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Karl LeCompte

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 25, 1887 in Corydon, IA
Died: September 30, 1972 in Centerville, IA

Education:

  • University of Iowa, 1909

Military Service:

  • World War I

Career:

  • Owner/publisher of Corydon Times-Republican

Elected Office:

  • IA Senate, 1917-1921


Election Results for Karl LeCompte


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1938 51 IA R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 11,021 36.8%
1938 51 IA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 50,860 53.9%
1940 53 IA R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 31,363 100.0%
1940 53 IA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 66,940 53.3%
1942 55 IA R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 22,959 100.0%
1942 55 IA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 52,258 64.5%
1944 57 IA R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 14,734 81.1%
1944 57 IA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 59,658 54.9%
1946 59 IA R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 20,629 100.0%
1946 59 IA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 43,753 58.4%
1948 61 IA R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 21,634 66.8%
1948 61 IA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 53,384 51.5%
1950 63 IA R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 18,461 68.5%
1950 63 IA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 51,168 56.7%
1952 65 IA R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 28,556 100.0%
1952 65 IA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 73,317 61.9%
1954 67 IA R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 24,345 100.0%
1954 67 IA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 49,608 55.6%
1956 69 IA R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 20,453 100.0%
1956 69 IA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 58,024 50.7%


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



Ideology Data for Karl LeCompte


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 52 House 84 14 D 94
1940 53 House 86 7 D 93
1941 54 House 76 22 D 95
1942 55 House 85 15 D 97
1943 56 House 73 13 D 82
1944 57 House 73 20 D 94
1945 58 House 70 18 D 82
1946 59 House 75 7 D 75
1947 60 House 82 18 D 98 17
1948 61 House 94 6 D 100 15
1949 62 House 82 17 D 96 15
1950 63 House 77 18 D 90 7
1951 64 House 79 13 D 81 9
1952 65 House 91 9 D 96 8
1953 66 House 92 5 R 91 99 27
1954 67 House 77 13 R 76 16 83 22
1955 68 House 68 32 R 76 24 100 50
1956 69 House 69 28 R 76 24 99 57
1957 70 House 76 19 R 52 33 90 56
1958 71 House 54 16 R 56 24 77 20


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.