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William Ayres

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 5, 1916 in Eagle Rock, VA
Died: December 27, 2000 in Columbia, MD

Education:

  • Western Reserve University, 1936

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, World War II

Career:

  • Heating equipment salesman, 1936-1944
  • President of Ayres Heating & Insulation Co.


Election Results for William Ayres


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1950 34 OH R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 34,213 100.0%
1950 34 OH R U.S. House District 14 General 1 102,868 48.7%
1952 36 OH R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 46,062 90.8%
1952 36 OH R U.S. House District 14 General 1 117,475 58.5%
1954 38 OH R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 22,582 100.0%
1954 38 OH R U.S. House District 14 General 1 82,086 54.6%
1956 40 OH R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 29,143 100.0%
1956 40 OH R U.S. House District 14 General 1 123,105 58.9%
1958 42 OH R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 22,577 100.0%
1958 42 OH R U.S. House District 14 General 1 114,827 60.1%
1960 44 OH R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 31,199 100.0%
1960 44 OH R U.S. House District 14 General 1 145,526 61.5%
1962 46 OH R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 32,160 100.0%
1962 46 OH R U.S. House District 14 General 1 100,909 53.7%
1964 48 OH R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 44,212 100.0%
1964 48 OH R U.S. House District 14 General 1 126,088 54.7%
1966 50 OH R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 22,725 100.0%
1966 50 OH R U.S. House District 14 General 1 77,819 59.6%
1968 52 OH R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 27,322 100.0%
1968 52 OH R U.S. House District 14 General 1 84,561 55.1%
1970 54 OH R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 27,498 87.4%
1970 54 OH R U.S. House District 14 General 2 55,038 43.6%


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



Ideology Data for William Ayres


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
1951 35 House 72 27 D 94 23
1952 36 House 61 39 D 92 54
1953 37 House 76 21 R 94 94 45
1954 38 House 80 10 R 82 8 82 33
1955 39 House 48 45 R 73 15 91 90
1956 40 House 69 28 R 94 3 97 71
1957 41 House 73 20 R 55 37 89 56
1958 42 House 54 35 R 86 8 90 45
1959 43 House 82 18 73 21 R 83 13 91 22
1960 44 House 53 32 63 27 R 72 19 87 38
1961 45 House 70 22 67 22 D 49 42 85 10 53
1962 46 House 44 44 54 26 D 63 28 83 29 62
1963 47 House 40 27 52 22 D 41 39 71 33 71
1964 48 House 58 42 65 26 D 50 46 94 23 73
1965 49 House 57 31 53 29 D 53 35 87 38 53
1966 50 House 54 22 56 21 D 47 36 79 12 68
1967 51 House 67 26 64 24 D 54 36 89 17 85
1968 52 House 47 31 45 35 D 58 24 82 33 59
1969 53 House 60 29 49 36 R 70 23 89 14 47
1970 54 House 39 16 35 26 R 63 11 64 29 62
Lifetime conservative rating:   63%


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.