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Thomas Luken

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 9, 1925 in Cincinnati, OH
Died: January 10, 2018 in Cincinnati, OH

Education:

  • Attended Bowling Green State University, 1943-1944
  • Xavier University, A.B., 1947
  • Salmon P. Chase Law School, LL.B., 1950

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1943-1945

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Deer Park city solicitor, 1955-1961

Elected Office:

  • Cincinnati city council, 1964-1967, 1969-1971, 1973-1974 (Mayor, 1971-1972)

Other notes:

  • Father of Charles Luken


Election Results for Thomas Luken


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1974 48 OH D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 26,704 100.0%
1974 48 OH D U.S. House District 01 Special 1 55,134 51.9%
1974 48 OH D U.S. House District 01 General 2 67,685 49.1%
1976 50 OH D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 16,949 58.9%
1976 50 OH D U.S. House District 02 General 1 88,178 51.4%
1978 52 OH D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 12,079 100.0%
1978 52 OH D U.S. House District 02 General 1 64,522 52.4%
1980 54 OH D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 26,934 100.0%
1980 54 OH D U.S. House District 02 General 1 103,423 58.7%
1982 56 OH D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 27,923 100.0%
1982 56 OH D U.S. House District 01 General 1 99,143 63.5%
1984 58 OH D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 36,036 87.7%
1984 58 OH D U.S. House District 01 General 1 121,577 55.1%
1986 60 OH D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 18,903 87.5%
1986 60 OH D U.S. House District 01 General 1 90,477 61.7%
1988 62 OH D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 37,243 100.0%
1988 62 OH D U.S. House District 01 General 1 117,682 56.5%


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



Ideology Data for Thomas Luken


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
1974 48 House 15 69 71 10 R 41 50 83 82 16
1977 51 House 49 46 57 36 D 61 30 92 40 41
1978 52 House 54 41 48 47 D 45 46 90 25 55
1979 53 House 56 38 62 31 D 59 30 90 39 36
1980 54 House 55 31 60 29 D 62 30 89 39 33
1981 55 House 64 29 58 33 R 55 42 93 40 36
1982 56 House 36 56 77 14 R 34 58 90 65 30
1983 57 House 27 67 82 12 R 29 68 93 84 9
1984 58 House 37 58 74 21 R 35 58 96 65 26
1985 59 House 24 60 74 17 R 33 58 90 68 35
1986 60 House 34 50 84 9 R 21 77 93 84 19
1987 61 House 47 47 79 11 R 29 66 93 61 14
1988 62 House 58 32 76 21 R 32 63 96 75 13
1989 63 House 49 41 77 17 R 38 51 93 70 22
1990 64 House 37 56 83 8 R 25 69 90 56 17
Lifetime conservative rating:   27%


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.