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B.F. Sisk

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 14, 1910 in Montague, TX
Died: October 25, 1995 in Fresno, CA

Education:

  • Attended Abilene Christian College, 1929-1931

Career:

  • Cotton farmer
  • Worked in food processing plant, 1937-1941
  • Worked for LeMoss-Smith Tire Co., 1945-1954


Election Results for B.F. Sisk


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1954 43 CA R U.S. House District 12 Primary 2 4,678 14.4%
1954 43 CA D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 41,452 65.7%
1954 43 CA D U.S. House District 12 General 1 63,911 53.8%
1956 45 CA R U.S. House District 12 Primary 2 14,611 45.0%
1956 45 CA D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 61,148 93.6%
1956 45 CA D U.S. House District 12 General 1 109,920 73.0%
1958 47 CA R U.S. House District 12 Primary 2 16,263 46.2%
1958 47 CA D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 68,270 94.6%
1958 47 CA D U.S. House District 12 General 1 112,702 81.1%
1960 49 CA D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 65,279 100.0%
1960 49 CA R (write-in) U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 4,475 80.0%
1960 49 CA D U.S. House District 12 General 1 141,974 99.9%
1962 51 CA D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 64,102 100.0%
1962 51 CA D U.S. House District 16 General 1 108,339 71.9%
1964 53 CA D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 73,256 100.0%
1964 53 CA D U.S. House District 16 General 1 117,727 66.8%
1966 55 CA D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 73,361 100.0%
1966 55 CA D U.S. House District 16 General 1 118,063 71.3%
1968 57 CA D U.S. House District 16 General 1 97,476 62.5%
1970 59 CA D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 48,368 100.0%
1970 59 CA D U.S. House District 16 General 1 95,118 66.4%
1972 61 CA D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 57,607 100.0%
1972 61 CA D U.S. House District 16 General 1 134,132 79.1%
1974 63 CA D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 50,338 100.0%
1974 63 CA D U.S. House District 15 General 1 80,897 72.0%
1976 65 CA D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 44,881 100.0%
1976 65 CA D U.S. House District 15 General 1 92,735 72.2%


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



Ideology Data for B.F. Sisk


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
1955 44 House 87 10 R 66 32 99 100
1956 45 House 84 9 R 65 32 96 100
1957 46 House 92 8 R 63 35 99 100
1958 47 House 81 16 R 72 24 96 92
1959 48 House 0 100 100 0 R 43 54 98 100
1960 49 House 0 100 92 4 R 53 40 96 100
1961 50 House 17 74 95 0 D 94 2 96 90 8
1962 51 House 0 88 95 0 D 88 2 87 100 0
1963 52 House 20 60 81 5 D 84 1 86 92 13
1964 53 House 25 75 89 3 D 90 2 87 92 6
1965 54 House 16 67 75 7 D 75 6 82 79 19
1966 55 House 8 70 71 4 D 66 7 73 76 4
1967 56 House 13 76 85 1 D 74 8 83 77 8
1968 57 House 22 61 62 6 D 73 5 68 75 4
1969 58 House 42 40 53 16 R 53 26 78 40 42
1970 59 House 34 52 69 21 R 57 28 89 50 25
1971 60 House 42 35 60 21 R 56 33 83 44 27
1972 61 House 41 49 70 20 R 54 35 84 50 44
1973 62 House 39 54 73 19 R 37 56 84 58 29
1974 63 House 34 55 75 16 R 47 40 88 55 12
1975 64 House 38 32 57 20 R 35 45 78 42* 33
1976 65 House 37 38 58 18 R 33 43 78 53 31
1977 66 House 51 32 59 26 D 57 27 83 39 31
1978 67 House 35 24 43 23 D 28 25 71 19 67
Lifetime conservative rating:   23%


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.