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Ellis Patterson

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 28, 1897 in Yuba City, CA
Died: August 25, 1985 in Los Angeles, CA

Education:

  • University of California, 1921
  • Attended Stanford University Law School and University of California, 1931-1936

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1917-1918

Career:

  • School teacher/superintendent, 1922-1932
  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • CA Assembly, 1932-1938
  • CA Lt. Governor, 1938-1942


Election Results for Ellis Patterson


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1940 42 CA D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 2 206,479 20.5%
1940 42 CA R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 2 54,834 7.3%
1944 46 CA D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 37,942 76.8%
1944 46 CA R U.S. House District 16 Primary 2 13,008 33.3%
1944 46 CA D U.S. House District 16 General 1 105,835 54.1%
1946 48 CA D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 2 286,812 27.1%
1946 48 CA R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 3 76,151 9.6%
1946 48 CA I U.S. House District 16 General 3 20,945 14.4%
1946 48 CA I U.S. Senate Class 1 Special 4 3,889 0.7%
1948 50 CA D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 36,170 58.2%
1948 50 CA R U.S. House District 16 Primary 2 5,615 11.1%
1948 50 CA D U.S. House District 16 General 2 91,268 42.9%
1952 54 CA D U.S. House District 26 Primary 2 21,215 26.5%


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



Ideology Data for Ellis Patterson


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
1945 47 House 84 10 D 90
1946 48 House 75 3 D 57


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.