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Ewing Thomason

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 30, 1879 in Shelbyville, TN
Died: November 8, 1973 in El Paso, TX

Education:

  • Southwestern University, B.S., 1898
  • University of Texas, LL.B., 1900

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Cooke County prosecutor, 1902-1906
  • U.S. district judge for Western Texas, 1947-1973

Elected Office:

  • TX House, 1917-1921 (Speaker, 1920-1921)
  • Mayor of El Paso, 1927-1930


Election Results for Ewing Thomason


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 57 TX D U.S. House District 16 General 1 26,353 100.0%
1938 59 TX D U.S. House District 16 General 1 9,237 100.0%
1940 61 TX D U.S. House District 16 General 1 34,515 100.0%
1942 63 TX D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 23,442 88.1%
1942 63 TX D U.S. House District 16 General 1 6,612 100.0%
1944 65 TX D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 24,066 100.0%
1944 65 TX D U.S. House District 16 General 1 31,658 100.0%
1946 67 TX D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 23,948 73.6%
1946 67 TX D U.S. House District 16 General 1 8,114 100.0%


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



Ideology Data for Ewing Thomason


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 58 House 78 22 D 98
1938 59 House 98 0 D 92
1939 60 House 87 9 D 94
1940 61 House 83 12 D 95
1941 62 House 87 9 D 85
1942 63 House 60 30 D 94
1943 64 House 69 25 D 92
1944 65 House 77 23 D 98
1945 66 House 74 8 D 86
1946 67 House 80 18 D 94
1947 68 House 66 3 D 75 100


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.