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Armistead Selden

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 20, 1921 in Greensboro, AL
Died: November 14, 1985 in Birmingham. AL

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1942-1946
  • U.S. Naval Reserve

Elected Office:

  • AL House, 1951-1952

Other notes:

  • Changed party affiliation from Democrat to Republican (date unknown)


Election Results for Armistead Selden


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1952 31 AL D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 12,976 51.5%
1952 31 AL D U.S. House District 06 General 1 24,058 100.0%
1954 33 AL D U.S. House District 06 General 1 18,753 100.0%
1956 35 AL D U.S. House District 06 General 1 22,513 100.0%
1958 37 AL D U.S. House District 06 General 1 18,557 100.0%
1960 39 AL D U.S. House District 06 General 1 23,245 100.0%
1962 41 AL D U.S. House At-Large District General 2 295,882 66.4%
1964 43 AL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 42,784 53.0%
1966 45 AL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 68,486 100.0%
1968 47 AL D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 2 190,283 35.5%
1968 47 AL D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary Runoff 2 192,448 49.5%
1980 59 AL R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 2 41,825 36.2%


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



Ideology Data for Armistead Selden


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
1953 32 House 79 21 R 44 99 45
1954 33 House 80 20 R 55 45 100 56
1955 34 House 55 42 R 41 56 97 40
1956 35 House 81 19 R 65 35 100 71
1957 36 House 73 27 R 43 57 100 33
1958 37 House 65 35 R 54 46 100 50
1959 38 House 100 0 85 15 R 37 63 100 33
1960 39 House 95 5 57 43 R 40 60 98 56
1961 40 House 96 4 69 31 D 75 25 99 20 53
1962 41 House 63 19 54 26 D 50 20 78 38 64
1963 42 House 73 20 62 31 D 62 31 92 17 69
1964 43 House 75 17 32 45 D 38 48 76 0 92
1965 44 House 90 10 30 69 D 42 52 96 0 88
1966 45 House 68 14 28 64 D 46 45 94 0 81
1967 46 House 85 15 31 69 D 50 47 97 13 93
1968 47 House 53 8 26 38 D 33 22 54 11 71
Lifetime conservative rating:   77%


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.