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Lee Metcalf

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 28, 1911 in Stevensville, MT
Died: January 12, 1978 in Helena, MT

Education:

  • Stanford University, 1936
  • Montana State University Law School

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1942-1946
  • Participated in the Normandy invasion and the Battle of the Bulge

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant MT Attorney General, 1937-1941
  • MT Supreme Court justice, 1946-1952

Elected Office:

  • MT House, 1937


Election Results for Lee Metcalf


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1952 41 MT D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 13,905 35.5%
1952 41 MT D U.S. House District 01 General 1 55,679 50.3%
1954 43 MT D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 26,546 72.3%
1954 43 MT D U.S. House District 01 General 1 52,614 56.0%
1956 45 MT D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 40,738 100.0%
1956 45 MT D U.S. House District 01 General 1 69,644 62.1%
1958 47 MT D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 34,092 66.7%
1958 47 MT D U.S. House District 01 General 1 68,586 69.5%
1960 49 MT D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 45,339 35.2%
1960 49 MT D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 140,331 50.7%
1966 55 MT D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 73,975 100.0%
1966 55 MT D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 138,166 53.2%
1972 61 MT D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 106,491 86.4%
1972 61 MT D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 163,609 52.0%


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



Ideology Data for Lee Metcalf


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
1953 42 House 79 21 R 59 96 91
1954 43 House 80 17 R 50 39 88 100
1955 44 House 90 10 R 56 41 99 90
1956 45 House 94 6 R 62 32 97 100
1957 46 House 92 7 R 65 35 99 100
1958 47 House 86 11 R 76 20 95 92
1959 48 House 0 100 86 11 R 76 20 95 100
1960 49 House 0 84 69 6 R 42 40 72 100
1961 50 Senate 11 77 94 1 D 87 9 95 90 7
1962 51 Senate 18 76 90 3 D 84 10 89 83 21
1963 52 Senate 7 86 85 3 D 84 2 83 94 0
1964 53 Senate 14 78 75 12 D 79 9 90 89 0
1965 54 Senate 18 74 75 12 D 81 9 89 82 0
1966 55 Senate 4 61 61 3 D 57 10 60 93 5
1967 56 Senate 7 66 70 7 D 56 15 73 100 9
1968 57 Senate 21 61 68 17 D 71 18 87 85 9
1969 58 Senate 28 55 70 13 R 43 42 83 94 8
1970 59 Senate 10 64 65 12 R 43 38 74 83 6
1971 60 Senate 13 63 70 11 R 27 50 78 91 11
1972 61 Senate 7 55 51 8 R 24 39 58 80 0
1973 62 Senate 17 76 79 15 R 36 62 93 74 36
1974 63 Senate 11 75 70 18 R 23 60 89 86* 13
1975 64 Senate 14 72 69 11 R 39 42 83 94 10
1976 65 Senate 8 69 71 10 R 30 62 77 94 23
1977 66 Senate 8 35 45 9 D 53 16 54 93 6
Lifetime conservative rating:   11%


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.