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Byron Rogers

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 1, 1900 in Greenville, TX
Died: December 31, 1983 in Denver, CO

Education:

  • Attended University of Arkansas, 1918, University of Oklahoma, 1919-1922, and University of Colorado, 1923-1924
  • University of Denver, LL.B., 1925

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, World War I

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Las Animas city attorney, 1929-1933
  • Bent County attorney, 1933
  • National Recovery Administration, 1933-1934
  • Assistant U.S. Attorney for CO, 1934-1936
  • War Labor Board, 1942-1945

Elected Office:

  • CO House, 1932-1935 (Speaker, 1933)
  • CO Attorney General, 1936-1941


Election Results for Byron Rogers


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1940 39 CO D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 29,657 100.0%
1940 39 CO D U.S. House District 03 General 2 65,269 48.0%
1950 49 CO D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 16,097 56.8%
1950 49 CO D U.S. House District 01 General 1 70,165 50.3%
1952 51 CO D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 29,489 100.0%
1952 51 CO D U.S. House District 01 General 1 101,864 50.8%
1954 53 CO D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 41,096 100.0%
1954 53 CO D U.S. House District 01 General 1 84,745 55.6%
1956 55 CO D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 36,827 100.0%
1956 55 CO D U.S. House District 01 General 1 116,487 57.8%
1958 57 CO D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 22,826 100.0%
1958 57 CO D U.S. House District 01 General 1 107,567 66.7%
1960 59 CO D U.S. House District 01 General 1 121,610 60.0%
1962 61 CO D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 19,867 100.0%
1962 61 CO D U.S. House District 01 General 1 94,680 56.0%
1964 63 CO D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 41,672 100.0%
1964 63 CO D U.S. House District 01 General 1 138,475 67.5%
1966 65 CO D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 25,858 100.0%
1966 65 CO D U.S. House District 01 General 1 92,688 56.0%
1968 67 CO D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 34,852 100.0%
1968 67 CO D U.S. House District 01 General 1 91,199 45.7%
1970 69 CO D U.S. House District 01 Primary 2 27,188 50.0%


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



Ideology Data for Byron Rogers


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 50 House 85 13 D 99 77
1952 51 House 73 25 D 97 83
1953 52 House 58 42 R 75 97 73
1954 53 House 70 30 R 61 39 99 89
1955 54 House 77 23 R 59 41 99 67
1956 55 House 78 22 R 65 35 99 86
1957 56 House 80 17 R 57 42 98 67
1958 57 House 95 5 R 76 18 95 91
1959 58 House 45 55 92 8 R 54 46 100 78
1960 59 House 11 37 53 22 R 47 44 84 100
1961 60 House 4 91 91 5 D 86 11 98 100 8
1962 61 House 19 50 67 11 D 78 8 83 88 38
1963 62 House 20 80 89 2 D 89 4 96 92 19
1964 63 House 17 83 90 3 D 83 4 90 85 13
1965 64 House 16 84 90 9 D 90 7 99 79 25
1966 65 House 8 86 93 1 D 84 4 91 82 4
1967 66 House 33 63 89 7 D 85 10 96 71 21
1968 67 House 27 61 66 16 D 74 12 83 58 17
1969 68 House 33 67 80 16 R 64 34 96 40 33
1970 69 House 20 41 54 14 R 57 23 68 75 15
Lifetime conservative rating:   18%


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.