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Lloyd Meeds

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 11, 1927 in Dillon, MT
Died: August 17, 2005 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Everett Junior College, 1950
  • Gonzaga University Law School, 1958

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1946-1947

Career:

  • Owner-operator of gas station, 1950-1954
  • Lawyer
  • Snohomish County prosecutor, 1962-1964


Election Results for Lloyd Meeds


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1964 36 WA D U.S. House District 02 Open Primary 2 37,972 36.0%
1964 36 WA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 88,551 54.9%
1966 38 WA D U.S. House District 02 Open Primary 1 47,368 61.1%
1966 38 WA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 75,357 60.7%
1968 40 WA D U.S. House District 02 Open Primary 1 45,229 42.2%
1968 40 WA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 102,522 56.2%
1970 42 WA D U.S. House District 02 Open Primary 1 68,847 71.2%
1970 42 WA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 117,562 72.7%
1972 44 WA D U.S. House District 02 Open Primary 1 69,253 59.2%
1972 44 WA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 114,900 60.4%
1974 46 WA D U.S. House District 02 Open Primary 1 38,184 61.2%
1974 46 WA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 81,565 59.7%
1976 48 WA D U.S. House District 02 Open Primary 1 52,964 50.7%
1976 48 WA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 107,328 49.3%


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



Ideology Data for Lloyd Meeds


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
1965 37 House 12 86 91 7 D 94 5 99 79 18
1966 38 House 3 84 82 3 D 80 7 83 82 7
1967 39 House 9 81 89 1 D 85 6 93 79 7
1968 40 House 10 86 84 6 D 86 9 91 75 4
1969 41 House 13 80 85 9 R 53 34 92 93 20
1970 42 House 18 77 74 15 R 63 25 89 94 18
1971 43 House 16 79 84 10 R 47 44 95 81 0
1972 44 House 12 78 88 6 R 43 43 91 86 13
1973 45 House 11 85 91 6 R 30 67 95 92 4
1974 46 House 10 84 82 8 R 43 45 90 86 0
1975 47 House 20 74 87 7 R 43 54 94 95 6
1976 48 House 11 73 82 4 R 22 75 85 85 0
1977 49 House 15 81 88 6 D 72 22 93 70 5
1978 50 House 13 68 72 7 D 64 9 76 68 4
Lifetime conservative rating:   6%


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.