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Allen Smith

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 8, 1909 in Dixon, IL
Died: June 4, 1998 in Glendale, CA

Education:

  • Attended U.C.L.A.
  • University of Southern California, B.A., 1930, LL.B., 1933

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • FBI special agent, 1935-1942
  • Businessman

Elected Office:

  • CA Assembly, 1948-1956


Election Results for Allen Smith


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1956 46 CA R U.S. House District 20 General 1 85,459 70.8%
1958 48 CA R U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 44,288 93.8%
1958 48 CA D U.S. House District 20 Primary 2 6,128 21.9%
1958 48 CA R U.S. House District 20 General 1 72,311 65.9%
1960 50 CA R U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 48,982 100.0%
1960 50 CA R U.S. House District 20 General 1 90,214 70.1%
1962 52 CA R U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 67,389 100.0%
1962 52 CA R U.S. House District 20 General 1 119,938 70.6%
1964 54 CA R U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 80,839 100.0%
1964 54 CA R U.S. House District 20 General 1 132,402 67.9%
1966 56 CA R U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 77,786 100.0%
1966 56 CA R U.S. House District 20 General 1 128,896 73.4%
1968 58 CA R U.S. House District 20 General 1 136,238 69.4%
1970 60 CA R U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 73,859 100.0%
1970 60 CA R U.S. House District 20 General 1 116,437 69.1%


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



Ideology Data for Allen Smith


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
1957 47 House 92 5 R 33 53 90 11
1958 48 House 78 19 R 52 48 99 17
1959 49 House 100 0 92 2 R 65 26 92 11
1960 50 House 95 5 88 10 R 37 60 98 0
1961 51 House 83 0 81 9 D 22 71 91 0 90
1962 52 House 88 0 84 7 D 27 68 85 13 92
1963 53 House 87 7 89 5 D 20 73 91 8 88
1964 54 House 58 8 65 11 D 21 60 74 0 87
1965 55 House 94 2 83 4 D 30 60 91 0 100
1966 56 House 68 0 79 4 D 29 58 86 0 96
1967 57 House 85 4 78 3 D 37 46 81 0 100
1968 58 House 94 2 88 5 D 42 52 87 0 87
1969 59 House 84 4 80 7 R 57 32 89 0 86
1970 60 House 82 9 85 8 R 73 22 90 6 82
1971 61 House 70 12 69 14 R 61 19 84 9 100
1972 62 House 77 7 72 12 R 57 38 84 0 90
Lifetime conservative rating:   92%


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.