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Eugene Millikin

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 12, 1891 in Hamilton, OH
Died: July 26, 1958 in Denver, CO

Education:

  • University of Colorado Law School, 1913

Military Service:

  • CO National Guard, World War I

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Executive secretary to UT Governor, 1915-1917
  • President of Kinney-Coastal Oil Co.

Elected Office:

  • Appointed to the U.S. Senate on December 20, 1941 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Alva Adams


Election Results for Eugene Millikin


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1942 51 CO R U.S. Senate Class 3 Special Open Primary 2 41,660 43.3%
1942 51 CO R U.S. Senate Class 3 Special 1 191,517 56.1%
1944 53 CO D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 31,625 100.0%
1944 53 CO R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 277,410 56.1%
1950 59 CO R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 70,953 100.0%
1950 59 CO R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 239,734 53.3%


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



Ideology Data for Eugene Millikin


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 54 Senate 76 14 D 90
1946 55 Senate 85 15 D 100
1947 56 Senate 86 13 D 99 30
1948 57 Senate 93 5 D 98 13
1949 58 Senate 83 13 D 96 0
1950 59 Senate 64 24 D 86 19
1951 60 Senate 71 18 D 93 10
1952 61 Senate 76 9 D 75 0
1953 62 Senate 96 4 R 91 94 29
1954 63 Senate 93 5 R 90 9 97 31
1955 64 Senate 88 4 R 94 0 94 0
1956 65 Senate 68 10 R 60 15 76 21


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.