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William Tuck

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 28, 1896 near High Hill, VA
Died: June 9, 1983 in South Boston, VA

Education:

  • Attended the College of William & Mary
  • Washington and Lee University, 1921

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1918-1919

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • VA House, 1924-1932
  • VA Senate, 1932-1942
  • VA Lt. Governor, 1942-1946


Election Results for William Tuck


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1945 48 VA D Governor Primary 1 97,304 70.1%
1945 48 VA D Governor General 1 112,355 66.6%
1953 56 VA D U.S. House District 05 Special 1 16,693 57.8%
1954 57 VA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 13,042 99.9%
1956 59 VA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 39,771 67.4%
1958 61 VA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 26,322 100.0%
1960 63 VA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 30,154 98.9%
1962 65 VA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 13,827 99.8%
1964 67 VA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 39,867 63.5%
1966 69 VA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 32,312 56.2%


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



Ideology Data for William Tuck


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
1953 56 House 29 39 R 58 62 33
1954 57 House 53 43 R 39 53 93 22
1955 58 House 45 45 R 41 51 93 20
1956 59 House 56 31 R 44 50 90 0
1957 60 House 42 58 R 35 65 99 0
1958 61 House 32 59 R 38 56 90 9
1959 62 House 100 0 40 60 R 54 41 95 0
1960 63 House 89 0 31 57 R 49 44 90 0
1961 64 House 96 4 34 66 D 37 58 95 0 87
1962 65 House 88 0 35 60 D 45 48 94 0 67
1963 66 House 93 0 28 65 D 32 61 94 8 94
1964 67 House 100 0 18 81 D 35 65 98 0 100
1965 68 House 98 0 13 79 D 31 60 92 0 100
1966 69 House 89 0 8 84 D 30 62 91 0 96
1967 70 House 94 0 9 81 D 32 52 86 0 100
1968 71 House 86 0 12 67 D 43 49 88 0 100
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.