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Frank Moss

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 23, 1911 in Salt Lake City, UT
Died: January 29, 2003 in Salt Lake City, UT

Education:

  • University of Utah, 1933
  • George Washington University Law School, 1937

Military Service:

  • U.S. Air Corps (Judge Advocate), 1942-1945
  • U.S. Air Force Reserve

Career:

  • Attorney for Securities and Exchange Commission, 1937-1939
  • Salt Lake City judge, 1940-1950
  • Salt Lake County attorney, 1950-1959


Election Results for Frank Moss


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1958 46 UT D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 35,862 59.2%
1958 46 UT D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 112,827 38.7%
1964 52 UT D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 227,822 57.3%
1970 58 UT D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 210,207 56.2%
1976 64 UT D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 241,948 44.8%


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



Ideology Data for Frank Moss


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 47 Senate 15 77 81 10 R 34 56 89 83
1960 48 Senate 9 70 87 4 R 37 49 86 83
1961 49 Senate 11 69 81 6 D 75 12 85 100 8
1962 50 Senate 21 71 87 5 D 80 10 80 92 13
1963 51 Senate 14 67 66 3 D 80 7 79 94 0
1964 52 Senate 14 71 68 13 D 57 20 81 83 14
1965 53 Senate 11 80 70 8 D 69 9 78 88 8
1966 54 Senate 7 74 69 4 D 62 16 79 84 8
1967 55 Senate 4 71 71 8 D 65 18 81 91 18
1968 56 Senate 36 51 63 18 D 68 26 85 79 13
1969 57 Senate 16 68 78 13 R 40 39 83 94 14
1970 58 Senate 7 61 59 7 R 38 32 64 88 5
1971 59 Senate 22 60 71 13 R 26 45 81 92 6
1972 60 Senate 9 70 69 8 R 37 57 81 82 25
1973 61 Senate 6 80 81 7 R 30 58 86 89 4
1974 62 Senate 12 75 74 13 R 30 58 85 67* 6
1975 63 Senate 17 63 79 9 R 49 38 88 69 13
1976 64 Senate 24 54 68 14 R 36 42 78 61 20
Lifetime conservative rating:   11%


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.