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Sonny Montgomery

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 5, 1920 in Meridian, MS
Died: May 12, 2006 in Meridian, MS

Education:

  • Mississippi State University, B.S., 1943

Military Service:

  • World War II and Korea
  • Received Bronze Star Medal for Valor, European Theater Ribbon
  • MS National Guard

Career:

  • Owner of insurance agency
  • VP of Greater Mississippi Life Insurance Co.

Elected Office:

  • MS Senate, 1956-1966


Election Results for Sonny Montgomery


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1966 45 MS D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 26,447 50.1%
1966 45 MS D U.S. House District 04 General 1 52,138 65.7%
1968 47 MS D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 46,586 84.6%
1968 47 MS D U.S. House District 04 General 1 78,768 70.0%
1970 49 MS D U.S. House District 04 General 1 66,064 100.0%
1972 51 MS D U.S. House District 03 General 1 105,722 100.0%
1974 53 MS D U.S. House District 03 General 1 43,020 100.0%
1976 55 MS D U.S. House District 03 General 1 129,088 93.9%
1978 57 MS D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 79,219 91.4%
1978 57 MS D U.S. House District 03 General 1 101,685 92.4%
1980 59 MS D U.S. House District 03 General 1 128,035 100.0%
1982 61 MS D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 26,988 92.4%
1982 61 MS D U.S. House District 03 General 1 114,530 93.1%
1984 63 MS D U.S. House District 03 General 1 158,002 100.0%
1986 65 MS D U.S. House District 03 General 1 80,575 100.0%
1988 67 MS D U.S. House District 03 General 1 164,651 88.8%
1990 69 MS D U.S. House District 03 General 1 49,162 100.0%
1992 71 MS D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 26,468 85.3%
1992 71 MS D U.S. House District 03 General 1 162,864 81.2%
1994 73 MS D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 16,828 100.0%
1994 73 MS D U.S. House District 03 General 1 83,163 67.6%


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



Ideology Data for Sonny Montgomery


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
1967 46 House 93 2 21 73 D 41 52 95 0 93
1968 47 House 94 4 24 74 D 41 58 95 0 87
1969 48 House 84 2 15 73 R 38 40 90 7 100
1970 49 House 80 2 24 58 R 46 29 79 0 94
1971 50 House 82 2 14 60 R 70 16 82 0 100
1972 51 House 88 6 20 71 R 57 41 93 0 90
1973 52 House 94 5 24 74 R 60 39 97 4 88
1974 53 House 92 1 20 73 R 70 23 91 0* 90
1975 54 House 91 1 17 77 R 57 37 92 0* 94
1976 55 House 97 1 13 84 R 73 27 96 5 94
1977 56 House 89 4 20 71 D 33 56 92 0 91
1978 57 House 91 6 23 73 D 30 65 93 5 88
1979 58 House 92 3 19 75 D 30 65 94 6 87
1980 59 House 95 4 31 68 D 45 53 98 0 95
1981 60 House 97 3 26 68 R 78 21 93 0 92
1982 61 House 90 5 29 66 R 74 23 95 5 82
1983 62 House 94 3 28 67 R 68 30 96 10 95
1984 63 House 97 3 34 59 R 59 41 95 0 68
1985 64 House 98 0 53 44 R 66 34 98 15 74
1986 65 House 92 8 53 45 R 58 42 98 5 86
1987 66 House 93 5 56 38 R 53 43 95 17 65
1988 67 House 89 8 64 34 R 45 53 99 26 71
1989 68 House 98 2 57 41 R 78 22 99 10 59
1990 69 House 94 6 60 37 R 56 44 97 22 63
1991 70 House 97 3 53 44 R 66 33 98 5 70
1992 71 House 88 13 65 35 R 66 34 99 30 63
1993 72 House 95 5 72 28 D 75 25 99 30 50
1994 73 House 97 3 74 23 D 78 21 98 37 57
1995 74 House 92 4 36 61 D 29 68 98 15 60
1996 75 House 96 2 30 66 D 48 51 97 10 89
Lifetime conservative rating:   81%


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.