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Prince Preston

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 5, 1908 in Monroe, GA
Died: February 8, 1961 in Savannah, GA

Education:

  • University of Georgia Law School, 1930

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1942-1945

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • GA House, 1935-1938


Election Results for Prince Preston


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1946 37 GA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 36,612 45.0%
1946 37 GA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 20,937 99.9%
1948 39 GA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 87,023 100.0%
1948 39 GA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 42,677 100.0%
1950 41 GA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 66,628 100.0%
1950 41 GA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 29,716 100.0%
1952 43 GA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 51,317 100.0%
1952 43 GA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 57,088 100.0%
1954 45 GA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 53,912 100.0%
1954 45 GA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 26,205 83.7%
1956 47 GA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 31,954 48.4%
1956 47 GA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 40,360 78.3%
1958 49 GA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 35,370 58.7%
1958 49 GA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 13,488 100.0%
1960 51 GA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 2 34,318 50.5%


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



Ideology Data for Prince Preston


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
1947 38 House 68 32 D 92 36
1948 39 House 86 14 D 100 69
1949 40 House 67 32 D 98 54
1950 41 House 73 23 D 94 33
1951 42 House 78 15 D 74 42
1952 43 House 80 18 D 99 42
1953 44 House 79 13 R 56 86 50
1954 45 House 67 20 R 32 37 70 63
1955 46 House 71 16 R 61 37 88 60
1956 47 House 44 19 R 50 38 74 57
1957 48 House 51 3 R 33 18 44 38
1958 49 House 38 19 R 24 42 59 0
1959 50 House 82 18 62 10 R 26 52 80 33
1960 51 House 79 5 45 37 R 23 67 80 33


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.