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George Mahon

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 22, 1900 near Haynesville, LA
Died: November 19, 1985 in San Angelo, TX

Education:

  • Simmons University, B.A., 1924
  • University of Texas, LL.B., 1925

Career:

  • Mitchell County attorney, 1926
  • District attorney, 1927-1933
  • Regent of Smithsonian Instritution, 1964-1978


Election Results for George Mahon


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 35 TX D U.S. House District 19 General 1 39,059 100.0%
1938 37 TX D U.S. House District 19 General 1 16,372 100.0%
1940 39 TX D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 50,026 75.6%
1940 39 TX D U.S. House District 19 General 1 56,343 100.0%
1942 41 TX D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 59,187 100.0%
1942 41 TX D U.S. House District 19 General 1 12,216 100.0%
1944 43 TX D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 32,876 66.1%
1944 43 TX D U.S. House District 19 General 1 53,326 100.0%
1946 45 TX D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 44,508 62.3%
1946 45 TX D U.S. House District 19 General 1 15,821 94.6%
1948 47 TX D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 70,752 100.0%
1948 47 TX D U.S. House District 19 General 1 58,585 95.6%
1950 49 TX D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 54,979 89.2%
1950 49 TX D U.S. House District 19 General 1 17,828 93.9%
1952 51 TX D U.S. House District 19 General 1 87,895 100.0%
1954 53 TX D U.S. House District 19 General 1 26,824 100.0%
1956 55 TX D U.S. House District 19 General 1 85,566 100.0%
1958 57 TX D U.S. House District 19 General 1 29,068 100.0%
1960 59 TX D U.S. House District 19 General 1 77,415 85.7%
1962 61 TX D U.S. House District 19 General 1 46,925 67.1%
1964 63 TX D U.S. House District 19 General 1 87,555 77.6%
1966 65 TX D U.S. House District 19 General 1 56,792 100.0%
1968 67 TX D U.S. House District 19 General 1 79,161 100.0%
1970 69 TX D U.S. House District 19 General 1 59,996 100.0%
1972 71 TX D U.S. House District 19 General 1 97,084 100.0%
1974 73 TX D U.S. House District 19 General 1 49,619 100.0%
1976 75 TX D U.S. House District 19 General 1 87,908 54.6%


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



Ideology Data for George Mahon


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
1937 36 House 61 36 D 97
1938 37 House 90 10 D 100
1939 38 House 84 16 D 99
1940 39 House 79 19 D 95
1941 40 House 89 7 D 96
1942 41 House 70 30 D 99
1943 42 House 81 19 D 99
1944 43 House 70 30 D 98
1945 44 House 76 18 D 94
1946 45 House 30 25 D 54
1947 46 House 89 11 D 99 75
1948 47 House 81 19 D 100 69
1949 48 House 70 27 D 96 62
1950 49 House 66 33 D 97 33
1951 50 House 78 21 D 97 38
1952 51 House 41 55 D 92 0
1953 52 House 63 34 R 58 97 27
1954 53 House 73 27 R 53 45 99 44
1955 54 House 81 19 R 59 41 100 50
1956 55 House 72 28 R 59 41 99 57
1957 56 House 69 29 R 37 63 99 22
1958 57 House 62 38 R 60 40 100 50
1959 58 House 100 0 62 35 R 54 44 99 33
1960 59 House 47 53 76 22 R 51 47 96 22
1961 60 House 57 39 71 28 D 74 25 99 33 40
1962 61 House 56 44 72 28 D 72 28 98 50 40
1963 62 House 67 33 76 24 D 75 25 100 25 63
1964 63 House 59 42 73 24 D 75 25 98 69 38
1965 64 House 57 43 64 35 D 72 28 100 21 59
1966 65 House 70 30 63 38 D 74 26 100 29 44
1967 66 House 54 44 76 22 D 77 20 98 27 31
1968 67 House 76 24 54 45 D 75 25 99 33 43
1969 68 House 76 22 53 45 R 68 26 98 0 71
1970 69 House 93 7 46 54 R 65 28 98 12 78
1971 70 House 91 8 36 63 R 77 23 98 6 100
1972 71 House 85 13 33 63 R 62 35 98 6 80
1973 72 House 86 11 42 54 R 62 34 97 9 60
1974 73 House 89 9 34 65 R 83 17 99 9* 71
1975 74 House 84 16 45 54 R 60 38 99 11* 64
1976 75 House 92 7 33 66 R 71 29 99 5 86
1977 76 House 86 13 46 52 D 46 51 98 6 82
1978 77 House 64 30 54 40 D 58 37 94 28 45
Lifetime conservative rating:   63%


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.