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Albert Rains

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 11, 1902 in Grove Oak, AL
Died: March 22, 1991 in Gadsden, AL

Education:

  • Attended University of Alabama

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Deputy Etowah County solicitor, 1930-1935
  • Gadsden city attorney, 1935-1944

Elected Office:

  • AL House, 1941-1944


Election Results for Albert Rains


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 34 AL D U.S. House District 05 Primary 2 13,576 45.6%
1944 42 AL D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 14,358 50.8%
1944 42 AL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 25,137 100.0%
1946 44 AL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 21,560 100.0%
1948 46 AL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 20,548 100.0%
1950 48 AL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 17,269 100.0%
1952 50 AL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 43,843 100.0%
1954 52 AL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 38,257 100.0%
1956 54 AL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 45,281 100.0%
1958 56 AL D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 57,490 78.0%
1958 56 AL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 31,687 100.0%
1960 58 AL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 48,772 100.0%
1962 60 AL D U.S. House At-Large District General 5 271,075 60.9%


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



Ideology Data for Albert Rains


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
1945 43 House 70 6 D 72
1946 44 House 51 15 D 58
1947 45 House 92 8 D 94 92
1948 46 House 81 8 D 71 75
1949 47 House 64 18 D 84 75
1950 48 House 78 14 D 84 53
1951 49 House 72 12 D 89 45
1952 50 House 77 2 D 76 67
1953 51 House 84 11 R 61 94 60
1954 52 House 83 3 R 53 34 78 89
1955 53 House 77 23 R 54 46 97 70
1956 54 House 72 13 R 50 35 85 71
1957 55 House 80 15 R 60 28 91 88
1958 56 House 57 14 R 38 28 62 78
1959 57 House 64 36 90 6 R 39 59 90 67
1960 58 House 26 21 51 16 R 37 47 74 78
1961 59 House 22 30 53 2 D 60 3 59 90 20
1962 60 House 19 25 35 7 D 32 7 32 60 40
1963 61 House 7 33 57 2 D 51 6 55 88 25
1964 62 House 0 42 50 0 D 48 4 40 73 8
Lifetime conservative rating:   20%


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.