Election results and ideology ratings for Sam Rayburn -- RightDataUSA.com

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 6, 1882 near Kingston, TN
Died: November 16, 1961 in Bonham, TX

Election Results for Sam Rayburn

Year	Age	State	Party	Office	District	Stage	Pos	Votes	%
1936	54	TX	D	U.S. House	District 04	General	1	33,355	97.5%

1938	56	TX	D	U.S. House	District 04	General	1	16,523	97.9%

1940	58	TX	D	U.S. House	District 04	Primary	1	43,634	84.8%
1940	58	TX	D	U.S. House	District 04	General	1	46,333	100.0%

1942	60	TX	D	U.S. House	District 04	Primary	1	35,433	77.5%
1942	60	TX	D	U.S. House	District 04	General	1	11,768	100.0%

1944	62	TX	D	U.S. House	District 04	Primary	1	24,507	55.4%
1944	62	TX	D	U.S. House	District 04	General	1	40,039	100.0%

1946	64	TX	D	U.S. House	District 04	Primary	1	48,929	100.0%
1946	64	TX	D	U.S. House	District 04	General	1	11,957	93.7%

1948	66	TX	D	U.S. House	District 04	Primary	1	31,710	63.0%
1948	66	TX	D	U.S. House	District 04	General	1	38,211	100.0%

1950	68	TX	D	U.S. House	District 04	Primary	1	40,007	100.0%
1950	68	TX	D	U.S. House	District 04	General	1	11,546	100.0%

1952	70	TX	D	U.S. House	District 04	Primary	1	29,844	66.0%
1952	70	TX	D	U.S. House	District 04	General	1	47,888	100.0%

1954	72	TX	D	U.S. House	District 04	Primary	1	30,818	75.3%
1954	72	TX	D	U.S. House	District 04	General	1	15,177	100.0%

1956	74	TX	D	U.S. House	District 04	General	1	41,867	100.0%

1958	76	TX	D	U.S. House	District 04	General	1	15,942	100.0%

1960	78	TX	D	U.S. House	District 04	General	1	44,902	100.0%

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

Ideology Data for Sam Rayburn

Year	Age	Body	Party Unity		Presidential Support			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
Year	Age	Body			P			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
1937	55	House	83	3	D			84
1938	56	House	93	5	D			97
1939	57	House	91	6	D			90
1940	58	House	72	9	D			80
1941	59	House	0	0	D			0
1942	60	House	0	0	D			1
1943	61	House	0	0	D			0
1944	62	House	0	0	D			0
1945	63	House	0	0	D			0
1946	64	House	2	0	D			1
1947	65	House	89	0	D			85	100
1948	66	House	81	6	D			84	83
1949	67	House	0	0	D			0	0
1950	68	House	0	0	D			0	0*	0
1951	69	House	0	0	D			0	0
1952	70	House	0	0	D			0	0
1953	71	House	68	21	R	74		87	73
1954	72	House	77	10	R	58	34	70	75
1955	73	House	0	0	R	0	0	100	0
1956	74	House	0	0	R	0	0	0	0
1957	75	House	0	2	R	0	0	1	0
1958	76	House	0	0	R	0	0	0	0
1959	77	House	0	0	R	0	0	100	0
1960	78	House	0	0	R	0	0	0	0
1961	79	House	0	0	D	0	0	0	0

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.