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Abraham Kazen

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 17, 1919 in Laredo, TX
Died: November 29, 1987 in Austin, TX

Education:

  • Attended University of Texas, 1937-1940
  • Attended Cumberland University Law School, 1941

Military Service:

  • U.S. Air Force, 1942-1953

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • TX House, 1947-1952
  • TX Senate, 1952-1966
  • Acting Governor of Texas on August 4, 1959


Election Results for Abraham Kazen


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1966 47 TX D U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 38,043 56.7%
1966 47 TX D U.S. House District 23 General 1 50,322 96.4%
1968 49 TX D U.S. House District 23 General 1 75,026 100.0%
1970 51 TX D U.S. House District 23 General 1 61,068 100.0%
1972 53 TX D U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 57,156 78.7%
1972 53 TX D U.S. House District 23 General 1 72,799 100.0%
1974 55 TX D U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 44,070 70.9%
1974 55 TX D U.S. House District 23 General 1 47,249 100.0%
1976 57 TX D U.S. House District 23 General 1 96,481 100.0%
1978 59 TX D U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 63,847 80.4%
1978 59 TX D U.S. House District 23 General 1 62,649 89.7%
1980 61 TX D U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 59,210 76.4%
1980 61 TX D U.S. House District 23 General 1 104,595 69.8%
1982 63 TX D U.S. House District 23 General 1 51,690 55.3%
1984 65 TX D U.S. House District 23 Primary 2 25,588 36.7%


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



Ideology Data for Abraham Kazen


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
1967 48 House 22 70 93 1 D 91 6 95 73 21
1968 49 House 35 59 78 16 D 77 17 96 58 5
1969 50 House 58 42 71 29 R 57 43 100 33 47
1970 51 House 59 36 69 26 R 58 38 96 18 44
1971 52 House 62 35 65 32 R 65 35 97 28 74
1972 53 House 59 30 57 36 R 49 46 93 15 60
1973 54 House 56 36 67 28 R 40 57 95 30 55
1974 55 House 60 22 52 37 R 57 32 88 13* 50
1975 56 House 87 12 46 54 R 53 47 99 16* 64
1976 57 House 89 10 43 55 R 53 45 98 15 69
1977 58 House 85 12 44 54 D 41 56 97 5 63
1978 59 House 74 16 40 49 D 38 55 86 11 58
1979 60 House 83 16 53 47 D 50 48 99 21 59
1980 61 House 61 34 61 29 D 49 33 84 31 29
1981 62 House 85 15 59 40 R 58 39 99 35 33
1982 63 House 90 10 51 49 R 58 42 100 20 64
1983 64 House 88 8 55 38 R 48 50 94 35 59
1984 65 House 66 19 51 28 R 32 44 77 38 61
Lifetime conservative rating:   54%


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.