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Robert Nix

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 9, 1898 in Orangeburg, SC
Died: June 22, 1987 in Philadelphia, PA

Education:

  • University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1924

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Deputy PA Attorney General, 1934-1938


Election Results for Robert Nix


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1958 59 PA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 17,506 66.7%
1958 59 PA D U.S. House District 04 Special 1 14,038 64.9%
1958 59 PA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 63,031 72.6%
1960 61 PA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 84,053 78.4%
1962 63 PA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 86,812 67.1%
1964 65 PA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 22,681 76.6%
1964 65 PA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 125,100 80.2%
1966 67 PA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 21,964 58.2%
1966 67 PA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 76,372 59.9%
1968 69 PA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 102,869 70.0%
1970 71 PA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 18,684 76.3%
1970 71 PA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 70,530 68.2%
1972 73 PA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 24,473 46.9%
1972 73 PA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 107,509 70.1%
1974 75 PA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 27,195 56.1%
1974 75 PA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 75,033 74.0%
1976 77 PA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 27,700 47.8%
1976 77 PA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 109,855 73.5%
1978 79 PA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 2 24,855 39.6%


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



Ideology Data for Robert Nix


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
1958 59 House 84 16 R 79 10 100 90
1959 60 House 0 100 86 6 R 43 50 91 100
1960 61 House 5 84 73 18 R 65 33 87 100
1961 62 House 4 96 95 3 D 94 5 98 100 0
1962 63 House 6 94 91 5 D 88 8 94 88 0
1963 64 House 0 67 88 2 D 84 1 84 91 8
1964 65 House 0 100 84 0 D 87 2 81 92 0
1965 66 House 0 88 83 1 D 71 4 70 100 0
1966 67 House 0 76 56 0 D 55 5 50 93 0
1967 68 House 2 96 90 2 D 79 6 79 93 0
1968 69 House 6 75 78 1 D 79 6 77 100 0
1969 70 House 9 84 73 13 R 53 45 87 80 29
1970 71 House 0 82 83 10 R 63 34 83 100 11
1971 72 House 19 74 79 12 R 40 56 84 86 21
1972 73 House 15 74 80 11 R 43 49 86 88 0
1973 74 House 15 72 80 8 R 23 63 81 92 18
1974 75 House 11 70 77 7 R 26 51 82 65* 11
1975 76 House 19 69 81 10 R 35 60 90 81 6
1976 77 House 8 59 65 4 R 16 55 61 88 8
1977 78 House 15 81 87 8 D 75 22 92 74 11
1978 79 House 13 51 54 8 D 57 13 59 57 21
Lifetime conservative rating:   8%


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.