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Robert Leggett

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 26, 1926 in Richmond, CA
Died: August 13, 1997 in Orange, CA

Education:

  • University of California, B.A., 1947, J.D., 1950

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy Air Corps, 1944-1946

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • CA Assembly, 1960-1963


Election Results for Robert Leggett


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1962 35 CA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 24,412 52.5%
1962 35 CA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 55,563 56.5%
1964 37 CA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 46,769 100.0%
1964 37 CA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 84,949 71.9%
1966 39 CA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 45,469 100.0%
1966 39 CA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 67,942 59.4%
1968 41 CA R U.S. House District 04 Primary 2 3,117 21.9%
1968 41 CA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 90,126 55.6%
1970 43 CA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 59,914 100.0%
1970 43 CA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 103,485 68.0%
1972 45 CA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 71,129 100.0%
1972 45 CA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 115,038 67.4%
1974 47 CA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 57,572 100.0%
1974 47 CA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 101,152 100.0%
1976 49 CA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 55,731 100.0%
1976 49 CA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 75,844 46.7%


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



Ideology Data for Robert Leggett


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
1963 36 House 13 80 84 7 D 84 6 83 91 0
1964 37 House 0 92 69 0 D 83 2 72 100 0
1965 38 House 2 86 83 3 D 86 6 83 100 0
1966 39 House 11 68 69 8 D 57 9 71 94 8
1967 40 House 11 78 84 3 D 69 7 82 80 8
1968 41 House 14 67 63 9 D 67 7 71 100 0
1969 42 House 9 73 71 9 R 45 40 82 100 20
1970 43 House 7 59 63 10 R 40 32 73 94 7
1971 44 House 18 71 70 16 R 40 49 84 79 5
1972 45 House 15 71 71 10 R 43 38 79 88 0
1973 46 House 16 68 75 11 R 30 58 82 86 9
1974 47 House 13 76 78 10 R 32 58 88 91 0
1975 48 House 16 70 74 10 R 34 62 86 95* 3
1976 49 House 21 70 80 10 R 22 63 90 88 0
1977 50 House 17 77 80 9 D 65 20 88 75 8
1978 51 House 25 58 64 15 D 60 17 72 60 22
Lifetime conservative rating:   6%


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.