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Everett Jordan

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 8, 1896 in Ramseur, NC
Died: March 15, 1974 in Saxapahaw, NC

Education:

  • Attended Duke University, 1914-1915

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1918-1919

Career:

  • Textile manufacturer from 1927

Elected Office:

  • Appointed to the U.S. Senate on April 19, 1958 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Kerr Scott


Election Results for Everett Jordan


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1958 61 NC D U.S. Senate Class 2 Special 1 431,492 70.0%
1960 63 NC D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 324,188 54.3%
1960 63 NC D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 793,521 61.4%
1966 69 NC D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 445,454 79.3%
1966 69 NC D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 501,440 55.6%
1972 75 NC D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 2 340,391 44.3%
1972 75 NC D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary Runoff 2 267,997 44.6%


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



Ideology Data for Everett Jordan


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
1958 61 Senate 53 35 R 52 44 93 27
1959 62 Senate 82 5 53 33 R 36 51 90 17
1960 63 Senate 87 2 45 36 R 41 49 80 0
1961 64 Senate 95 2 48 44 D 44 48 93 30 62
1962 65 Senate 91 0 52 33 D 64 30 90 25 94
1963 66 Senate 86 7 57 33 D 44 47 89 24 67
1964 67 Senate 90 6 53 40 D 60 34 94 5 63
1965 68 Senate 85 10 37 51 D 49 40 89 13 80
1966 69 Senate 89 0 26 58 D 38 46 86 0 68
1967 70 Senate 64 4 41 30 D 49 21 70 10 83
1968 71 Senate 77 6 50 37 D 40 48 85 0 67
1969 72 Senate 87 3 40 54 R 47 42 89 6 46
1970 73 Senate 63 16 35 43 R 53 32 77 21 71
1971 74 Senate 71 18 61 30 R 38 52 84 50 50
1972 75 Senate 59 2 15 41 R 59 20 65 8 67
Lifetime conservative rating:   68%


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.