Election results and ideology ratings for Brent Spence -- RightDataUSA.com

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 24, 1874 in Newport, KY
Died: September 18, 1967 in Fort Thomas, KY

Election Results for Brent Spence

Year	Age	State	Party	Office	District	Stage	Pos	Votes	%
1936	61	KY	D	U.S. House	District 05	Primary	1	36,830	70.5%
1936	61	KY	D	U.S. House	District 05	General	1	57,842	66.7%

1938	63	KY	D	U.S. House	District 05	Primary	1	30,859	85.1%
1938	63	KY	D	U.S. House	District 05	General	1	28,383	68.4%

1940	65	KY	D	U.S. House	District 05	Primary	1	14,379	72.3%
1940	65	KY	D	U.S. House	District 05	General	1	51,954	61.2%

1942	67	KY	D	U.S. House	District 05	Primary	1	12,252	81.5%
1942	67	KY	D	U.S. House	District 05	General	1	18,510	53.5%

1944	69	KY	D	U.S. House	District 05	Primary	1	10,296	71.3%
1944	69	KY	D	U.S. House	District 05	General	1	45,228	58.0%

1946	71	KY	D	U.S. House	District 05	Primary	1	8,722	73.2%
1946	71	KY	D	U.S. House	District 05	General	1	26,444	51.2%

1948	73	KY	D	U.S. House	District 05	Primary	1	17,832	88.0%
1948	73	KY	D	U.S. House	District 05	General	1	47,518	66.2%

1950	75	KY	D	U.S. House	District 05	Primary	1	13,584	79.8%
1950	75	KY	D	U.S. House	District 05	General	1	33,920	63.3%

1952	77	KY	D	U.S. House	District 05	Primary	1	22,363	56.3%
1952	77	KY	D	U.S. House	District 05	General	1	78,431	55.4%

1954	79	KY	D	U.S. House	District 05	Primary	1	17,182	84.7%
1954	79	KY	D	U.S. House	District 05	General	1	63,640	61.0%

1956	81	KY	D	U.S. House	District 05	Primary	1	20,715	65.5%
1956	81	KY	D	U.S. House	District 05	General	1	59,391	55.9%

1958	83	KY	D	U.S. House	District 05	Primary	1	19,974	67.5%
1958	83	KY	D	U.S. House	District 05	General	1	34,919	71.9%

1960	85	KY	D	U.S. House	District 05	Primary	1	14,751	78.3%
1960	85	KY	D	U.S. House	District 05	General	1	63,555	55.4%

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

Ideology Data for Brent Spence

Year	Age	Body	Conservative Coalition		Party Unity		Presidential Support			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
Year	Age	Body					P			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
1937	62	House			83	14	D			94
1938	63	House			88	12	D			100
1939	64	House			88	9	D			97
1940	65	House			81	12	D			91
1941	66	House			83	15	D			95
1942	67	House			80	20	D			97
1943	68	House			85	13	D			93
1944	69	House			93	7	D			100
1945	70	House			92	6	D			95
1946	71	House			92	2	D			91
1947	72	House			89	8	D			98	100
1948	73	House			97	3	D			97	92
1949	74	House			95	5	D			100	92
1950	75	House			90	5	D			93	79
1951	76	House			94	0	D			96	92
1952	77	House			86	2	D			85	100
1953	78	House			68	21	R	53		92	91
1954	79	House			87	3	R	47	42	91	88
1955	80	House			77	0	R	54	29	84	100
1956	81	House			88	6	R	53	44	92	71
1957	82	House			76	10	R	62	37	90	56
1958	83	House			59	8	R	42	26	68	70
1959	84	House	27	45	85	0	R	33	50	82	78
1960	85	House	26	74	76	10	R	33	51	81	67
1961	86	House	35	65	84	5	D	83	11	94	80	14
1962	87	House	6	31	51	0	D	57	2	48	88	11
Lifetime conservative rating:												13%

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.