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Thomas Pelly

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 22, 1902 in Seattle, WA
Died: November 21, 1973 in Ojai, CA

Career:

  • Real estate businessman/banker, 1921-1930
  • Printing company officer, 1930-1955


Election Results for Thomas Pelly


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1952 49 WA R U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 1 39,997 29.2%
1952 49 WA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 121,926 51.4%
1954 51 WA R U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 1 36,978 42.0%
1954 51 WA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 101,913 52.6%
1956 53 WA R U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 1 80,244 56.9%
1956 53 WA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 129,768 58.1%
1958 55 WA R U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 1 55,665 61.2%
1958 55 WA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 98,897 70.1%
1960 57 WA R U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 1 68,876 71.0%
1960 57 WA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 124,721 70.2%
1962 59 WA R U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 1 54,298 70.3%
1962 59 WA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 108,561 73.7%
1964 61 WA R U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 1 83,423 66.9%
1964 61 WA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 117,851 59.9%
1966 63 WA R U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 1 80,369 70.4%
1966 63 WA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 120,747 80.3%
1968 65 WA R U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 1 68,216 64.4%
1968 65 WA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 124,513 61.4%
1970 67 WA R U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 1 55,967 46.0%
1970 67 WA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 107,072 64.4%


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



Ideology Data for Thomas Pelly


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
1953 50 House 79 18 R 91 90 36
1954 51 House 77 13 R 74 16 86 56
1955 52 House 45 45 R 76 20 93 78
1956 53 House 63 38 R 79 18 99 86
1957 54 House 54 44 R 75 25 99 78
1958 55 House 73 27 R 68 32 100 42
1959 56 House 91 9 85 15 R 78 19 95 22
1960 57 House 100 0 82 10 R 72 21 90 22
1961 58 House 57 30 76 12 D 40 52 86 20 73
1962 59 House 69 31 81 16 D 47 53 98 13 73
1963 60 House 67 20 89 7 D 35 65 97 8 81
1964 61 House 75 17 73 21 D 44 50 93 8 79
1965 62 House 63 29 63 27 D 52 41 92 11 82
1966 63 House 70 27 64 25 D 40 43 86 13 79
1967 64 House 67 24 63 26 D 55 37 89 29 69
1968 65 House 48 46 59 36 D 61 34 94 18 70
1969 66 House 51 22 45 19 R 52 18 77 33 36
1970 67 House 61 20 47 31 R 75 8 77 25 57
1971 68 House 65 12 62 17 R 81 4 79 27 59
1972 69 House 60 11 58 10 R 54 5 63 25 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   70%


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.