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Roy Taylor

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 31, 1910 in Vader, WA
Died: November 28, 1995 in Black Mountain, NC

Education:

  • Asheville-Biltmore College, 1929
  • Maryville College, 1931
  • Asheville University Law School, J.D., 1936

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1943-1946

Elected Office:

  • NC House, 1947-1949, 1951-1953


Election Results for Roy Taylor


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1960 50 NC D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 21,379 49.9%
1960 50 NC D U.S. House District 12 Special 1 28,744 98.6%
1960 50 NC D U.S. House District 12 General 1 61,170 52.0%
1962 52 NC D U.S. House District 11 General 1 70,791 55.2%
1964 54 NC D U.S. House District 11 General 1 85,880 60.5%
1966 56 NC D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 57,705 91.2%
1966 56 NC D U.S. House District 11 General 1 72,855 52.8%
1968 58 NC D U.S. House District 11 General 1 91,477 57.1%
1970 60 NC D U.S. House District 11 General 1 90,199 67.0%
1972 62 NC D U.S. House District 11 General 1 94,465 59.6%
1974 64 NC D U.S. House District 11 General 1 89,163 66.0%


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



Ideology Data for Roy 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
1961 51 House 78 22 64 34 D 75 25 98 60 47
1962 52 House 94 0 47 46 D 58 37 94 25 64
1963 53 House 73 7 40 38 D 51 39 84 42 73
1964 54 House 92 0 55 44 D 63 29 96 31 67
1965 55 House 90 10 40 56 D 50 42 90 0 94
1966 56 House 76 14 26 60 D 48 42 85 6 65
1967 57 House 94 2 27 66 D 49 47 96 0 100
1968 58 House 88 8 33 61 D 61 34 93 8 70
1969 59 House 87 7 33 58 R 45 43 92 13 80
1970 60 House 84 16 50 50 R 60 35 99 17 67
1971 61 House 71 15 37 54 R 61 23 89 27 57
1972 62 House 88 11 28 71 R 70 30 99 19 60
1973 63 House 80 18 46 52 R 50 48 98 20 44
1974 64 House 87 12 35 63 R 58 42 99 17 48
1975 65 House 81 17 40 58 R 51 49 98 21 69
1976 66 House 85 15 43 54 R 63 31 97 15 67
Lifetime conservative rating:   66%


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.