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Albert Quie

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 18, 1923 in Dennison, MN
Died: August 18, 2023 in Wayzata, MN

Education:

  • St. Olaf College, 1950

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy (pilot), 1943-1945

Career:

  • Dairy farmer

Elected Office:

  • MN Senate, 1955-1958


Election Results for Albert Quie


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1958 34 MN R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 32,322 100.0%
1958 34 MN R U.S. House District 01 Special 1 44,276 50.3%
1958 34 MN R U.S. House District 01 General 1 73,345 56.9%
1960 36 MN R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 33,565 100.0%
1960 36 MN R U.S. House District 01 General 1 100,381 60.5%
1962 38 MN R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 42,610 100.0%
1962 38 MN R U.S. House District 01 General 1 90,632 57.5%
1964 40 MN R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 25,888 100.0%
1964 40 MN R U.S. House District 01 General 1 108,639 55.3%
1966 42 MN R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 39,731 100.0%
1966 42 MN R U.S. House District 01 General 1 109,312 65.9%
1968 44 MN R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 28,276 100.0%
1968 44 MN R U.S. House District 01 General 1 138,400 68.7%
1970 46 MN R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 39,661 100.0%
1970 46 MN R U.S. House District 01 General 1 121,802 69.3%
1972 48 MN R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 29,879 100.0%
1972 48 MN R U.S. House District 01 General 1 142,698 70.7%
1974 50 MN R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 30,204 100.0%
1974 50 MN R U.S. House District 01 General 1 95,138 62.6%
1976 52 MN IR U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 21,959 100.0%
1976 52 MN IR U.S. House District 01 General 1 158,177 68.2%
1978 54 MN IR Governor Primary 1 174,799 83.6%
1978 54 MN IR Governor General 1 830,019 52.3%


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



Ideology Data for Albert Quie


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
1958 34 House 71 29 R 74 26 100 33
1959 35 House 100 0 83 15 R 74 20 97 22
1960 36 House 63 37 71 24 R 74 26 94 22
1961 37 House 78 13 69 19 D 46 46 91 10 50
1962 38 House 37 50 60 32 D 65 28 90 63 57
1963 39 House 53 33 48 12 D 38 59 92 0 75
1964 40 House 75 25 77 18 D 46 46 91 23 81
1965 41 House 73 25 64 29 D 53 41 93 16 88
1966 42 House 73 22 73 19 D 42 48 92 13 72
1967 43 House 69 28 66 28 D 58 37 96 14 57
1968 44 House 47 45 51 35 D 66 27 90 17 70
1969 45 House 58 38 51 38 R 60 30 90 13 47
1970 46 House 61 34 61 32 R 85 12 91 47 50
1971 47 House 66 34 71 28 R 72 26 97 35 55
1972 48 House 70 26 79 18 R 86 14 94 13 60
1973 49 House 70 28 65 32 R 68 28 96 25 42
1974 50 House 42 47 56 38 R 72 28 92 57* 24
1975 51 House 74 22 71 26 R 70 26 94 37* 58
1976 52 House 76 20 72 23 R 78 18 96 11 75
1977 53 House 66 30 61 33 D 49 38 91 40 59
1978 54 House 39 9 36 18 D 19 21 45 20 75
Lifetime conservative rating:   61%


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.