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Tom Murray

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 1, 1894 in Jackson, TN
Died: November 28, 1971 in Jackson, TN

Education:

  • Union University, 1914
  • Cumberland University Law School, 1917

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1918-1919

Career:

  • High school teacher, 1914-1916
  • Lawyer
  • District attorney, 1922-1933
  • U.S. Post Office Department solicitor, 1933-1942


Election Results for Tom Murray


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1942 47 TN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 9,151 61.2%
1944 49 TN D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 10,124 100.0%
1944 49 TN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 19,822 63.3%
1946 51 TN D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 17,512 100.0%
1946 51 TN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 11,891 100.0%
1948 53 TN D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 23,050 100.0%
1948 53 TN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 25,170 69.2%
1950 55 TN D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 26,319 58.6%
1950 55 TN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 13,623 100.0%
1952 57 TN D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 35,153 100.0%
1952 57 TN D U.S. House District 07 General 1 39,529 100.0%
1954 59 TN D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 36,414 63.5%
1954 59 TN D U.S. House District 07 General 1 17,708 100.0%
1956 61 TN D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 25,822 100.0%
1956 61 TN D U.S. House District 07 General 1 36,301 100.0%
1958 63 TN D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 42,111 100.0%
1958 63 TN D U.S. House District 07 General 1 24,053 100.0%
1960 65 TN D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 40,769 100.0%
1960 65 TN D U.S. House District 07 General 1 34,130 100.0%
1962 67 TN D U.S. House District 07 General 1 24,746 100.0%
1964 69 TN D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 31,912 74.7%
1964 69 TN D U.S. House District 07 General 1 35,612 53.5%
1966 71 TN D U.S. House District 07 Primary 2 19,941 28.6%


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



Ideology Data for Tom Murray


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
1943 48 House 67 15 D 85
1944 49 House 53 37 D 88
1945 50 House 58 26 D 79
1946 51 House 44 49 D 88
1947 52 House 53 29 D 83 36
1948 53 House 67 14 D 82 64
1949 54 House 44 50 D 97 15
1950 55 House 49 38 D 84 13
1951 56 House 34 36 D 75 22
1952 57 House 41 59 D 99 8
1953 58 House 76 24 R 47 97 45
1954 59 House 57 23 R 50 34 78 57
1955 60 House 68 32 R 61 37 99 60
1956 61 House 81 16 R 62 29 89 67
1957 62 House 44 39 R 34 49 86 0
1958 63 House 38 49 R 36 50 90 9
1959 64 House 100 0 46 50 R 41 50 94 11
1960 65 House 100 0 20 67 R 47 49 85 0
1961 66 House 74 17 55 41 D 55 40 94 13 58
1962 67 House 88 6 58 37 D 60 32 92 25 50
1963 68 House 73 7 55 35 D 57 33 91 27 67
1964 69 House 75 17 61 26 D 67 19 88 45 43
1965 70 House 80 18 47 49 D 62 31 92 5 71
1966 71 House 11 3 10 6 D 12 4 17 0 75
Lifetime conservative rating:   60%


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.