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Burt Talcott

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 22, 1920 in Billings, MT
Died: July 29, 2016 in Tacoma, WA

Education:

  • Stanford University, 1942, Law School, 1948

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Air Corps, 1942-1945 (bomber pilot)
  • On a mission over Austria was shot down, wounded, and held for fourteen months in a German prison camp
  • Awarded the Air Medal and Purple Heart with clusters

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • President and consultant for legislative affairs, Talcott, McCabe & Assoc., 1977-1986
  • Veterans Administrator for congressional affairs, 1986

Elected Office:

  • Monterey County supervisor, 1954-1962


Election Results for Burt Talcott


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1962 42 CA R U.S. House District 12 General 1 75,424 61.3%
1964 44 CA R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 50,513 100.0%
1964 44 CA D (write-in) U.S. House District 12 Primary 3 3,950 8.0%
1964 44 CA R U.S. House District 12 General 1 93,112 61.9%
1966 46 CA R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 50,806 93.9%
1966 46 CA D (write-in) U.S. House District 12 Primary 3 4,131 9.4%
1966 46 CA R U.S. House District 12 General 1 108,070 77.2%
1968 48 CA R,D U.S. House District 12 General 1 143,222 92.6%
1970 50 CA R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 53,299 100.0%
1970 50 CA R U.S. House District 12 General 1 95,549 63.6%
1972 52 CA R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 53,657 100.0%
1972 52 CA R U.S. House District 12 General 1 105,556 54.0%
1974 54 CA R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 41,169 100.0%
1974 54 CA R U.S. House District 16 General 1 76,356 49.2%
1976 56 CA R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 51,748 100.0%
1976 56 CA R U.S. House District 16 General 2 91,160 46.6%


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



Ideology Data for Burt Talcott


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
1963 43 House 73 13 72 5 D 24 49 81 0 100
1964 44 House 92 8 79 15 D 40 54 90 8 81
1965 45 House 94 0 88 3 D 33 57 91 6 94
1966 46 House 86 3 68 9 D 33 46 79 6 84
1967 47 House 89 2 88 6 D 44 51 93 7 93
1968 48 House 67 25 77 11 D 48 42 84 0 78
1969 49 House 71 13 71 16 R 64 28 90 7 53
1970 50 House 77 7 78 15 R 74 14 84 22 65
1971 51 House 85 9 77 12 R 79 16 85 10 80
1972 52 House 67 4 63 10 R 65 11 77 6 70
1973 53 House 70 10 68 13 R 62 24 84 0 95
1974 54 House 76 11 75 17 R 74 15 87 13 62
1975 55 House 82 11 79 13 R 71 22 90 5* 88
1976 56 House 76 10 68 18 R 65 25 86 11 69
Lifetime conservative rating:   80%


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.