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Clark Thompson

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 6, 1896 in La Crosse, WI
Died: December 16, 1981 in Galveston, TX

Education:

  • Attended University of Oregon

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1918-1919, 1940-1942
  • U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, 1918-1940, 1942-1946

Career:

  • Insurance businessman, 1919-1920
  • Dry goods businessman, 1921-1930
  • Director of Tenneco, Inc.'s Washington D.C. office, 1968-1974


Election Results for Clark Thompson


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1946 49 TX D U.S. House District 09 Primary 3 16,364 26.7%
1947 50 TX D U.S. House District 09 Special 1 15,495 45.8%
1948 51 TX D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 58,797 100.0%
1948 51 TX D U.S. House District 09 General 1 55,606 100.0%
1950 53 TX D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 46,523 81.2%
1950 53 TX D U.S. House District 09 General 1 20,200 100.0%
1952 55 TX D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 31,183 40.3%
1952 55 TX D U.S. House District 09 Primary Runoff 1 29,808 50.1%
1952 55 TX D U.S. House District 09 General 1 96,217 100.0%
1954 57 TX D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 49,780 66.4%
1954 57 TX D U.S. House District 09 General 1 29,952 100.0%
1956 59 TX D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 65,844 81.1%
1956 59 TX D U.S. House District 09 General 1 88,467 100.0%
1958 61 TX D U.S. House District 09 General 1 36,012 100.0%
1960 63 TX D U.S. House District 09 General 1 98,586 94.0%
1962 65 TX D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 44,650 55.4%
1962 65 TX D U.S. House District 09 General 1 56,179 66.3%
1964 67 TX D U.S. House District 09 General 1 105,631 75.3%


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



Ideology Data for Clark Thompson


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
1947 50 House 5 0 D 7 0
1948 51 House 78 14 D 89 67
1949 52 House 76 20 D 92 77
1950 53 House 73 21 D 86 43
1951 54 House 72 18 D 85 46
1952 55 House 32 18 D 54 40
1953 56 House 68 32 R 59 94 64
1954 57 House 73 17 R 32 24 70 57
1955 58 House 84 16 R 66 32 96 70
1956 59 House 81 16 R 59 38 96 71
1957 60 House 73 25 R 43 52 96 22
1958 61 House 86 5 R 60 32 95 67
1959 62 House 73 27 92 6 R 35 63 97 67
1960 63 House 37 63 80 14 R 35 58 96 44
1961 64 House 39 61 86 12 D 83 14 94 60 21
1962 65 House 19 81 86 4 D 87 5 86 71 29
1963 66 House 40 33 77 7 D 76 7 82 73 27
1964 67 House 42 58 82 8 D 92 4 90 83 20
1965 68 House 12 41 51 3 D 64 5 60 64 27
1966 69 House 19 32 55 6 D 50 9 63 50 32
Lifetime conservative rating:   27%


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.