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Gale McGee

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 17, 1915 in Lincoln, NE
Died: April 9, 1992 in Bethesda, MD

Education:

  • Nebraska State Teachers College, 1936
  • University of Colorado, 1939
  • University of Chicago, 1947

Career:

  • High school history teacher, 1936-1940
  • Professor of history at various universities, 1940-1958
  • Assistant to Sen. Joseph O'Mahoney, 1955-1956


Election Results for Gale McGee


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1958 43 WY D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 22,098 59.5%
1958 43 WY D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 58,035 50.8%
1964 49 WY D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 39,140 89.6%
1964 49 WY D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 76,485 54.0%
1970 55 WY D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 32,956 79.6%
1970 55 WY D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 67,207 55.8%
1976 61 WY D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 44,437 100.0%
1976 61 WY D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 70,558 45.4%


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



Ideology Data for Gale McGee


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
1959 44 Senate 12 67 77 6 R 32 54 84 77
1960 45 Senate 24 63 64 13 R 44 37 84 92
1961 46 Senate 20 75 90 2 D 82 11 91 80 7
1962 47 Senate 32 68 82 4 D 75 13 90 75 31
1963 48 Senate 12 70 75 4 D 65 2 71 65 7
1964 49 Senate 16 75 70 12 D 78 12 91 78 7
1965 50 Senate 10 41 56 6 D 59 5 62 93 17
1966 51 Senate 1 80 79 1 D 69 12 79 95 0
1967 52 Senate 11 52 60 6 D 57 12 70 77 7
1968 53 Senate 20 69 80 8 D 68 15 84 67 5
1969 54 Senate 38 54 62 27 R 64 24 86 47 53
1970 55 Senate 23 38 41 22 R 49 27 63 55 47
1971 56 Senate 43 39 60 23 R 60 21 80 52 40
1972 57 Senate 26 32 36 22 R 50 11 51 58 50
1973 58 Senate 29 46 57 21 R 42 39 80 33 33
1974 59 Senate 28 41 48 26 R 42 29 76 48* 20
1975 60 Senate 32 36 50 25 R 39 26 77 40 43
1976 61 Senate 38 31 46 23 R 26 30 66 73 19
Lifetime conservative rating:   23%


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.