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Robert Sikes

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 3, 1906 in Isabella, GA
Died: September 28, 1994 in Crestview, FL

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, World War II

Elected Office:

  • FL House, 1936-1940

Other notes:

  • Reprimanded by the U.S. House of Representatives on July 29, 1976, for improper financial disclosure and conflict of interest


Election Results for Robert Sikes


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1940 34 FL D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 25,369 32.8%
1940 34 FL D U.S. House District 03 Primary Runoff 1 44,148 52.4%
1940 34 FL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 36,573 100.0%
1942 36 FL D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 37,641 75.3%
1942 36 FL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 11,739 100.0%
1944 38 FL D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 37,957 55.9%
1944 38 FL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 51,693 100.0%
1946 40 FL D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 39,491 64.7%
1946 40 FL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 18,455 100.0%
1948 42 FL D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 60,652 75.4%
1948 42 FL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 30,730 100.0%
1950 44 FL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 24,548 100.0%
1952 46 FL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 74,909 100.0%
1954 48 FL D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 76,726 87.7%
1954 48 FL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 27,013 100.0%
1956 50 FL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 86,272 89.6%
1958 52 FL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 27,855 100.0%
1960 54 FL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 95,062 100.0%
1962 56 FL D U.S. House District 01 General 1 35,781 81.9%
1964 58 FL D U.S. House District 01 General 1 74,615 97.9%
1966 60 FL D U.S. House District 01 General 1 55,547 95.1%
1968 62 FL D U.S. House District 01 General 1 116,215 84.7%
1970 64 FL D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 66,182 77.4%
1970 64 FL D U.S. House District 01 General 1 88,744 80.2%
1972 66 FL D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 93,064 80.7%
1972 66 FL D U.S. House District 01 General 1 0 0.0%
1974 68 FL D U.S. House District 01 General 1 0 0.0%
1976 70 FL D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 85,473 73.1%
1976 70 FL D U.S. House District 01 General 1 0 0.0%


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



Ideology Data for Robert Sikes


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
1941 35 House 65 7 D 79
1942 36 House 35 25 D 68
1943 37 House 65 23 D 82
1944 38 House 47 13 D 63
1945 39 House 60 8 D 55
1946 40 House 39 41 D 78
1947 41 House 82 16 D 88 67
1948 42 House 69 14 D 68 64
1949 43 House 61 26 D 82 54
1950 44 House 62 27 D 84 43
1951 45 House 58 31 D 71 8
1952 46 House 52 20 D 58 33
1953 47 House 71 16 R 54 80 50
1954 48 House 63 27 R 39 37 75 44
1955 49 House 74 26 R 51 39 92 40
1956 50 House 78 16 R 38 53 88 29
1957 51 House 64 22 R 32 48 83 33
1958 52 House 68 32 R 44 54 98 36
1959 53 House 82 9 54 21 R 19 56 71 33
1960 54 House 42 58 76 22 R 33 65 95 33
1961 55 House 78 13 60 40 D 68 26 94 20 57
1962 56 House 63 0 54 30 D 58 27 80 14 50
1963 57 House 73 7 52 26 D 59 23 81 33 60
1964 58 House 100 0 47 44 D 56 35 88 33 63
1965 59 House 82 8 37 51 D 53 38 92 0 75
1966 60 House 84 5 46 49 D 54 35 88 0 70
1967 61 House 74 7 46 43 D 52 32 84 0 100
1968 62 House 69 14 45 41 D 54 32 85 25 52
1969 63 House 80 9 27 51 R 57 30 84 0 79
1970 64 House 77 0 36 46 R 43 32 81 13 67
1971 65 House 73 4 26 46 R 61 18 80 6 100
1972 66 House 80 7 24 63 R 54 35 88 13 70
1973 67 House 87 8 35 56 R 58 33 88 4 73
1974 68 House 80 7 31 53 R 55 36 86 0* 58
1975 69 House 75 8 33 51 R 48 37 85 11 69
1976 70 House 66 10 34 44 R 51 35 79 6 73
1977 71 House 81 10 38 52 D 48 41 90 10 65
1978 72 House 74 13 39 46 D 38 42 87 10 71
Lifetime conservative rating:   69%


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.