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Thomas Morris

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 20, 1919 in Eastland County, TX
Died: March 4, 2016 in Amarillo, TX

Education:

  • University of New Mexico, 1948

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1937-1944

Career:

  • Farmer/rancher

Elected Office:

  • TX House, 1953-1958


Election Results for Thomas Morris


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1958 38 NM D U.S. House At-Large District General 2 115,928 58.6%
1960 40 NM D U.S. House District A1 Primary 1 63,641 61.6%
1960 40 NM D U.S. House District 01 General 1 172,577 57.2%
1962 42 NM D U.S. House District 02 General 1 152,684 64.4%
1964 44 NM D U.S. House District 01 General 1 194,407 61.8%
1966 46 NM D U.S. House District 01 General 1 140,057 55.9%
1968 48 NM D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 37,970 60.7%
1968 48 NM D U.S. House District 01 General 2 78,117 46.6%
1972 52 NM D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 4 22,849 14.9%


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



Ideology Data for Thomas Morris


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
1959 39 House 82 18 85 12 R 44 56 99 56
1960 40 House 16 26 51 12 R 33 40 69 83
1961 41 House 39 61 83 17 D 75 25 100 70 20
1962 42 House 69 25 68 21 D 68 17 88 43 38
1963 43 House 67 27 79 17 D 82 13 95 75 36
1964 44 House 75 25 71 19 D 75 15 87 75 27
1965 45 House 51 41 62 29 D 70 22 89 39 47
1966 46 House 43 32 53 19 D 58 15 75 43 33
1967 47 House 63 33 63 30 D 75 22 91 36 50
1968 48 House 59 37 51 40 D 71 24 87 42 39
Lifetime conservative rating:   36%


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.