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Pat McCarran

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 8, 1876 in Reno, NV
Died: September 28, 1954 in Hawthorne, NV

Career:

  • Farmer/livestock raiser
  • Lawyer
  • Nye County district attorney, 1907-1909
  • NV Supreme Court justice, 1913-1918 (Chief justice, 1917-1918)
  • NV Board of Parole Commissioners, 1913-1918
  • NV Board of Pardons, 1913-1919
  • NV Board of Bar Examiners, 1919-1932

Elected Office:

  • NV House, 1903


Election Results for Pat McCarran


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1938 61 NV D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 17,921 74.3%
1938 61 NV D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 27,406 59.0%
1944 67 NV R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 5,125 57.8%
1944 67 NV D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 30,595 58.4%
1950 73 NV D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 23,102 73.2%
1950 73 NV D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 35,829 58.0%


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



Ideology Data for Pat McCarran


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
1945 68 Senate 33 41 D 65
1946 69 Senate 58 27 D 84
1947 70 Senate 68 20 D 79 50
1948 71 Senate 36 9 D 44 67
1949 72 Senate 45 24 D 67 33
1950 73 Senate 47 38 D 81 46
1951 74 Senate 36 37 D 68 8
1952 75 Senate 40 33 D 71 23
1953 76 Senate 29 33 R 37 58 27
1954 77 Senate 36 34 R 31 42 64 25


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.