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Richard Russell

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 2, 1897 in Winder, GA
Died: January 21, 1971 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • University of Georgia Law School, 1918

Military Service:

  • U.S. Naval Reserve, 1918

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • GA House, 1921-1931 (Speaker, 1927-1931)


Election Results for Richard Russell


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 38 GA D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 256,154 65.5%
1936 38 GA D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 263,468 100.0%
1942 44 GA D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 232,084 80.6%
1942 44 GA D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 59,870 96.9%
1948 50 GA D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 703,048 100.0%
1948 50 GA D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 362,104 99.9%
1954 56 GA D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 619,129 100.0%
1954 56 GA D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 333,917 100.0%
1960 62 GA D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 560,256 100.0%
1960 62 GA D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 576,140 99.9%
1966 68 GA D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 596,209 90.6%
1966 68 GA D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 622,043 99.9%


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



Ideology Data for Richard Russell


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 47 Senate 57 17 D 67
1946 48 Senate 55 31 D 81
1947 49 Senate 80 15 D 91 70
1948 50 Senate 75 16 D 94 57
1949 51 Senate 57 33 D 89 21
1950 52 Senate 63 32 D 89 13
1951 53 Senate 73 10 D 78 64
1952 54 Senate 38 4 D 43 17
1953 55 Senate 48 29 R 46 75 40
1954 56 Senate 72 15 R 23 66 84 38
1955 57 Senate 50 15 R 48 38 80 11
1956 58 Senate 55 30 R 29 54 81 36
1957 59 Senate 74 18 R 46 53 95 17
1958 60 Senate 63 30 R 40 53 91 18
1959 61 Senate 85 2 33 46 R 41 39 84 8
1960 62 Senate 80 9 38 41 R 31 45 72 0
1961 63 Senate 94 0 28 61 D 31 61 89 10 85
1962 64 Senate 85 6 48 28 D 37 42 76 8 67
1963 65 Senate 84 5 38 44 D 30 50 79 6 94
1964 66 Senate 80 12 38 42 D 43 41 84 17 73
1965 67 Senate 62 5 16 40 D 20 30 52 8 67
1966 68 Senate 86 1 23 57 D 32 44 80 5 72
1967 69 Senate 48 5 17 35 D 35 27 60 9 89
1968 70 Senate 83 7 31 51 D 34 48 78 0 86
1969 71 Senate 58 12 28 35 R 42 36 62 17 64
1970 72 Senate 35 5 13 22 R 26 14 31 8 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   80%


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.