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Russell Long

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 3, 1918 in Shreveport, LA
Died: May 9, 2003 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Louisiana State University, 1941, Law School, 1942

Military Service:

  • U.S. Naval Reserve, 1942-1945

Career:

  • Lawyer

Other notes:

  • Son of Huey Long


Election Results for Russell Long


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1948 29 LA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Special Primary 1 264,163 51.0%
1948 29 LA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Special 1 305,346 74.9%
1950 31 LA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 359,330 68.5%
1950 31 LA D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 220,907 87.7%
1956 37 LA D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 335,564 100.0%
1962 43 LA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 407,162 80.1%
1962 43 LA D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 318,838 75.5%
1968 49 LA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 494,467 87.0%
1968 49 LA D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 518,586 100.0%
1974 55 LA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 520,606 74.7%
1974 55 LA D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 434,643 100.0%
1980 61 LA D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 484,770 57.6%


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



Ideology Data for Russell Long


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
1949 30 Senate 75 22 D 99 57
1950 31 Senate 66 9 D 62 58
1951 32 Senate 74 15 D 85 83
1952 33 Senate 72 26 D 97 43
1953 34 Senate 60 40 R 47 85 21
1954 35 Senate 72 28 R 47 49 95 54
1955 36 Senate 77 19 R 56 40 98 50
1956 37 Senate 68 13 R 31 57 86 71
1957 38 Senate 84 11 R 39 54 95 33
1958 39 Senate 71 10 R 42 43 85 50
1959 40 Senate 40 52 69 10 R 24 55 83 46
1960 41 Senate 65 33 63 32 R 38 53 90 17
1961 42 Senate 48 43 69 23 D 60 34 94 50 50
1962 43 Senate 74 21 57 22 D 55 27 81 42 75
1963 44 Senate 44 28 58 19 D 48 22 72 24 60
1964 45 Senate 73 12 50 37 D 61 26 88 11 44
1965 46 Senate 25 57 76 9 D 65 21 88 69 29
1966 47 Senate 31 53 73 14 D 71 18 90 45 7
1967 48 Senate 64 25 62 28 D 67 21 83 23 60
1968 49 Senate 57 19 48 23 D 36 38 68 0 62
1969 50 Senate 77 7 38 45 R 47 31 80 0 75
1970 51 Senate 64 10 37 37 R 54 26 78 6 86
1971 52 Senate 69 12 49 32 R 54 26 76 20 76
1972 53 Senate 68 16 35 48 R 67 20 85 16 60
1973 54 Senate 59 28 51 37 R 48 47 90 37 50
1974 55 Senate 57 19 36 39 R 48 30 77 11 46
1975 56 Senate 63 17 39 46 R 67 22 86 22* 50
1976 57 Senate 76 15 34 51 R 49 34 82 25 48
1977 58 Senate 72 12 39 46 D 59 32 86 18 42
1978 59 Senate 58 28 52 36 D 57 32 84 25 18
1979 60 Senate 66 10 47 32 D 60 30 81 20 45
1980 61 Senate 55 8 35 27 D 45 28 64 38 56
1981 62 Senate 83 6 35 54 R 66 24 87 16 50
1982 63 Senate 85 11 50 47 R 59 30 95 16 72
1983 64 Senate 82 2 47 40 R 42 38 86 28 45
1984 65 Senate 72 15 35 52 R 62 19 88 37 80
1985 66 Senate 80 13 43 52 R 52 40 93 26 63
1986 67 Senate 86 12 32 64 R 77 19 97 32 62
Lifetime conservative rating:   53%


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.