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Carl Perkins

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 15, 1912 in Hindman, KY
Died: August 3, 1984 in Lexington, KY

Education:

  • University of Louisville Law School, 1935

Military Service:

  • World War II

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Knott County attorney, 1941-1948

Elected Office:

  • KY House, 1940-1941

Other notes:

  • Father of Chris Perkins


Election Results for Carl Perkins


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1948 35 KY D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 7,976 34.1%
1948 35 KY D U.S. House District 07 General 1 39,788 60.5%
1950 37 KY D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 13,429 58.4%
1950 37 KY D U.S. House District 07 General 1 34,767 56.1%
1952 39 KY D U.S. House District 07 General 1 53,238 58.2%
1954 41 KY D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 26,970 73.6%
1954 41 KY D U.S. House District 07 General 1 44,353 60.4%
1956 43 KY D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 34,937 67.0%
1956 43 KY D U.S. House District 07 General 1 77,564 52.4%
1958 45 KY D U.S. House District 07 General 1 56,756 65.8%
1960 47 KY D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 27,482 88.6%
1960 47 KY D U.S. House District 07 General 1 82,746 56.1%
1962 49 KY D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 23,159 87.6%
1962 49 KY D U.S. House District 07 General 1 70,195 56.7%
1964 51 KY D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 26,318 87.1%
1964 51 KY D U.S. House District 07 General 1 100,929 69.7%
1966 53 KY D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 19,308 94.2%
1966 53 KY D U.S. House District 07 General 1 65,522 68.9%
1968 55 KY D U.S. House District 07 General 1 82,594 62.0%
1970 57 KY D U.S. House District 07 General 1 50,672 75.3%
1972 59 KY D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 26,047 93.5%
1972 59 KY D U.S. House District 07 General 1 94,840 61.9%
1974 61 KY D U.S. House District 07 General 1 71,221 75.6%
1976 63 KY D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 34,097 89.6%
1976 63 KY D U.S. House District 07 General 1 110,450 73.2%
1978 65 KY D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 19,081 84.9%
1978 65 KY D U.S. House District 07 General 1 51,559 76.5%
1980 67 KY D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 30,722 85.9%
1980 67 KY D U.S. House District 07 General 1 117,665 100.0%
1982 69 KY D U.S. House District 07 General 1 82,463 79.4%


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



Ideology Data for Carl Perkins


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
1949 36 House 91 6 D 93 92
1950 37 House 89 4 D 84 87
1951 38 House 85 4 D 79 100
1952 39 House 84 9 D 86 85
1953 40 House 68 24 R 56 94 91
1954 41 House 63 7 R 32 21 61 88
1955 42 House 68 16 R 37 46 82 89
1956 43 House 81 13 R 62 32 93 86
1957 44 House 83 14 R 73 27 95 78
1958 45 House 95 5 R 70 28 98 82
1959 46 House 96 0 R 37 56 93 89
1960 47 House 92 8 R 49 51 100 89
1961 48 House 90 10 90 10 D 89 11 100 80 7
1962 49 House 91 9 91 9 D 88 12 100 88 7
1963 50 House 95 3 95 3 D 94 6 98 75 19
1964 51 House 82 15 82 15 D 87 12 95 85 19
1965 52 House 95 4 95 4 D 95 5 100 68 24
1966 53 House 99 1 99 1 D 94 6 100 82 7
1967 54 House 96 4 96 4 D 91 9 100 73 7
1968 55 House 83 17 83 17 D 84 16 100 50 9
1969 56 House 42 58 85 15 R 62 36 99 40 47
1970 57 House 36 64 82 18 R 71 29 100 33 39
1971 58 House 42 58 84 16 R 56 44 100 57 40
1972 59 House 32 65 78 16 R 51 43 95 43 10
1973 60 House 38 61 84 16 R 38 62 99 60 28
1974 61 House 37 63 81 19 R 58 42 99 43 10
1975 62 House 36 63 80 19 R 37 60 99 58 19
1976 63 House 35 65 85 14 R 37 63 99 60 11
1977 64 House 36 60 83 15 D 73 24 97 40 11
1978 65 House 35 62 81 16 D 69 28 97 45 13
1979 66 House 51 44 74 23 D 61 39 95 61 17
1980 67 House 54 43 70 27 D 55 41 94 56 37
1981 68 House 56 40 76 23 R 41 57 98 60 17
1982 69 House 52 47 81 19 R 43 56 99 70 33
1983 70 House 37 61 87 12 R 20 79 98 80 27
1984 71 House 46 52 85 13 R 40 59 97 63 25
Lifetime conservative rating:   19%


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.