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Keith Sebelius

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 10, 1916 in Almena, KS
Died: August 5, 1982 in Norton, KS

Education:

  • George Washington University, J.D., 1939
  • Fort Hays Kansas State College, A.B., 1941

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, World War II and Korea

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • KS Senate, 1962-1968


Election Results for Keith Sebelius


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1958 41 KS R U.S. House District 06 Primary 2 11,988 44.8%
1960 43 KS R U.S. House District 06 Primary 2 15,051 42.4%
1968 51 KS R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 29,400 48.3%
1968 51 KS R U.S. House District 01 General 1 87,012 51.5%
1970 53 KS R U.S. House District 01 General 1 83,923 56.8%
1972 55 KS R U.S. House District 01 General 1 145,712 77.2%
1974 57 KS R U.S. House District 01 General 1 101,565 58.4%
1976 59 KS R U.S. House District 01 General 1 142,311 73.1%
1978 61 KS R U.S. House District 01 General 1 131,037 100.0%


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



Ideology Data for Keith Sebelius


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
1969 52 House 89 0 82 2 R 60 30 89 0 85
1970 53 House 82 2 75 8 R 66 18 82 6 88
1971 54 House 85 5 80 12 R 77 12 91 12 94
1972 55 House 90 4 79 11 R 68 30 93 0 78
1973 56 House 88 7 80 15 R 71 26 94 8 64
1974 57 House 83 10 78 14 R 81 17 91 17 71
1975 58 House 87 7 85 11 R 65 30 94 17 88
1976 59 House 83 6 78 10 R 71 14 89 0 97
1977 60 House 83 6 76 10 D 32 53 85 5 95
1978 61 House 81 8 75 15 D 33 59 89 5 91
1979 62 House 81 8 78 11 D 28 57 85 5 86
1980 63 House 68 7 67 14 D 36 48 81 6 67
Lifetime conservative rating:   85%


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.