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Paul Kilday

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 29, 1900 in Sabinal, TX
Died: October 12, 1968 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Georgetown University Law School, 1922

Military Service:

  • U.S. Air Force clerk, 1918-1922

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant Bexar County district attorney, 1935-1938
  • Judge, Court of Military Appeals, 1961-1968


Election Results for Paul Kilday


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1938 38 TX D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 24,835 50.6%
1938 38 TX D U.S. House District 20 General 1 16,703 100.0%
1940 40 TX D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 40,861 81.7%
1940 40 TX D U.S. House District 20 General 1 47,075 83.4%
1942 42 TX D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 15,691 100.0%
1942 42 TX D U.S. House District 20 General 1 8,860 81.7%
1944 44 TX D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 14,406 100.0%
1944 44 TX D U.S. House District 20 General 1 39,394 100.0%
1946 46 TX D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 24,762 65.1%
1946 46 TX D U.S. House District 20 General 1 10,543 100.0%
1948 48 TX D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 32,701 63.2%
1948 48 TX D U.S. House District 20 General 1 43,709 75.3%
1950 50 TX D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 37,327 100.0%
1950 50 TX D U.S. House District 20 General 1 9,138 100.0%
1952 52 TX D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 26,216 100.0%
1952 52 TX D U.S. House District 20 General 1 64,841 100.0%
1954 54 TX D U.S. House District 20 General 1 23,533 100.0%
1956 56 TX D U.S. House District 20 General 1 67,707 100.0%
1958 58 TX D U.S. House District 20 General 1 23,539 100.0%
1960 60 TX D U.S. House District 20 General 1 84,487 100.0%


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



Ideology Data for Paul Kilday


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
1939 39 House 71 29 D 99
1940 40 House 76 20 D 94
1941 41 House 87 7 D 91
1942 42 House 10 55 D 81
1943 43 House 48 42 D 86
1944 44 House 63 30 D 85
1945 45 House 70 24 D 96
1946 46 House 30 39 D 65
1947 47 House 68 26 D 96 55
1948 48 House 53 36 D 90 42
1949 49 House 58 38 D 93 31
1950 50 House 51 37 D 88 7
1951 51 House 49 34 D 84 18
1952 52 House 48 41 D 79 0
1953 53 House 37 13 R 61 46 29
1954 54 House 63 30 R 45 45 93 38
1955 55 House 55 35 R 51 37 93 44
1956 56 House 75 22 R 65 32 97 71
1957 57 House 80 19 R 48 50 98 33
1958 58 House 73 22 R 60 38 92 73
1959 59 House 82 18 83 15 R 43 56 98 50
1960 60 House 47 53 69 24 R 65 30 97 50
1961 61 House 29 62 77 7 D 87 6 89 78 9
Lifetime conservative rating:   9%


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.