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Richard Nixon

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 9, 1913 in Yorba Linda, CA
Died: April 22, 1994 in New York City, NY

Education:

  • Whittier College, 1934
  • Duke University Law School, 1937

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1942-1946

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • U.S. Vice-President, 1953-1961
  • President of the United States, 1969-1974 (resigned)


Election Results for Richard Nixon


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1946 33 CA R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 24,397 64.1%
1946 33 CA D U.S. House District 12 Primary 2 5,077 16.2%
1946 33 CA R U.S. House District 12 General 1 65,586 56.0%
1948 35 CA R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 42,509 100.0%
1948 35 CA D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 21,411 52.2%
1948 35 CA R,D U.S. House District 12 General 1 141,509 86.9%
1950 37 CA R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 740,465 64.6%
1950 37 CA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 3 318,840 20.4%
1950 37 CA R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 2,183,454 59.2%
1962 49 CA R Governor Primary 1 1,285,151 65.4%
1962 49 CA D Governor Primary 6 35,883 1.7%
1962 49 CA R Governor General 2 2,740,351 46.8%


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



Ideology Data for Richard Nixon


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 34 House 74 13 D 87 36
1948 35 House 89 3 D 89 15
1949 36 House 73 21 D 92 8
1950 37 House 47 21 D 62 10
1950 37 Senate 4 1 D 4 0
1951 38 Senate 63 27 D 86 18
1952 39 Senate 69 22 D 78 43


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.