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Toby Morris

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 28, 1899 in Granbury, TX
Died: September 1, 1973 in Lawton, OK

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1917-1919

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Cotton County court clerk, 1921-1925
  • Cotton County prosecutor, 1925-1929
  • District judge, 1937-1946, 1955-1956, 1963-1971
  • Industrial court judge, 1961-1963


Election Results for Toby Morris


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 37 OK D U.S. House District 06 Primary 2 20,995 40.7%
1940 41 OK D U.S. House District 06 Primary 2 19,544 38.0%
1946 47 OK D U.S. House District 06 Primary 2 10,399 25.9%
1946 47 OK D U.S. House District 06 Primary Runoff 1 22,484 57.2%
1946 47 OK D U.S. House District 06 General 1 30,408 65.6%
1948 49 OK D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 21,266 63.7%
1948 49 OK D U.S. House District 06 General 1 47,857 73.7%
1950 51 OK D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 26,546 55.8%
1950 51 OK D U.S. House District 06 General 1 38,166 67.1%
1952 53 OK D U.S. House District 06 Primary 2 25,383 31.6%
1952 53 OK D U.S. House District 06 Primary Runoff 2 31,868 46.7%
1956 57 OK D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 38,700 48.5%
1956 57 OK D U.S. House District 06 Primary Runoff 1 37,942 53.6%
1956 57 OK D U.S. House District 06 General 1 86,770 68.9%
1958 59 OK D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 34,226 40.0%
1958 59 OK D U.S. House District 06 Primary Runoff 1 45,513 50.0%
1958 59 OK D U.S. House District 06 General 1 54,967 66.7%
1960 61 OK D U.S. House District 06 Primary 2 40,304 49.8%


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



Ideology Data for Toby 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
1947 48 House 92 8 D 99 92
1948 49 House 89 11 D 99 67
1949 50 House 73 27 D 100 69
1950 51 House 78 14 D 90 54
1951 52 House 78 13 D 91 54
1952 53 House 39 9 D 40 100
1957 58 House 92 8 R 58 42 100 56
1958 59 House 54 0 R 42 16 54 71
1959 60 House 36 64 98 2 R 41 59 99 78
1960 61 House 0 68 61 0 R 23 35 63 71


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.