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Gene Taylor

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 10, 1928 near Sarcoxie, MO
Died: October 27, 1998 in Springfield, MO

Education:

  • Attended Southwest Missouri State College, 1945-1947

Military Service:

  • MO National Guard, 1948-1949

Career:

  • Automobile dealer, 1958-1973
  • Member of RNC, 1966-1972

Elected Office:

  • Mayor of Sarcoxie, 1954-1960


Election Results for Gene Taylor


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1972 44 MO R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 41,756 50.0%
1972 44 MO R U.S. House District 07 General 1 132,780 63.7%
1974 46 MO R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 40,997 76.5%
1974 46 MO R U.S. House District 07 General 1 79,787 52.3%
1976 48 MO R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 59,825 100.0%
1976 48 MO R U.S. House District 07 General 1 133,656 62.0%
1978 50 MO R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 60,345 100.0%
1978 50 MO R U.S. House District 07 General 1 104,566 61.2%
1980 52 MO R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 71,052 100.0%
1980 52 MO R U.S. House District 07 General 1 161,668 67.8%
1982 54 MO R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 58,631 100.0%
1982 54 MO R U.S. House District 07 General 1 91,391 50.5%
1984 56 MO R U.S. House District 07 General 1 164,586 69.6%
1986 58 MO R U.S. House District 07 General 1 114,210 67.0%


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



Ideology Data for Gene Taylor


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
1973 45 House 76 5 77 9 R 60 31 78 5 86
1974 46 House 89 4 81 10 R 66 28 90 4* 85
1975 47 House 94 2 85 9 R 58 35 94 0* 94
1976 48 House 96 3 91 9 R 73 25 97 0 100
1977 49 House 94 2 91 6 D 29 66 96 0 100
1978 50 House 96 4 86 12 D 26 74 96 10 92
1979 51 House 94 1 86 7 D 26 66 91 0 97
1980 52 House 92 3 86 8 D 29 67 93 11 89
1981 53 House 91 4 86 13 R 71 25 93 0 100
1982 54 House 89 5 87 9 R 65 29 95 0 100
1983 55 House 91 6 81 14 R 70 26 92 0 100
1984 56 House 90 5 75 19 R 64 32 94 5 91
1985 57 House 89 9 76 18 R 66 29 94 10 79
1986 58 House 82 14 65 29 R 68 23 95 5 91
1987 59 House 95 5 66 25 R 62 33 92 8 86
1988 60 House 74 3 58 23 R 45 31 76 6 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   94%


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.