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Thomas Martin

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 18, 1893 in Melrose, IA
Died: June 27, 1971 in Seattle, WA

Education:

  • University of Iowa, 1916, Law School, 1927
  • Columbia University, 1928

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1917-1919

Career:

  • Assistant professor at University of Iowa, 1921-1923
  • Accountant
  • Lawyer
  • Iowa City solicitor, 1933-1935

Elected Office:

  • Mayor of Iowa City, 1935-1937


Election Results for Thomas Martin


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1938 45 IA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 13,098 59.3%
1938 45 IA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 46,636 57.7%
1940 47 IA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 24,817 100.0%
1940 47 IA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 70,120 60.4%
1942 49 IA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 17,611 80.1%
1942 49 IA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 55,139 61.4%
1944 51 IA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 15,232 80.0%
1944 51 IA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 78,729 56.7%
1946 53 IA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 20,257 100.0%
1946 53 IA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 52,488 61.5%
1948 55 IA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 29,818 100.0%
1948 55 IA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 70,959 53.5%
1950 57 IA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 25,528 79.1%
1950 57 IA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 70,058 61.7%
1952 59 IA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 36,368 100.0%
1952 59 IA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 105,526 62.8%
1954 61 IA R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 442,409 52.2%


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



Ideology Data for Thomas Martin


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
1939 46 House 88 12 D 98
1940 47 House 86 14 D 99
1941 48 House 76 11 D 84
1942 49 House 95 5 D 96
1943 50 House 71 15 D 85
1944 51 House 93 7 D 85
1945 52 House 76 14 D 75
1946 53 House 90 8 D 95
1947 54 House 76 24 D 99 8
1948 55 House 81 19 D 94 0
1949 56 House 80 8 D 81 0
1950 57 House 75 14 D 71 0
1951 58 House 91 7 D 91 8
1952 59 House 77 14 D 86 17
1953 60 House 74 8 R 75 68 20
1954 61 House 83 13 R 55 18 70 13
1955 62 Senate 96 0 R 83 2 89 11
1956 63 Senate 88 9 R 80 11 93 14
1957 64 Senate 87 8 R 82 14 97 58
1958 65 Senate 84 9 R 80 12 94 8
1959 66 Senate 85 2 85 7 R 75 13 89 0
1960 67 Senate 65 15 50 17 R 53 21 74 30


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.