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Kenneth Roberts

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 1, 1912 in Piedmont, AL
Died: May 9, 1989 in Potomac, MD

Education:

  • University of Alabama Law School, 1935

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1942-1945

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • President of Piedmont Development Co., 1945-1950
  • Piedmont city attorney, 1948-1950
  • Counsel to Vehicle Equipment Safety Commission, 1965-1972
  • National Highway Safety Advisory Committee, 1966-1970

Elected Office:

  • AL Senate, 1942


Election Results for Kenneth Roberts


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1950 37 AL D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 15,751 39.7%
1950 37 AL D U.S. House District 04 Primary Runoff 1 15,773 53.9%
1950 37 AL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 14,608 93.7%
1952 39 AL D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 23,138 75.3%
1952 39 AL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 31,389 100.0%
1954 41 AL D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 52,244 88.3%
1954 41 AL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 28,660 100.0%
1956 43 AL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 33,591 73.4%
1958 45 AL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 25,133 100.0%
1960 47 AL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 34,855 99.9%
1962 49 AL D U.S. House At-Large District General 6 269,410 60.5%
1964 51 AL D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 47,360 90.9%
1964 51 AL D U.S. House District 04 General 2 27,800 40.6%


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



Ideology Data for Kenneth Roberts


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
1951 38 House 75 19 D 90 50
1952 39 House 64 11 D 72 64
1953 40 House 89 11 R 53 94 73
1954 41 House 53 17 R 32 24 64 75
1955 42 House 52 26 R 49 27 83 70
1956 43 House 81 19 R 58 38 97 71
1957 44 House 80 15 R 55 40 97 67
1958 45 House 65 19 R 56 28 86 55
1959 46 House 64 9 79 6 R 39 50 90 56
1960 47 House 37 11 55 14 R 37 44 77 78
1961 48 House 17 39 48 7 D 43 5 54 89 20
1962 49 House 37 25 60 9 D 57 10 69 63 36
1963 50 House 27 27 65 10 D 66 17 80 78 42
1964 51 House 58 8 40 21 D 51 17 65 33 70
Lifetime conservative rating:   42%


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.