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Albert Thomas

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 12, 1898 in Nacogdoches, TX
Died: February 15, 1966 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Rice Institute, 1920
  • University of Texas Law School, 1926

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, World War I

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Nacogdoches County attorney, 1927-1930
  • Assistant U.S. Attorney for Southern TX, 1930-1936


Election Results for Albert Thomas


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 38 TX D U.S. House District 08 General 1 61,616 91.8%
1938 40 TX D U.S. House District 08 General 1 36,989 98.3%
1940 42 TX D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 53,614 75.1%
1940 42 TX D U.S. House District 08 General 1 89,796 94.8%
1942 44 TX D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 52,312 87.2%
1942 44 TX D U.S. House District 08 General 1 31,038 96.9%
1944 46 TX D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 32,837 62.1%
1944 46 TX D U.S. House District 08 General 1 90,963 92.3%
1946 48 TX D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 54,511 68.1%
1946 48 TX D U.S. House District 08 General 1 42,163 90.8%
1948 50 TX D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 68,706 70.2%
1948 50 TX D U.S. House District 08 General 1 100,721 85.5%
1950 52 TX D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 83,610 100.0%
1950 52 TX D U.S. House District 08 General 1 19,068 77.8%
1952 54 TX D U.S. House District 08 General 1 200,608 100.0%
1954 56 TX D U.S. House District 08 General 1 60,374 62.1%
1956 58 TX D U.S. House District 08 General 1 137,950 60.4%
1958 60 TX D U.S. House District 08 General 1 33,393 88.2%
1960 62 TX D U.S. House District 08 General 1 76,767 68.6%
1962 64 TX D U.S. House District 08 General 1 51,285 71.5%
1964 66 TX D U.S. House District 08 General 1 103,595 76.8%
1966 68 TX D U.S. House District 08 Primary 2 9,418 24.5%


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



Ideology Data for Albert Thomas


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
1937 39 House 81 17 D 96
1938 40 House 95 5 D 98
1939 41 House 90 7 D 96
1940 42 House 90 9 D 98
1941 43 House 83 13 D 98
1942 44 House 70 20 D 88
1943 45 House 81 15 D 90
1944 46 House 90 10 D 95
1945 47 House 80 8 D 87
1946 48 House 77 13 D 88
1947 49 House 61 29 D 90 60
1948 50 House 83 8 D 94 85
1949 51 House 85 11 D 97 85
1950 52 House 63 30 D 91 36
1951 53 House 81 10 D 90 91
1952 54 House 55 41 D 96 46
1953 55 House 42 53 R 52 94 36
1954 56 House 57 43 R 43 47 96 33
1955 57 House 65 35 R 65 35 97 40
1956 58 House 72 25 R 53 41 95 29
1957 59 House 53 36 R 28 63 93 0
1958 60 House 76 22 R 48 48 97 67
1959 61 House 45 36 79 19 R 30 67 91 50
1960 62 House 16 79 80 8 R 35 60 91 50
1961 63 House 17 78 88 7 D 89 6 91 80 21
1962 64 House 25 63 86 7 D 83 10 90 75 17
1963 65 House 13 67 88 2 D 80 4 84 91 7
1964 66 House 33 58 81 6 D 83 6 86 83 13
1965 67 House 8 16 30 1 D 38 2 35 64 30
Lifetime conservative rating:   17%


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.