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Tom Steed

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 2, 1904 in Rising Star, TX
Died: June 8, 1983 in Shawnee, OK

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1942-1944

Career:

  • Newspaper editor


Election Results for Tom Steed


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1948 44 OK D U.S. House District 04 Primary 2 11,004 23.8%
1948 44 OK D U.S. House District 04 Primary Runoff 1 26,426 68.1%
1948 44 OK D U.S. House District 04 General 1 53,419 72.1%
1950 46 OK D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 34,912 65.8%
1950 46 OK D U.S. House District 04 General 1 43,838 68.1%
1952 48 OK D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 33,628 76.2%
1952 48 OK D U.S. House District 04 General 1 67,024 58.7%
1954 50 OK D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 45,802 85.5%
1954 50 OK D U.S. House District 04 General 1 43,915 100.0%
1956 52 OK D U.S. House District 04 General 1 57,416 61.1%
1958 54 OK D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 37,337 65.4%
1958 54 OK D U.S. House District 04 General 1 43,837 74.1%
1960 56 OK D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 33,315 66.3%
1960 56 OK D U.S. House District 04 General 1 54,181 60.7%
1962 58 OK D U.S. House District 04 General 1 66,000 100.0%
1964 60 OK D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 50,720 78.9%
1964 60 OK D U.S. House District 04 General 1 98,419 100.0%
1966 62 OK D U.S. House District 04 General 1 36,719 50.2%
1968 64 OK D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 47,303 66.6%
1968 64 OK D U.S. House District 04 General 1 67,352 53.6%
1970 66 OK D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 51,554 74.9%
1970 66 OK D U.S. House District 04 General 1 67,743 63.7%
1972 68 OK D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 47,970 87.6%
1972 68 OK D U.S. House District 04 General 1 85,578 71.3%
1974 70 OK D U.S. House District 04 General 1 0 0.0%
1976 72 OK D U.S. House District 04 General 1 116,425 74.9%
1978 74 OK D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 55,641 65.5%
1978 74 OK D U.S. House District 04 General 1 62,993 60.3%


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



Ideology Data for Tom Steed


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
1949 45 House 74 20 D 93 77
1950 46 House 70 15 D 82 57
1951 47 House 84 15 D 94 46
1952 48 House 50 25 D 76 29
1953 49 House 76 21 R 45 93 45
1954 50 House 80 13 R 47 47 96 44
1955 51 House 68 19 R 51 32 89 67
1956 52 House 81 13 R 56 41 92 71
1957 53 House 75 17 R 50 35 86 50
1958 54 House 73 8 R 54 20 80 55
1959 55 House 73 18 81 15 R 30 63 90 56
1960 56 House 11 53 55 6 R 26 42 63 71
1961 57 House 43 48 74 12 D 75 14 84 89 7
1962 58 House 56 44 68 25 D 70 25 84 38 20
1963 59 House 47 47 81 12 D 76 11 84 80 31
1964 60 House 50 42 66 18 D 79 8 81 83 14
1965 61 House 39 35 56 22 D 71 18 81 39 53
1966 62 House 49 32 59 24 D 61 17 80 40 42
1967 63 House 48 44 72 21 D 70 20 88 38 43
1968 64 House 57 35 60 30 D 63 31 88 33 35
1969 65 House 64 18 36 36 R 43 34 82 20 57
1970 66 House 66 23 57 38 R 69 29 92 19 56
1971 67 House 68 20 48 36 R 61 28 86 26 50
1972 68 House 65 21 42 45 R 57 38 91 23 70
1973 69 House 73 26 53 42 R 48 46 93 32 40
1974 70 House 78 18 42 53 R 81 15 93 9 68
1975 71 House 65 25 48 40 R 46 46 91 26 51
1976 72 House 63 25 52 38 R 47 43 89 37 48
1977 73 House 58 33 61 31 D 53 38 92 21 40
1978 74 House 59 37 60 34 D 47 44 91 20 61
1979 75 House 55 36 67 24 D 68 26 89 44 29
1980 76 House 38 40 68 15 D 60 23 76 61 22
Lifetime conservative rating:   42%


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.