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Sid Morrison

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 13, 1933 in Yakima, WA

Education:

  • Washington State University, B.S., 1954

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1954-1956

Career:

  • Partner in Morrison Fruit Co., 1956-1981

Elected Office:

  • WA House, 1966-1974
  • WA Senate, 1974-1980


Election Results for Sid Morrison


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1980 47 WA R U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 2 39,673 34.2%
1980 47 WA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 134,691 57.4%
1982 49 WA R U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 1 54,883 69.8%
1982 49 WA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 112,148 69.8%
1984 51 WA R U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 1 68,810 74.2%
1984 51 WA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 150,322 76.1%
1986 53 WA R U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 1 57,419 71.5%
1986 53 WA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 107,593 72.1%
1988 55 WA R U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 1 72,633 73.2%
1988 55 WA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 142,938 74.5%
1990 57 WA R U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 1 71,057 77.3%
1990 57 WA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 106,545 70.7%
1992 59 WA R Governor Open Primary 3 205,418 18.5%


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



Ideology Data for Sid Morrison


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
1981 48 House 92 8 83 17 R 74 26 98 5 92
1982 49 House 89 11 78 22 R 70 29 97 10 67
1983 50 House 79 19 67 26 R 68 28 93 20 59
1984 51 House 85 14 63 35 R 60 38 98 40 48
1985 52 House 84 15 72 25 R 59 40 98 25 68
1986 53 House 80 18 56 42 R 59 41 98 21 73
1987 54 House 86 12 52 43 R 52 46 96 40 52
1988 55 House 87 13 59 40 R 47 52 98 55 64
1989 56 House 68 32 51 49 R 67 31 99 20 68
1990 57 House 76 24 49 46 R 51 46 95 22 50
1991 58 House 86 14 53 44 R 68 29 98 25 65
1992 59 House 67 17 46 36 R 47 36 83 61 50
Lifetime conservative rating:   62%


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.