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Thomas Ashley

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 11, 1923 in Toledo, OH
Died: June 15, 2010 in Leland, MI

Education:

  • Yale University, 1948
  • Ohio State University, LL.B., 1951

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1943-1945 (Pacific Theater of Operations)

Career:

  • Toledo Publicity and Efficiency Commissioner, 1948
  • Lawyer
  • Worked for Radio Free Europe, 1952-1954


Election Results for Thomas Ashley


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1954 31 OH D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 15,751 100.0%
1954 31 OH D U.S. House District 09 General 1 48,471 36.4%
1956 33 OH D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 31,621 100.0%
1956 33 OH D U.S. House District 09 General 1 100,696 55.2%
1958 35 OH D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 34,136 66.0%
1958 35 OH D U.S. House District 09 General 1 102,115 61.6%
1960 37 OH D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 22,412 73.8%
1960 37 OH D U.S. House District 09 General 1 108,688 56.9%
1962 39 OH D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 25,443 100.0%
1962 39 OH D U.S. House District 09 General 1 86,443 57.4%
1964 41 OH D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 29,070 100.0%
1964 41 OH D U.S. House District 09 General 1 109,167 62.9%
1966 43 OH D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 32,322 87.9%
1966 43 OH D U.S. House District 09 General 1 83,261 60.8%
1968 45 OH D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 29,570 80.9%
1968 45 OH D U.S. House District 09 General 1 85,280 57.4%
1970 47 OH D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 20,997 87.5%
1970 47 OH D U.S. House District 09 General 1 82,777 70.9%
1972 49 OH D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 40,466 89.1%
1972 49 OH D U.S. House District 09 General 1 110,450 69.1%
1974 51 OH D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 25,720 78.9%
1974 51 OH D U.S. House District 09 General 1 64,831 52.8%
1976 53 OH D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 31,519 70.5%
1976 53 OH D U.S. House District 09 General 1 91,040 54.2%
1978 55 OH D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 15,036 100.0%
1978 55 OH D U.S. House District 09 General 1 71,709 63.4%
1980 57 OH D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 40,260 100.0%
1980 57 OH D U.S. House District 09 General 2 68,728 39.9%


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



Ideology Data for Thomas Ashley


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
1955 32 House 90 3 R 66 29 93 89
1956 33 House 69 25 R 68 29 96 100
1957 34 House 66 29 R 68 27 94 100
1958 35 House 65 22 R 60 16 83 100
1959 36 House 27 73 71 23 R 48 41 90 89
1960 37 House 5 37 57 12 R 56 33 77 100
1961 38 House 9 78 81 5 D 82 3 82 100 0
1962 39 House 0 94 93 2 D 90 3 89 100 0
1963 40 House 7 80 83 2 D 79 1 83 100 0
1964 41 House 8 83 81 6 D 85 6 80 100 13
1965 42 House 2 78 81 4 D 77 4 81 100 0
1966 43 House 5 78 78 5 D 80 4 81 100 10
1967 44 House 4 87 85 3 D 81 7 84 87 7
1968 45 House 8 59 49 7 D 65 12 62 100 10
1969 46 House 11 76 62 22 R 57 30 80 73 20
1970 47 House 9 82 76 14 R 60 31 83 100 6
1971 48 House 19 56 50 21 R 49 25 75 81 24
1972 49 House 11 80 78 12 R 51 49 86 88 10
1973 50 House 14 72 77 10 R 33 50 84 96 9
1974 51 House 20 72 70 21 R 51 40 90 73 5
1975 52 House 26 66 72 20 R 47 47 89 74 11
1976 53 House 31 53 65 19 R 37 59 84 61 10
1977 54 House 21 76 84 10 D 81 10 91 63 11
1978 55 House 21 65 71 16 D 79 12 84 68 0
1979 56 House 23 66 77 8 D 76 11 77 65 17
1980 57 House 23 67 80 9 D 79 12 86 78 17
Lifetime conservative rating:   9%


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.