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Paul Rogers

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 4, 1921 in Ocilla, GA
Died: October 13, 2008 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • University of Florida, 1942, Law School, 1948

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1942-1946

Career:

  • Lawyer

Other notes:

  • Son of Dwight Rogers


Election Results for Paul Rogers


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1955 34 FL D U.S. House District 06 Special 1 30,368 58.7%
1956 35 FL D U.S. House District 06 General 1 73,259 54.7%
1958 37 FL D U.S. House District 06 General 1 71,189 71.5%
1960 39 FL D U.S. House District 06 General 1 138,226 62.0%
1962 41 FL D U.S. House District 06 General 1 102,396 64.2%
1964 43 FL D U.S. House District 06 General 1 168,573 66.0%
1966 45 FL D U.S. House District 09 General 1 76,328 100.0%
1968 47 FL D U.S. House District 09 General 1 111,539 56.2%
1970 49 FL D U.S. House District 09 General 1 120,565 70.6%
1972 51 FL D U.S. House District 11 General 1 116,157 60.2%
1974 53 FL D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 32,956 83.2%
1974 53 FL D U.S. House District 11 General 1 0 0.0%
1976 55 FL D U.S. House District 11 General 1 199,031 91.1%


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



Ideology Data for Paul 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
1955 34 House 67 33 R 51 46 97 40
1956 35 House 72 28 R 50 50 100 29
1957 36 House 75 25 R 38 62 100 11
1958 37 House 51 49 R 56 44 100 33
1959 38 House 91 9 71 29 R 48 52 100 33
1960 39 House 42 58 65 35 R 42 58 100 11
1961 40 House 87 13 52 48 D 58 42 100 20 67
1962 41 House 94 6 44 56 D 53 47 100 13 67
1963 42 House 87 13 50 50 D 59 39 99 50 50
1964 43 House 75 25 50 50 D 52 48 99 15 63
1965 44 House 78 22 50 50 D 64 36 100 21 71
1966 45 House 89 5 39 49 D 57 34 90 0 65
1967 46 House 87 6 30 64 D 53 45 93 13 93
1968 47 House 92 6 17 76 D 56 41 95 8 91
1969 48 House 87 11 31 65 R 47 51 98 7 71
1970 49 House 82 16 43 56 R 60 37 97 11 78
1971 50 House 74 26 40 58 R 67 33 98 19 70
1972 51 House 71 22 34 62 R 62 32 91 6 80
1973 52 House 73 26 46 53 R 50 50 97 48 60
1974 53 House 70 25 45 49 R 51 42 96 30* 29
1975 54 House 57 38 54 41 R 40 58 94 28 64
1976 55 House 52 46 62 37 R 37 63 99 50 31
1977 56 House 62 37 55 42 D 63 33 96 35 45
1978 57 House 45 50 66 27 D 70 26 93 32 30
Lifetime conservative rating:   59%


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.