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Milton Young

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 6, 1897 in Berlin, ND
Died: May 31, 1983 in Sun City, AZ

Education:

  • Attended ND State Agricultural College and Graceland University

Career:

  • Farmer

Elected Office:

  • ND House, 1933-1934
  • ND Senate, 1934-1945
  • Appointed to the U.S. Senate on March 12, 1945 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John Moses


Election Results for Milton Young


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1944 46 ND R U.S. House District AL Primary 3 41,248 22.0%
1946 48 ND R U.S. Senate Class 3 Special 1 75,998 55.5%
1950 52 ND R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 98,458 71.2%
1950 52 ND R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 126,209 67.6%
1956 58 ND R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 88,738 88.6%
1956 58 ND R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 155,305 63.6%
1962 64 ND R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 67,938 92.2%
1962 64 ND R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 135,705 60.7%
1968 70 ND R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 82,050 100.0%
1968 70 ND R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 154,968 64.6%
1974 76 ND R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 51,705 100.0%
1974 76 ND R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 114,852 48.4%


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



Ideology Data for Milton Young


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
1945 47 Senate 59 12 D 69
1946 48 Senate 55 22 D 71
1947 49 Senate 78 13 D 93 30
1948 50 Senate 73 24 D 95 50
1949 51 Senate 65 32 D 74 14
1950 52 Senate 48 27 D 66 18
1951 53 Senate 64 32 D 88 18
1952 54 Senate 49 27 D 70 27
1953 55 Senate 54 35 R 64 88 38
1954 56 Senate 55 38 R 38 45 85 38
1955 57 Senate 42 50 R 52 37 91 0
1956 58 Senate 39 49 R 35 51 85 42
1957 59 Senate 29 42 R 42 39 75 20
1958 60 Senate 43 38 R 52 36 86 33
1959 61 Senate 70 20 51 34 R 49 39 88 0
1960 62 Senate 80 15 55 36 R 52 41 84 0
1961 63 Senate 82 11 66 20 D 27 58 87 10 92
1962 64 Senate 82 9 74 24 D 38 55 94 8 80
1963 65 Senate 72 9 45 42 D 51 33 85 19 77
1964 66 Senate 75 8 61 21 D 44 41 85 19 71
1965 67 Senate 82 3 81 10 D 43 44 88 0 86
1966 68 Senate 96 1 81 16 D 46 52 98 10 83
1967 69 Senate 80 7 58 28 D 55 35 90 0 77
1968 70 Senate 84 10 60 32 D 47 51 97 0 80
1969 71 Senate 88 9 71 26 R 72 26 94 6 73
1970 72 Senate 90 7 81 14 R 75 23 94 5 95
1971 73 Senate 80 9 65 23 R 65 22 87 16 89
1972 74 Senate 91 6 85 11 R 85 13 93 5 92
1973 75 Senate 80 15 68 28 R 63 36 96 0 63
1974 76 Senate 72 15 60 24 R 54 37 83 10* 60
1975 77 Senate 92 4 83 13 R 84 14 93 0 71
1976 78 Senate 79 5 72 8 R 72 13 85 7 76
1977 79 Senate 76 4 64 14 D 56 32 79 6 78
1978 80 Senate 77 5 69 15 D 25 55 83 6 71
1979 81 Senate 79 9 65 28 D 42 50 91 5 65
1980 82 Senate 73 8 56 23 D 38 44 80 14 65
Lifetime conservative rating:   76%


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.