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Thruston Morton

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 19, 1907 in Louisville, KY
Died: August 14, 1982 in Louisville, KY

Education:

  • Yale University, 1929

Military Service:

  • U.S. Naval Reserve, 1941-1946

Career:

  • Businessman
  • Banker
  • Assistant U.S. Secretary of State, 1953-1956
  • Chairman of RNC, 1959-1961

Other notes:

  • Brother of Rogers Morton


Election Results for Thruston Morton


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1946 38 KY R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 6,225 82.0%
1946 38 KY R U.S. House District 03 General 1 61,899 58.1%
1948 40 KY R U.S. House District 03 General 1 74,168 53.0%
1950 42 KY R U.S. House District 03 General 1 62,363 55.5%
1956 48 KY R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 42,038 70.6%
1956 48 KY R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 506,903 50.3%
1962 54 KY R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 41,892 91.2%
1962 54 KY R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 432,648 52.8%


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



Ideology Data for Thruston Morton


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 39 House 68 18 D 82 33
1948 40 House 58 33 D 85 50
1949 41 House 52 24 D 72 27
1950 42 House 58 32 D 76 33
1951 43 House 67 27 D 70 31
1952 44 House 41 23 D 40 30
1957 49 Senate 84 16 R 89 5 97 67
1958 50 Senate 71 21 R 87 7 94 42
1959 51 Senate 82 15 83 12 R 83 7 91 15
1960 52 Senate 65 17 61 11 R 66 8 79 20
1961 53 Senate 49 18 59 20 D 40 38 76 33 75
1962 54 Senate 29 15 37 10 D 30 23 50 18 57
1963 55 Senate 60 16 59 13 D 47 25 72 38 71
1964 56 Senate 71 10 64 15 D 41 39 76 17 73
1965 57 Senate 85 11 74 19 D 56 34 90 12 73
1966 58 Senate 67 7 62 13 D 39 40 77 5 79
1967 59 Senate 46 23 55 17 D 55 18 71 33 57
1968 60 Senate 30 13 43 7 D 31 15 46 50 67
Lifetime conservative rating:   70%


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.