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Garner Shriver

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 6, 1912 in Towanda, KS
Died: March 1, 1998 in Wichita, KS

Education:

  • University of Wichita, B.A., 1934
  • Washburn Law School, LL.B., 1940, J.D., 1970

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1943-1946

Career:

  • High school teacher, 1936-1937
  • Lawyer
  • Counsel to Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, 1977-1982

Elected Office:

  • KS House, 1947-1951
  • KS Senate, 1953-1960


Election Results for Garner Shriver


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1960 47 KS R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 41,321 71.1%
1960 47 KS R U.S. House District 04 General 1 119,275 55.2%
1962 49 KS R U.S. House District 04 General 1 72,712 66.9%
1964 51 KS R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 40,093 89.3%
1964 51 KS R U.S. House District 04 General 1 84,800 59.4%
1966 53 KS R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 27,768 89.1%
1966 53 KS R U.S. House District 04 General 1 86,944 68.7%
1968 55 KS R U.S. House District 04 General 1 101,991 64.7%
1970 57 KS R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 34,311 93.0%
1970 57 KS R U.S. House District 04 General 1 85,058 63.2%
1972 59 KS R U.S. House District 04 General 1 120,120 73.2%
1974 61 KS R U.S. House District 04 General 1 70,401 48.8%
1976 63 KS R U.S. House District 04 General 2 86,832 48.5%


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



Ideology Data for Garner Shriver


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
1961 48 House 96 4 83 17 D 42 58 100 0 87
1962 49 House 94 0 81 9 D 47 50 91 0 79
1963 50 House 80 7 81 10 D 37 56 90 0 94
1964 51 House 92 0 79 10 D 40 54 88 15 88
1965 52 House 86 12 75 19 D 45 46 94 6 94
1966 53 House 76 5 81 10 D 39 51 89 0 81
1967 54 House 85 11 76 20 D 53 44 95 13 86
1968 55 House 71 22 71 17 D 58 32 91 0 82
1969 56 House 80 13 73 20 R 72 26 93 7 53
1970 57 House 82 7 71 22 R 82 15 93 13 76
1971 58 House 89 10 79 18 R 89 11 97 6 80
1972 59 House 91 6 79 19 R 73 27 95 0 60
1973 60 House 80 16 70 27 R 69 26 93 8 64
1974 61 House 71 19 73 21 R 75 17 93 23 63
1975 62 House 80 10 71 18 R 64 25 86 6 82
1976 63 House 80 14 76 20 R 73 22 94 11 76
Lifetime conservative rating:   78%


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.