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Leslie Arends

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 27, 1895 in Melvin, IL
Died: July 17, 1985 in Naples, FL

Education:

  • Attended Oberlin College

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1918-1919

Career:

  • Farmer/banker


Election Results for Leslie Arends


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 40 IL R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 23,835 88.5%
1936 40 IL R U.S. House District 17 General 1 46,646 52.6%
1938 42 IL R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 25,046 100.0%
1938 42 IL R U.S. House District 17 General 1 45,235 60.9%
1940 44 IL R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 31,584 100.0%
1940 44 IL R U.S. House District 17 General 1 56,712 61.1%
1942 46 IL R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 23,767 75.1%
1942 46 IL R U.S. House District 17 General 1 44,563 72.4%
1944 48 IL R U.S. House District 17 General 1 52,706 66.3%
1946 50 IL R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 23,274 100.0%
1946 50 IL R U.S. House District 17 General 1 45,969 71.2%
1948 52 IL R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 29,157 100.0%
1948 52 IL R U.S. House District 17 General 1 71,220 62.8%
1950 54 IL R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 35,294 100.0%
1950 54 IL R U.S. House District 17 General 1 74,643 66.8%
1952 56 IL R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 57,824 100.0%
1952 56 IL R U.S. House District 17 General 1 105,042 63.6%
1954 58 IL R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 46,561 100.0%
1954 58 IL R U.S. House District 17 General 1 79,044 65.0%
1956 60 IL R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 41,828 100.0%
1956 60 IL R U.S. House District 17 General 1 106,463 64.9%
1958 62 IL R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 49,543 100.0%
1958 62 IL R U.S. House District 17 General 1 70,125 61.0%
1960 64 IL R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 45,160 76.5%
1960 64 IL R U.S. House District 17 General 1 107,896 61.3%
1962 66 IL R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 48,939 100.0%
1962 66 IL R U.S. House District 17 General 1 87,612 62.5%
1964 68 IL R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 53,165 100.0%
1964 68 IL R U.S. House District 17 General 1 96,209 56.4%
1966 70 IL R U.S. House District 17 General 1 104,240 67.4%
1968 72 IL R U.S. House District 17 General 1 122,513 65.3%
1970 74 IL R U.S. House District 17 General 1 92,917 62.3%
1972 76 IL R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 27,012 58.6%
1972 76 IL R U.S. House District 15 General 1 111,022 57.2%


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



Ideology Data for Leslie Arends


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
1937 41 House 88 7 D 91
1938 42 House 79 14 D 90
1939 43 House 83 9 D 89
1940 44 House 86 12 D 94
1941 45 House 89 2 D 84
1942 46 House 100 0 D 90
1943 47 House 94 2 D 95
1944 48 House 93 0 D 91
1945 49 House 82 8 D 85
1946 50 House 92 3 D 88
1947 51 House 97 3 D 92 17
1948 52 House 94 0 D 94 15
1949 53 House 94 3 D 93 0
1950 54 House 86 11 D 83 0
1951 55 House 93 3 D 86 0
1952 56 House 91 5 D 90 0
1953 57 House 95 5 R 94 100 27
1954 58 House 97 3 R 84 11 93 22
1955 59 House 71 19 R 83 15 91 30
1956 60 House 91 6 R 85 9 96 57
1957 61 House 68 20 R 68 32 92 56
1958 62 House 73 19 R 68 26 91 17
1959 63 House 91 9 90 8 R 81 15 93 22
1960 64 House 79 0 69 12 R 72 12 83 22
1961 65 House 83 9 76 16 D 38 52 86 10 57
1962 66 House 75 19 65 19 D 48 40 81 13 67
1963 67 House 73 27 71 21 D 31 54 87 0 92
1964 68 House 83 17 87 8 D 33 58 92 8 94
1965 69 House 80 8 85 6 D 42 50 90 0 100
1966 70 House 76 8 86 6 D 35 58 90 0 81
1967 71 House 78 7 82 9 D 43 45 85 13 85
1968 72 House 75 14 78 15 D 58 37 91 8 87
1969 73 House 69 24 60 27 R 62 21 87 0 53
1970 74 House 82 14 85 14 R 88 6 94 22 82
1971 75 House 82 3 74 7 R 82 5 82 3 68
1972 76 House 87 10 82 15 R 81 8 90 6 67
1973 77 House 82 9 79 15 R 79 16 89 0 68
1974 78 House 73 8 69 14 R 81 11 86 4* 80
Lifetime conservative rating:   78%


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.