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Morris Udall

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 15, 1922 in St. Johns, AZ
Died: December 12, 1998 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • University of Arizona, J.D., 1949

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1942-1946

Career:

  • Professional basketball player, 1948-1949
  • Lawyer
  • Pima County attorney, 1953-1954
  • Lecturer at University of Arizona, 1956-1957
  • Co-founder of Bank of Tucson and Catalina Savings & Loan

Other notes:

  • Brother of Stewart Udall, father of Mark Udall, uncle of Tom Udall, cousin of Gordon Smith


Election Results for Morris Udall


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1961 39 AZ D U.S. House District 02 Special Primary 1 22,937 58.8%
1961 39 AZ D U.S. House District 02 Special 1 51,304 51.0%
1962 40 AZ D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 46,727 100.0%
1962 40 AZ D U.S. House District 02 General 1 64,510 58.3%
1964 42 AZ D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 55,175 100.0%
1964 42 AZ D U.S. House District 02 General 1 86,499 58.7%
1966 44 AZ D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 42,961 100.0%
1966 44 AZ D U.S. House District 02 General 1 66,813 59.6%
1968 46 AZ D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 54,345 100.0%
1968 46 AZ D U.S. House District 02 General 1 102,301 70.3%
1970 48 AZ D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 42,823 100.0%
1970 48 AZ D U.S. House District 02 General 1 86,760 69.0%
1972 50 AZ D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 46,839 100.0%
1972 50 AZ D U.S. House District 02 General 1 97,616 63.5%
1974 52 AZ D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 40,361 100.0%
1974 52 AZ D U.S. House District 02 General 1 84,491 62.0%
1976 54 AZ D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 52,509 78.7%
1976 54 AZ D U.S. House District 02 General 1 106,054 58.2%
1978 56 AZ D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 31,301 100.0%
1978 56 AZ D U.S. House District 02 General 1 67,878 52.5%
1980 58 AZ D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 43,448 100.0%
1980 58 AZ D U.S. House District 02 General 1 127,736 58.1%
1982 60 AZ D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 29,391 100.0%
1982 60 AZ D U.S. House District 02 General 1 73,468 70.9%
1984 62 AZ D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 30,587 85.7%
1984 62 AZ D U.S. House District 02 General 1 106,332 87.7%
1986 64 AZ D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 29,798 72.8%
1986 64 AZ D U.S. House District 02 General 1 77,239 73.3%
1988 66 AZ D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 34,350 100.0%
1988 66 AZ D U.S. House District 02 General 1 99,895 73.3%
1990 68 AZ D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 35,738 99.9%
1990 68 AZ D U.S. House District 02 General 1 76,549 65.9%


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



Ideology Data for Morris Udall


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 39 House 12 88 90 7 D 89 7 94 100 8
1962 40 House 25 75 84 14 D 90 7 96 63 20
1963 41 House 13 87 93 5 D 96 3 98 75 6
1964 42 House 8 92 90 5 D 88 2 88 100 0
1965 43 House 10 86 85 7 D 80 9 90 74 18
1966 44 House 3 84 90 1 D 81 6 84 82 8
1967 45 House 7 81 82 4 D 76 9 82 93 0
1968 46 House 8 78 79 5 D 83 6 87 92 0
1969 47 House 11 82 85 13 R 64 34 92 71 7
1970 48 House 11 77 75 14 R 62 26 89 87 18
1971 49 House 5 82 85 3 R 23 63 85 88 0
1972 50 House 5 88 85 7 R 43 41 85 100 11
1973 51 House 19 74 82 12 R 38 57 91 84 8
1974 52 House 9 70 78 7 R 42 45 85 83 6
1975 53 House 8 35 44 2 R 11 31 47 47* 0
1976 54 House 3 44 50 1 R 16 41 47 100 0
1977 55 House 10 85 88 6 D 75 18 89 89 3
1978 56 House 14 80 81 10 D 71 15 87 70 9
1979 57 House 22 68 81 10 D 75 17 88 74 11
1980 58 House 19 58 72 7 D 63 19 83 79 9
1981 59 House 39 59 76 16 R 51 41 90 79 17
1982 60 House 29 62 86 7 R 38 56 90 85 5
1983 61 House 22 69 86 5 R 24 71 92 90 0
1984 62 House 22 69 85 7 R 31 59 89 85 15
1985 63 House 16 75 84 4 R 16 73 89 94 0
1986 64 House 18 76 89 4 R 19 77 93 85 5
1987 65 House 28 70 90 4 R 17 78 94 92 0
1988 66 House 13 74 78 4 R 21 63 86 94 13
1989 67 House 12 80 79 5 R 29 60 85 100 16
1990 68 House 24 69 76 7 R 22 73 85 89 4
1991 69 House 2 0 R 0 3 1 0 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   7%


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.