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Claude Pepper

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 8, 1900 in Dudleyville, AL
Died: May 30, 1989 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • University of Alabama, 1921
  • Harvard University Law School, 1924

Military Service:

  • Students' Army Training Corps, 1918

Career:

  • Law instructor, University of Arkansas, 1924-1925
  • Lawyer
  • FL Board of Public Welfare, 1931-1932
  • FL Board of Law Examiners, 1933

Elected Office:

  • FL House, 1929-1930


Election Results for Claude Pepper


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 35 FL D U.S. Senate Class 3 Special 1 246,050 100.0%
1938 37 FL D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 242,350 58.4%
1938 37 FL D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 145,757 82.4%
1944 43 FL D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 194,445 51.3%
1944 43 FL D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 335,685 71.3%
1950 49 FL D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 2 319,754 45.2%
1958 57 FL D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 2 321,377 44.1%
1962 61 FL D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 40,848 50.6%
1962 61 FL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 59,985 57.6%
1964 63 FL D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 61,269 74.4%
1964 63 FL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 101,162 65.7%
1966 65 FL D U.S. House District 11 General 1 62,195 99.8%
1968 67 FL D U.S. House District 11 General 1 99,154 76.6%
1970 69 FL D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 39,673 84.7%
1970 69 FL D U.S. House District 11 General 1 0 0.0%
1972 71 FL D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 25,847 63.1%
1972 71 FL D U.S. House District 14 General 1 75,131 67.6%
1974 73 FL D U.S. House District 14 General 1 45,479 69.1%
1976 75 FL D U.S. House District 14 General 1 82,665 72.9%
1978 77 FL D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 31,597 81.0%
1978 77 FL D U.S. House District 14 General 1 65,202 63.1%
1980 79 FL D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 26,800 79.1%
1980 79 FL D U.S. House District 14 General 1 95,820 74.9%
1982 81 FL D U.S. House District 18 General 1 72,183 71.2%
1984 83 FL D U.S. House District 18 General 1 76,404 60.5%
1986 85 FL D U.S. House District 18 General 1 80,062 73.5%
1988 87 FL D U.S. House District 18 General 1 0 0.0%


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



Ideology Data for Claude Pepper


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 44 Senate 45 2 D 49
1946 45 Senate 74 15 D 86
1947 46 Senate 84 4 D 85 90
1948 47 Senate 82 15 D 96 100
1949 48 Senate 96 0 D 96 100
1950 49 Senate 70 3 D 39 92
1963 62 House 13 67 93 0 D 86 4 80 91 7
1964 63 House 17 75 84 0 D 87 2 81 100 7
1965 64 House 8 86 90 2 D 86 3 90 74 19
1966 65 House 5 89 95 0 D 81 5 88 88 0
1967 66 House 19 67 83 1 D 76 6 78 71 14
1968 67 House 16 57 62 7 D 62 9 65 75 0
1969 68 House 22 53 64 5 R 47 26 70 58 21
1970 69 House 18 45 68 7 R 48 25 70 71 19
1971 70 House 33 58 69 16 R 61 32 80 62 11
1972 71 House 26 56 61 12 R 65 27 73 62 22
1973 72 House 20 68 79 7 R 28 59 84 68 17
1974 73 House 32 56 75 15 R 60 32 84 43* 15
1975 74 House 22 67 78 10 R 38 48 84 68 14
1976 75 House 15 45 49 8 R 18 37 58 75 20
1977 76 House 22 60 73 9 D 62 19 76 63 6
1978 77 House 18 70 77 9 D 67 17 78 60 0
1979 78 House 15 57 67 3 D 57 11 66 76 3
1980 79 House 20 64 77 5 D 65 10 77 75 7
1981 80 House 28 49 70 9 R 30 43 68 61 8
1982 81 House 23 59 85 4 R 36 47 86 74 10
1983 82 House 36 57 77 9 R 34 55 84 85 10
1984 83 House 41 49 78 10 R 39 50 86 74 14
1985 84 House 27 56 81 5 R 26 48 86 60 26
1986 85 House 46 48 80 7 R 30 59 89 75 18
1987 86 House 47 35 74 6 R 27 60 77 79 14
1988 87 House 45 50 75 6 R 24 63 83 79 17
1989 88 House 6 0 R 0 6 4 100 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   11%


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.