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Otto Passman

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 27, 1900 in Franklinton, LA
Died: August 13, 1988 in Monroe, LA

Education:

  • Soule Business College, 1929

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1942-1944

Career:

  • Appliance manufacturer/distributor
  • Owner of Passman Investment Co.


Election Results for Otto Passman


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1946 46 LA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 17,579 50.7%
1946 46 LA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 6,049 100.0%
1948 48 LA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 28,885 51.1%
1948 48 LA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 34,362 100.0%
1950 50 LA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 36,283 70.1%
1950 50 LA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 22,478 100.0%
1952 52 LA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 32,743 100.0%
1954 54 LA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 21,831 100.0%
1956 56 LA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 34,074 85.6%
1956 56 LA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 18,210 100.0%
1958 58 LA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 14,900 100.0%
1960 60 LA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 22,181 100.0%
1962 62 LA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 24,609 100.0%
1964 64 LA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 24,544 100.0%
1966 66 LA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 53,469 86.7%
1966 66 LA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 38,660 100.0%
1968 68 LA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 45,652 70.8%
1968 68 LA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 34,901 100.0%
1970 70 LA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 47,172 61.7%
1970 70 LA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 31,087 100.0%
1972 72 LA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 67,976 60.9%
1972 72 LA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 64,027 100.0%
1974 74 LA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 43,068 100.0%


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



Ideology Data for Otto Passman


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 47 House 61 39 D 100 25
1948 48 House 58 28 D 81 45
1949 49 House 55 45 D 96 46
1950 50 House 49 47 D 90 7
1951 51 House 40 45 D 72 9
1952 52 House 39 45 D 76 17
1953 53 House 58 37 R 44 93 36
1954 54 House 63 33 R 45 45 95 50
1955 55 House 58 19 R 46 39 84 56
1956 56 House 56 16 R 41 44 73 43
1957 57 House 78 12 R 50 40 91 33
1958 58 House 65 22 R 36 46 80 50
1959 59 House 100 0 69 17 R 35 54 86 33
1960 60 House 89 5 49 41 R 33 63 88 25
1961 61 House 65 26 55 33 D 58 31 89 30 64
1962 62 House 75 19 40 47 D 42 47 82 0 69
1963 63 House 73 13 50 40 D 49 38 84 17 88
1964 64 House 83 8 27 40 D 25 48 72 8 79
1965 65 House 86 8 23 69 D 29 57 86 0 94
1966 66 House 84 8 20 70 D 29 55 84 0 80
1967 67 House 87 7 31 57 D 36 45 85 0 100
1968 68 House 67 6 33 45 D 37 39 79 25 73
1969 69 House 87 11 36 60 R 45 45 89 7 93
1970 70 House 64 11 25 46 R 51 23 77 0 93
1971 71 House 82 7 31 58 R 63 19 87 5 83
1972 72 House 61 7 17 46 R 41 32 67 11 86
1973 73 House 66 19 38 50 R 54 34 87 17 45
1974 74 House 69 11 26 48 R 72 15 79 5 85
1975 75 House 69 12 35 49 R 52 42 86 11 65
1976 76 House 66 14 30 42 R 45 24 72 17 77
Lifetime conservative rating:   78%


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.