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Mike Monroney

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 2, 1902 in Oklahoma City, OK
Died: February 13, 1980 in Rockville, MD

Education:

  • University of Oklahoma, 1924

Career:

  • Reporter for Oklahoma News, 1924-1928
  • President of furniture store


Election Results for Mike Monroney


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1937 35 OK D U.S. House District 05 Special Primary 3 5,127 14.1%
1938 36 OK D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 33,455 38.5%
1938 36 OK D U.S. House District 05 General 1 47,692 71.9%
1940 38 OK D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 48,396 73.9%
1940 38 OK D U.S. House District 05 General 1 93,457 72.4%
1942 40 OK D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 49,107 84.2%
1942 40 OK D U.S. House District 05 General 1 36,736 69.7%
1944 42 OK D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 25,608 69.3%
1944 42 OK D U.S. House District 05 General 1 85,132 62.7%
1946 44 OK D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 42,085 73.7%
1946 44 OK D U.S. House District 05 General 1 47,173 52.0%
1948 46 OK D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 40,656 59.7%
1948 46 OK D U.S. House District 05 General 1 95,248 67.4%
1950 48 OK D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 210,557 46.5%
1950 48 OK D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary Runoff 1 240,432 52.9%
1950 48 OK D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 345,953 54.8%
1956 54 OK D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 245,572 71.1%
1956 54 OK D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 459,996 55.3%
1962 60 OK D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 335,922 74.3%
1962 60 OK D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 353,890 53.2%
1968 66 OK D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 281,697 76.3%
1968 66 OK D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 2 419,658 46.2%


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



Ideology Data for Mike Monroney


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
1939 37 House 86 10 D 96
1940 38 House 79 11 D 89
1941 39 House 91 7 D 98
1942 40 House 45 50 D 90
1943 41 House 71 19 D 88
1944 42 House 80 7 D 86
1945 43 House 82 6 D 88
1946 44 House 72 13 D 81
1947 45 House 89 11 D 94 92
1948 46 House 81 8 D 85 75
1949 47 House 76 18 D 93 85
1950 48 House 59 10 D 70 55
1951 49 Senate 71 11 D 84 83
1952 50 Senate 85 5 D 87 79
1953 51 Senate 85 8 R 48 91 67
1954 52 Senate 92 2 R 34 56 88 77
1955 53 Senate 88 12 R 69 29 98 60
1956 54 Senate 81 9 R 35 55 86 77
1957 55 Senate 76 11 R 51 28 82 33
1958 56 Senate 74 7 R 48 38 84 64
1959 57 Senate 22 70 83 8 R 35 54 90 69
1960 58 Senate 33 63 74 16 R 51 38 87 67
1961 59 Senate 40 58 80 16 D 70 24 96 70 14
1962 60 Senate 53 24 66 11 D 70 12 79 50 36
1963 61 Senate 26 70 86 8 D 86 7 94 65 31
1964 62 Senate 29 69 82 17 D 82 14 94 63 6
1965 63 Senate 23 67 77 8 D 78 8 86 65 13
1966 64 Senate 24 67 78 17 D 78 20 94 55 14
1967 65 Senate 52 39 66 27 D 73 21 93 33 53
1968 66 Senate 31 23 44 18 D 42 16 59 25 32
Lifetime conservative rating:   24%


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.