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Al Ullman

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 9, 1914 in Great Falls, MT
Died: October 11, 1986 in Bethesda, MD

Education:

  • Whitman College, 1935
  • Columbia University, M.A., 1939

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1942-1945
  • U.S. Naval Reserve

Career:

  • School teacher, 1935-1937
  • Businessman


Election Results for Al Ullman


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1954 40 OR D U.S. House District 02 General 2 39,475 47.4%
1956 42 OR D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 24,470 74.1%
1956 42 OR D U.S. House District 02 General 1 53,219 50.7%
1958 44 OR D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 26,601 99.9%
1958 44 OR D U.S. House District 02 General 1 50,167 61.6%
1960 46 OR D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 34,453 99.9%
1960 46 OR D U.S. House District 02 General 1 62,690 59.6%
1962 48 OR D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 25,543 99.8%
1962 48 OR D U.S. House District 02 General 1 53,335 64.0%
1964 50 OR D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 34,843 100.0%
1964 50 OR D U.S. House District 02 General 1 70,136 68.1%
1966 52 OR D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 46,171 85.7%
1966 52 OR D U.S. House District 02 General 1 94,346 63.3%
1968 54 OR D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 64,390 100.0%
1968 54 OR D U.S. House District 02 General 1 114,232 63.9%
1970 56 OR D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 46,940 100.0%
1970 56 OR D U.S. House District 02 General 1 100,943 71.2%
1972 58 OR D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 69,928 99.9%
1972 58 OR D U.S. House District 02 General 1 178,537 99.9%
1974 60 OR D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 56,225 81.2%
1974 60 OR D U.S. House District 02 General 1 140,963 78.1%
1976 62 OR D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 77,086 99.6%
1976 62 OR D U.S. House District 02 General 1 173,313 72.0%
1978 64 OR D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 56,166 100.0%
1978 64 OR D U.S. House District 02 General 1 152,099 69.1%
1980 66 OR D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 49,250 54.6%
1980 66 OR D U.S. House District 02 General 2 138,089 47.5%


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



Ideology Data for Al Ullman


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
1957 43 House 93 3 R 63 35 98 78
1958 44 House 92 8 R 72 26 98 100
1959 45 House 0 100 98 2 R 33 59 94 100
1960 46 House 5 95 90 10 R 56 42 98 100
1961 47 House 17 83 93 3 D 91 6 97 100 0
1962 48 House 12 63 75 4 D 75 7 72 100 8
1963 49 House 7 80 95 2 D 90 3 92 83 0
1964 50 House 8 83 84 3 D 94 2 88 92 0
1965 51 House 12 82 88 7 D 87 6 94 68 24
1966 52 House 5 65 74 4 D 63 8 75 88 8
1967 53 House 33 54 75 15 D 77 12 88 54 27
1968 54 House 33 45 59 24 D 71 17 84 45 30
1969 55 House 42 53 69 22 R 55 34 90 43 47
1970 56 House 34 55 68 22 R 62 26 83 50 59
1971 57 House 32 57 72 17 R 40 51 88 55 29
1972 58 House 29 48 52 26 R 54 32 84 50 13
1973 59 House 53 44 65 31 R 38 56 91 57 26
1974 60 House 46 47 67 24 R 64 32 90 64 32
1975 61 House 37 55 72 18 R 46 48 88 83 11
1976 62 House 35 50 71 19 R 31 63 87 75 24
1977 63 House 32 63 82 12 D 76 15 93 65 19
1978 64 House 33 55 71 18 D 64 24 87 35 37
1979 65 House 28 56 74 9 D 77 11 81 75 3
1980 66 House 22 51 65 10 D 57 16 78 75 15
Lifetime conservative rating:   20%


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.