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Cleveland Bailey

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 15, 1886 near St. Mary's, WV
Died: July 13, 1965 in Charleston, WV

Education:

  • Geneva College, 1908

Career:

  • High school principal/school supervisor, 1917-1922
  • Associated Press editor, 1923-1933
  • Assistant WV auditor/budget director, 1933-1944

Elected Office:

  • Clarksburg city council, 1921-1923


Election Results for Cleveland Bailey


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1944 57 WV D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 14,129 58.7%
1944 57 WV D U.S. House District 03 General 1 57,912 52.5%
1946 59 WV D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 12,541 69.6%
1946 59 WV D U.S. House District 03 General 2 39,872 48.5%
1948 61 WV D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 28,028 66.8%
1948 61 WV D U.S. House District 03 General 1 68,055 57.1%
1950 63 WV D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 24,002 88.5%
1950 63 WV D U.S. House District 03 General 1 56,794 54.4%
1952 65 WV D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 36,855 68.7%
1952 65 WV D U.S. House District 03 General 1 71,926 53.4%
1954 67 WV D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 30,329 81.5%
1954 67 WV D U.S. House District 03 General 1 54,684 58.9%
1956 69 WV D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 39,278 78.1%
1956 69 WV D U.S. House District 03 General 1 62,240 51.5%
1958 71 WV D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 32,934 100.0%
1958 71 WV D U.S. House District 03 General 1 59,084 59.9%
1960 73 WV D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 48,904 100.0%
1960 73 WV D U.S. House District 03 General 1 71,719 59.8%
1962 75 WV D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 42,326 100.0%
1962 75 WV D U.S. House District 01 General 2 65,328 40.1%


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



Ideology Data for Cleveland Bailey


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 58 House 66 8 D 72
1946 59 House 70 15 D 80
1949 62 House 77 9 D 78 85
1950 63 House 74 5 D 77 92
1951 64 House 93 4 D 92 92
1952 65 House 70 9 D 71 82
1953 66 House 76 21 R 37 92 73
1954 67 House 87 13 R 53 42 91 67
1955 68 House 65 29 R 37 51 93 50
1956 69 House 59 9 R 41 26 67 57
1957 70 House 67 17 R 35 35 74 50
1958 71 House 70 22 R 48 36 88 55
1959 72 House 9 73 90 8 R 28 69 91 75
1960 73 House 0 95 80 12 R 35 58 90 89
1961 74 House 30 70 74 16 D 69 20 92 80 20
1962 75 House 25 75 81 12 D 83 8 85 88 7
Lifetime conservative rating:   14%


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.