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Herman Talmadge

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 9, 1913 near McRae, GA
Died: March 21, 2002 in Hampton, GA

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1941-1945

Other notes:

  • Denounced by the Senate in 1979 for financial misconduct


Election Results for Herman Talmadge


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1948 34 GA D Governor Special 1 354,712 97.5%
1948 34 GA D Governor Special Primary 1 357,865 51.8%
1950 36 GA D Governor Primary 1 287,637 49.3%
1950 36 GA D Governor General 1 230,771 98.4%
1956 42 GA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 498,327 80.3%
1956 42 GA D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 541,094 100.0%
1962 48 GA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 673,782 88.0%
1962 48 GA D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 306,250 100.0%
1968 54 GA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 697,915 77.1%
1968 54 GA D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 885,103 77.5%
1974 60 GA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 523,133 81.5%
1974 60 GA D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 627,376 71.7%
1980 66 GA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 432,215 42.0%
1980 66 GA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary Runoff 1 559,615 58.6%
1980 66 GA D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 2 776,143 49.1%


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



Ideology Data for Herman Talmadge


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 43 Senate 74 11 R 40 47 92 25
1958 44 Senate 64 24 R 35 54 86 25
1959 45 Senate 92 2 55 43 R 46 51 97 8
1960 46 Senate 80 7 42 41 R 37 52 86 8
1961 47 Senate 92 6 40 54 D 41 56 96 10 79
1962 48 Senate 88 9 53 35 D 52 39 90 0 81
1963 49 Senate 93 5 56 40 D 40 48 92 18 81
1964 50 Senate 80 12 49 38 D 52 34 89 11 50
1965 51 Senate 85 5 32 53 D 38 45 84 14 92
1966 52 Senate 86 7 34 53 D 46 45 87 0 59
1967 53 Senate 71 4 33 39 D 52 27 75 10 100
1968 54 Senate 59 11 29 28 D 28 46 69 0 76
1969 55 Senate 90 6 39 53 R 47 39 93 6 57
1970 56 Senate 86 7 34 56 R 64 30 93 0 81
1971 57 Senate 88 8 51 43 R 57 41 92 22 60
1972 58 Senate 89 8 34 62 R 67 22 95 10 82
1973 59 Senate 85 11 43 49 R 50 43 89 20 73
1974 60 Senate 84 8 32 57 R 63 34 87 16 43
1975 61 Senate 81 13 39 53 R 54 35 92 6* 61
1976 62 Senate 77 7 24 62 R 49 32 84 25 54
1977 63 Senate 71 11 38 46 D 67 28 85 22 54
1978 64 Senate 75 18 45 45 D 51 38 88 40 39
1979 65 Senate 62 11 47 29 D 50 30 75 21 39
1980 66 Senate 43 8 26 24 D 32 23 49 50 50
Lifetime conservative rating:   63%


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.