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Trent Lott

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 9, 1941 in Grenada, MS

Education:

  • University of Mississippi, B.P.A., 1963, J.D., 1967

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Asst. to MS Rep. William Colmer, 1968-1972


Election Results for Trent Lott


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1972 30 MS R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 5,038 70.4%
1972 30 MS R U.S. House District 05 General 1 77,826 55.3%
1974 32 MS R U.S. House District 05 General 1 52,489 73.0%
1976 34 MS R U.S. House District 05 General 1 104,554 68.2%
1978 36 MS R U.S. House District 05 General 1 97,177 100.0%
1980 38 MS R U.S. House District 05 General 1 131,559 73.9%
1982 40 MS R U.S. House District 05 General 1 82,884 78.5%
1984 42 MS R U.S. House District 05 General 1 142,637 84.7%
1986 44 MS R U.S. House District 05 General 1 75,288 82.3%
1988 46 MS R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 510,380 53.9%
1994 52 MS R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 72,543 95.4%
1994 52 MS R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 418,333 68.8%
2000 58 MS R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 107,127 100.0%
2000 58 MS R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 654,941 65.9%
2006 64 MS R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 388,399 63.6%


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



Ideology Data for Trent Lott


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
1973 31 House 92 1 81 14 R 69 29 94 5 92
1974 32 House 90 4 78 15 R 74 23 92 0* 90
1975 33 House 92 4 79 15 R 52 42 93 0* 86
1976 34 House 91 1 81 10 R 59 37 93 0 88
1977 35 House 93 3 86 10 D 32 63 95 0 92
1978 36 House 96 3 86 12 D 29 66 95 11 92
1979 37 House 95 0 86 10 D 26 68 93 0 92
1980 38 House 95 1 84 10 D 35 59 92 6 94
1981 39 House 95 3 90 6 R 84 16 93 0 92
1982 40 House 86 11 78 19 R 75 17 93 5 85
1983 41 House 97 1 86 7 R 73 22 92 0 100
1984 42 House 97 2 86 8 R 73 25 96 0 95
1985 43 House 89 5 82 9 R 73 24 93 0 89
1986 44 House 84 4 79 14 R 78 18 93 6 95
1987 45 House 88 5 83 8 R 63 24 90 4 91
1988 46 House 84 0 59 13 R 51 33 72 7 95
1989 47 Senate 95 3 92 6 R 82 16 96 5 96
1990 48 Senate 97 0 82 16 R 76 24 98 0 91
1991 49 Senate 93 5 91 7 R 88 10 98 5 86
1992 50 Senate 97 3 93 3 R 83 17 98 11 100
1993 51 Senate 94 4 98 0 D 19 79 99 5 92
1994 52 Senate 97 0 92 3 D 39 58 95 5 100
1995 53 Senate 100 0 98 2 D 23 77 99 0 96
1996 54 Senate 97 3 97 3 D 34 66 99 5 95
1997 55 Senate 100 0 94 6 D 56 44 100 5 75
1998 56 Senate 88 0 94 4 D 39 60 100 0 92
1999 57 Senate 97 3 98 2 D 32 68 99 0 96
2000 58 Senate 98 2 98 2 D 45 55 99 5 100
2001 59 Senate 95 2 R 91 4 98 0 96
2002 60 Senate 97 2 R 96 0 98 0 100
2003 61 Senate 94 2 R 95 3 97 10 89
2004 62 Senate 90 5 R 93 5 97 5 96
2005 63 Senate 83 4 R 87 9 90 5 91
2006 64 Senate 91 6 R 84 11 95 5 88
2007 65 Senate 82 9 R 79 14 93 16 86
Lifetime conservative rating:   92%


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.