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Joe Kilgore

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 10, 1918 near Brownwood, TX
Died: February 10, 1999 in Austin, TX

Education:

  • Attended Trinity University, 1935-1936
  • University of Texas Law School, 1946

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Air Corps, 1941-1945
  • Awarded the Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, and Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • TX House, 1947-1954


Election Results for Joe Kilgore


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1954 35 TX D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 30,009 52.7%
1954 35 TX D U.S. House District 15 General 1 29,113 100.0%
1956 37 TX D U.S. House District 15 General 1 64,011 100.0%
1958 39 TX D U.S. House District 15 General 1 28,404 100.0%
1960 41 TX D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 50,117 80.8%
1960 41 TX D U.S. House District 15 General 1 76,421 100.0%
1962 43 TX D U.S. House District 15 General 1 53,552 100.0%


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



Ideology Data for Joe Kilgore


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
1955 36 House 74 26 R 59 41 100 50
1956 37 House 75 25 R 62 38 100 43
1957 38 House 61 39 R 33 67 100 11
1958 39 House 57 41 R 52 48 99 17
1959 40 House 91 9 69 31 R 50 50 100 11
1960 41 House 42 58 73 24 R 51 47 99 56
1961 42 House 57 26 53 34 D 49 43 91 11 62
1962 43 House 94 6 53 47 D 58 40 99 25 73
1963 44 House 100 0 50 41 D 58 35 95 17 81
1964 45 House 75 8 56 32 D 62 25 88 18 46
Lifetime conservative rating:   67%


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.