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Bob Poage

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 28, 1899 in Waco, TX
Died: January 3, 1987 in Temple, TX

Education:

  • Baylor University, A.B., 1921, LL.B., 1924

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, World War I

Career:

  • Instructor at Baylor University, 1922-1928
  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • TX House, 1925-1929
  • TX Senate, 1931-1937


Election Results for Bob Poage


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 36 TX D U.S. House District 11 General 1 31,227 100.0%
1938 38 TX D U.S. House District 11 General 1 14,664 98.6%
1940 40 TX D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 32,520 63.7%
1940 40 TX D U.S. House District 11 General 1 37,227 100.0%
1942 42 TX D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 41,216 100.0%
1942 42 TX D U.S. House District 11 General 1 7,554 100.0%
1944 44 TX D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 25,912 70.6%
1944 44 TX D U.S. House District 11 General 1 39,866 95.3%
1946 46 TX D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 50,378 100.0%
1946 46 TX D U.S. House District 11 General 1 9,178 100.0%
1948 48 TX D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 50,260 100.0%
1948 48 TX D U.S. House District 11 General 1 39,795 96.2%
1950 50 TX D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 29,789 66.0%
1950 50 TX D U.S. House District 11 General 1 10,576 100.0%
1952 52 TX D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 37,776 77.4%
1952 52 TX D U.S. House District 11 General 1 59,088 100.0%
1954 54 TX D U.S. House District 11 General 1 17,739 100.0%
1956 56 TX D U.S. House District 11 General 1 56,990 100.0%
1958 58 TX D U.S. House District 11 General 1 21,898 100.0%
1960 60 TX D U.S. House District 11 General 1 64,351 100.0%
1962 62 TX D U.S. House District 11 General 1 41,698 100.0%
1964 64 TX D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 43,107 78.2%
1964 64 TX D U.S. House District 11 General 1 62,175 81.5%
1966 66 TX D U.S. House District 11 General 1 39,140 94.9%
1968 68 TX D U.S. House District 11 General 1 78,127 96.5%
1970 70 TX D U.S. House District 11 General 1 59,641 99.9%
1972 72 TX D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 62,410 60.5%
1972 72 TX D U.S. House District 11 General 1 88,861 100.0%
1974 74 TX D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 50,692 80.8%
1974 74 TX D U.S. House District 11 General 1 46,828 81.6%
1976 76 TX D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 59,481 73.0%
1976 76 TX D U.S. House District 11 General 1 92,142 57.4%


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



Ideology Data for Bob Poage


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
1937 37 House 56 22 D 82
1938 38 House 78 12 D 87
1939 39 House 77 22 D 98
1940 40 House 74 21 D 95
1941 41 House 78 13 D 89
1942 42 House 55 45 D 94
1943 43 House 60 31 D 91
1944 44 House 57 37 D 91
1945 45 House 70 28 D 97
1946 46 House 51 36 D 89
1947 47 House 92 8 D 93 83
1948 48 House 83 14 D 91 77
1949 49 House 58 26 D 87 50
1950 50 House 47 45 D 86 20
1951 51 House 54 37 D 84 27
1952 52 House 20 64 D 82 0
1953 53 House 63 32 R 52 93 55
1954 54 House 60 23 R 47 42 91 38
1955 55 House 74 26 R 63 34 97 50
1956 56 House 78 19 R 50 50 97 29
1957 57 House 71 25 R 32 65 97 13
1958 58 House 76 16 R 52 46 94 45
1959 59 House 82 18 60 17 R 33 43 75 56
1960 60 House 68 26 65 33 R 37 63 96 44
1961 61 House 65 22 59 26 D 57 34 87 30 58
1962 62 House 63 25 70 23 D 60 35 87 38 43
1963 63 House 73 13 76 19 D 73 20 92 42 43
1964 64 House 83 8 65 34 D 65 27 96 67 50
1965 65 House 61 24 52 36 D 64 28 90 33 59
1966 66 House 78 11 48 40 D 60 29 89 0 58
1967 67 House 72 17 51 34 D 61 29 86 21 77
1968 68 House 84 4 34 56 D 50 36 88 9 62
1969 69 House 73 9 25 51 R 47 32 81 0 85
1970 70 House 84 7 29 54 R 48 40 85 8 76
1971 71 House 63 10 31 45 R 46 30 78 7 94
1972 72 House 74 15 29 57 R 57 41 84 8 78
1973 73 House 81 12 41 54 R 54 42 93 21 68
1974 74 House 83 3 24 63 R 60 32 89 0* 75
1975 75 House 92 4 24 72 R 62 37 94 0* 85
1976 76 House 95 3 18 79 R 75 25 96 0 94
1977 77 House 69 4 20 57 D 24 52 74 0 87
1978 78 House 85 7 31 62 D 32 60 92 20 83
Lifetime conservative rating:   73%


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.