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Cecil King

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 13, 1898 in Fort Niagara, NY
Died: May 17, 1974 in Inglewood, CA

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1917-1918

Career:

  • Businessman, 1919-1942

Elected Office:

  • CA Assembly, 1932-1942


Election Results for Cecil King


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1942 44 CA R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 6,813 34.1%
1942 44 CA D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 24,846 48.6%
1942 44 CA D U.S. House District 17 Special 1 26,768 58.0%
1942 44 CA D,R U.S. House District 17 General 1 92,260 100.0%
1944 46 CA R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 14,748 57.8%
1944 46 CA D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 46,634 83.5%
1944 46 CA D,R U.S. House District 17 General 1 147,217 100.0%
1946 48 CA R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 16,014 58.9%
1946 48 CA D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 39,668 69.4%
1946 48 CA D,R U.S. House District 17 General 1 110,654 99.4%
1948 50 CA R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 20,882 53.9%
1948 50 CA D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 60,157 77.1%
1948 50 CA D,R U.S. House District 17 General 1 194,782 99.9%
1950 52 CA R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 24,437 54.5%
1950 52 CA D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 70,768 84.0%
1950 52 CA D,R U.S. House District 17 General 1 166,334 99.9%
1952 54 CA R U.S. House District 17 Primary 2 21,436 43.2%
1952 54 CA D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 56,721 74.7%
1952 54 CA D U.S. House District 17 General 1 114,650 54.6%
1954 56 CA R U.S. House District 17 Primary 2 9,438 22.8%
1954 56 CA D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 54,496 82.9%
1954 56 CA D U.S. House District 17 General 1 97,828 60.1%
1956 58 CA R U.S. House District 17 Primary 2 17,484 33.7%
1956 58 CA D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 78,388 93.3%
1956 58 CA D U.S. House District 17 General 1 157,270 64.9%
1958 60 CA R U.S. House District 17 Primary 2 25,343 43.5%
1958 60 CA D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 97,377 95.6%
1958 60 CA D U.S. House District 17 General 1 182,965 75.3%
1960 62 CA D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 81,451 100.0%
1960 62 CA D U.S. House District 17 General 1 206,620 67.7%
1962 64 CA D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 39,497 100.0%
1962 64 CA D U.S. House District 17 General 1 74,964 67.2%
1964 66 CA D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 52,569 100.0%
1964 66 CA D U.S. House District 17 General 1 95,640 67.7%
1966 68 CA D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 50,065 83.7%
1966 68 CA D U.S. House District 17 General 1 76,962 60.8%


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



Ideology Data for Cecil King


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
1942 44 House 0 0 D 4
1943 45 House 58 4 D 48
1944 46 House 87 13 D 77
1945 47 House 78 6 D 70
1946 48 House 80 5 D 79
1947 49 House 92 8 D 92 100
1948 50 House 86 6 D 72 100
1949 51 House 88 8 D 93 92
1950 52 House 88 7 D 94 100
1951 53 House 93 1 D 90 92
1952 54 House 89 2 D 79 83
1953 55 House 68 29 R 82 99 91
1954 56 House 87 10 R 53 29 86 88
1955 57 House 94 6 R 66 32 99 90
1956 58 House 88 13 R 50 44 97 100
1957 59 House 92 5 R 73 27 98 100
1958 60 House 95 5 R 78 22 100 100
1959 61 House 0 100 96 4 R 48 52 100 100
1960 62 House 5 95 88 8 R 60 35 97 100
1961 63 House 4 96 97 2 D 95 2 97 100 0
1962 64 House 0 100 96 0 D 97 3 98 100 0
1963 65 House 7 93 96 0 D 90 4 93 100 13
1964 66 House 0 83 81 2 D 77 2 81 100 0
1965 67 House 6 94 92 1 D 91 3 93 78 6
1966 68 House 0 92 81 0 D 77 6 89 94 0
1967 69 House 6 72 82 2 D 77 6 81 92 0
1968 70 House 6 22 21 2 D 29 6 29 67 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   2%


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.