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Graham Purcell

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 5, 1919 in Archer City, TX
Died: June 11, 2011 in Wichita Falls, TX

Education:

  • Texas A&M College, B.S., 1946
  • Baylor University, LL.B., 1949

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1941-1946
  • U.S. Army Reserve

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • TX district judge, 1955-1962


Election Results for Graham Purcell


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1962 43 TX D U.S. House District 13 Special Open Primary 1 8,960 33.6%
1962 43 TX D U.S. House District 13 Special 1 23,905 62.9%
1962 43 TX D U.S. House District 13 General 1 37,941 67.1%
1964 45 TX D U.S. House District 13 General 1 67,947 75.2%
1966 47 TX D U.S. House District 13 General 1 43,820 57.1%
1968 49 TX D U.S. House District 13 General 1 83,839 55.8%
1970 51 TX D U.S. House District 13 General 1 80,070 64.9%
1972 53 TX D U.S. House District 13 General 2 71,730 45.2%


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



Ideology Data for Graham Purcell


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
1962 43 House 37 50 73 20 D 83 13 94 50 29
1963 44 House 53 40 77 9 D 77 11 88 55 43
1964 45 House 42 50 76 8 D 85 6 84 73 33
1965 46 House 45 39 60 22 D 63 18 77 35 50
1966 47 House 32 14 33 15 D 40 13 49 27 48
1967 48 House 41 22 53 13 D 57 13 68 29 50
1968 49 House 69 16 45 43 D 55 25 79 22 53
1969 50 House 64 13 33 40 R 40 38 79 0 75
1970 51 House 61 2 26 32 R 38 26 53 14 64
1971 52 House 62 9 31 41 R 58 18 70 4 93
1972 53 House 56 17 34 43 R 54 19 75 14 88
Lifetime conservative rating:   56%


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.