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Arnold Olsen

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 17, 1916 in Butte, MT
Died: October 9, 1990 in Helena, MT

Education:

  • Attended Montana School of Mines, 1934-1936
  • Montana State University Law School, 1940

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1942-1946

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • MT district judge, 1977-1990

Elected Office:

  • MT Attorney General, 1949-1957


Election Results for Arnold Olsen


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1956 39 MT D Governor Primary 1 55,269 44.9%
1956 39 MT D Governor General 2 131,488 48.6%
1960 43 MT D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 28,046 55.1%
1960 43 MT D U.S. House District 01 General 1 63,081 53.3%
1962 45 MT D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 37,146 100.0%
1962 45 MT D U.S. House District 01 General 1 55,611 52.8%
1964 47 MT D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 45,174 100.0%
1964 47 MT D U.S. House District 01 General 1 64,847 53.6%
1966 49 MT D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 41,183 100.0%
1966 49 MT D U.S. House District 01 General 1 67,123 50.8%
1968 51 MT D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 34,104 60.2%
1968 51 MT D U.S. House District 01 General 1 74,974 53.6%
1970 53 MT D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 40,676 100.0%
1970 53 MT D U.S. House District 01 General 2 63,175 49.5%
1972 55 MT D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 31,636 44.5%
1972 55 MT D U.S. House District 01 General 2 76,073 46.3%
1974 57 MT D U.S. House District 01 Primary 3 16,929 24.8%


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



Ideology Data for Arnold Olsen


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
1961 44 House 0 100 95 5 D 92 8 100 100 0
1962 45 House 0 100 96 4 D 93 7 100 100 0
1963 46 House 0 100 98 2 D 96 4 99 92 6
1964 47 House 8 75 94 0 D 98 0 91 92 0
1965 48 House 6 92 88 6 D 87 10 92 84 12
1966 49 House 11 46 60 5 D 60 8 66 62 12
1967 50 House 17 80 91 6 D 84 7 89 73 14
1968 51 House 10 55 54 6 D 54 14 64 78 15
1969 52 House 22 76 93 7 R 51 47 97 79 36
1970 53 House 7 86 83 11 R 57 35 89 83 6
Lifetime conservative rating:   10%


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.