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Karl Mundt

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 3, 1900 in Humboldt, SD
Died: August 16, 1974 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Carleton College, 1923
  • Columbia University, 1927

Career:

  • Teacher/superintendent, 1923-1936
  • Real estate/insurance businessman


Election Results for Karl Mundt


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 36 SD R U.S. House District 01 General 2 108,259 49.4%
1938 38 SD R U.S. House District 01 General 1 111,805 54.0%
1940 40 SD R U.S. House District 01 General 1 135,406 59.6%
1942 42 SD R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 52,574 81.9%
1942 42 SD R U.S. House District 01 General 1 81,373 59.9%
1944 44 SD R U.S. House District 01 General 1 113,769 64.0%
1946 46 SD R U.S. House District 01 General 1 76,720 61.5%
1948 48 SD R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 65,595 84.5%
1948 48 SD R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 144,084 59.3%
1954 54 SD R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 135,071 57.3%
1960 60 SD R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 160,181 52.4%
1966 66 SD R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 66,758 82.1%
1966 66 SD R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 150,517 66.3%


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



Ideology Data for Karl Mundt


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
1939 39 House 77 20 D 94
1940 40 House 72 27 D 95
1941 41 House 80 15 D 95
1942 42 House 60 30 D 92
1943 43 House 73 13 D 79
1944 44 House 70 20 D 91
1945 45 House 62 20 D 78
1946 46 House 84 5 D 84
1947 47 House 76 21 D 96 17
1948 48 House 39 19 D 68 30
1949 49 Senate 78 18 D 95 0
1950 50 Senate 74 22 D 95 27
1951 51 Senate 79 18 D 95 0
1952 52 Senate 82 18 D 97 21
1953 53 Senate 77 19 R 70 96 20
1954 54 Senate 67 24 R 60 34 89 15
1955 55 Senate 73 27 R 65 25 94 0
1956 56 Senate 67 30 R 57 32 93 15
1957 57 Senate 58 37 R 72 23 94 17
1958 58 Senate 84 16 R 74 25 99 17
1959 59 Senate 80 12 72 25 R 72 26 96 15
1960 60 Senate 72 13 63 24 R 58 28 88 25
1961 61 Senate 95 3 91 9 D 31 69 99 0 86
1962 62 Senate 91 9 89 10 D 39 58 99 0 81
1963 63 Senate 90 0 75 19 D 32 57 90 6 100
1964 64 Senate 86 8 84 13 D 40 54 97 26 93
1965 65 Senate 85 7 85 7 D 43 51 92 0 93
1966 66 Senate 91 1 86 8 D 41 53 93 5 86
1967 67 Senate 80 7 72 17 D 52 41 91 18 92
1968 68 Senate 81 9 72 21 D 44 49 95 0 95
1969 69 Senate 45 0 37 4 R 53 11 51 6 60
1970 70 Senate 23 3 R 12 8 19 0 95
1971 71 Senate 1 1 R 0 2 3 11 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   89%


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.