 13 Special 1 8,970 33.8%
1952 39 TX D U.S. House District 13 General 1 72,376 100.0%
1954 41 TX D U.S. House District 13 General 1 25,085 100.0%
1956 43 TX D U.S. House District 13 General 1 66,108 100.0%
1958 45 TX D U.S. House District 13 General 1 27,671 100.0%
1960 47 TX D U.S. House District 13 General 1 75,972 100.0%


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



Ideology Data for Frank Ikard


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
1951 38 House 12 0 D 17 0
1952 39 House 34 66 D 97 0
1953 40 House 66 32 R 41 96 18
1954 41 House 63 20 R 47 47 91 44
1955 42 House 77 23 R 68 32 99 60
1956 43 House 75 19 R 59 38 97 71
1957 44 House 75 25 R 38 62 100 22
1958 45 House 78 16 R 60 36 96 67
1959 46 House 82 18 87 10 R 46 52 99 56
1960 47 House 42 58 76 18 R 53 40 90 56
1961 48 House 57 26 74 17 D 68 22 92 33 29
Lifetime conservative rating:   29%


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.