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Charles Bennett

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 2, 1910 in Canton, NY
Died: September 6, 2003 in Jacksonville, FL

Education:

  • University of Florida, B.A. & J.D., 1934

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1942-1947

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • FL House, 1941


Election Results for Charles Bennett


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1948 37 FL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 42,087 51.6%
1948 37 FL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 55,715 91.1%
1950 39 FL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 64,556 58.6%
1950 39 FL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 34,334 100.0%
1952 41 FL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 64,080 100.0%
1954 43 FL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 14,376 100.0%
1956 45 FL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 66,614 100.0%
1958 47 FL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 32,975 100.0%
1960 49 FL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 94,570 82.5%
1962 51 FL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 41,378 99.7%
1964 53 FL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 99,191 72.7%
1966 55 FL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 72,038 99.9%
1968 57 FL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 103,540 78.9%
1970 59 FL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 0 0.0%
1972 61 FL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 101,441 82.0%
1974 63 FL D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 34,924 86.7%
1974 63 FL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 0 0.0%
1976 65 FL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 0 0.0%
1978 67 FL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 0 0.0%
1980 69 FL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 104,672 77.0%
1982 71 FL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 73,802 84.1%
1984 73 FL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 0 0.0%
1986 75 FL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 0 0.0%
1988 77 FL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 0 0.0%
1990 79 FL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 84,280 72.7%


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



Ideology Data for Charles Bennett


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
1949 38 House 71 23 D 97 54
1950 39 House 56 38 D 85 33
1951 40 House 73 27 D 98 46
1952 41 House 77 23 D 100 31
1953 42 House 61 39 R 62 100 36
1954 43 House 90 10 R 53 47 100 67
1955 44 House 74 26 R 66 34 100 70
1956 45 House 84 16 R 53 47 100 57
1957 46 House 76 24 R 38 62 100 33
1958 47 House 76 24 R 64 36 100 50
1959 48 House 91 9 73 27 R 50 50 100 44
1960 49 House 26 74 76 24 R 49 51 100 22
1961 50 House 39 61 78 22 D 83 17 100 60 33
1962 51 House 37 63 82 18 D 88 12 100 63 33
1963 52 House 73 27 67 33 D 73 27 100 58 44
1964 53 House 92 8 44 56 D 52 48 100 8 81
1965 54 House 90 10 39 60 D 55 45 100 5 94
1966 55 House 76 24 44 56 D 57 43 100 6 63
1967 56 House 87 13 38 62 D 57 43 100 13 86
1968 57 House 76 24 37 63 D 64 36 100 17 78
1969 58 House 82 18 40 60 R 51 49 100 20 73
1970 59 House 70 30 39 61 R 58 42 100 17 67
1971 60 House 61 39 55 45 R 53 47 100 32 75
1972 61 House 79 21 37 63 R 57 43 100 13 80
1973 62 House 62 38 47 53 R 43 57 100 36 60
1974 63 House 68 31 53 47 R 62 38 99 35* 43
1975 64 House 58 42 50 50 R 47 53 100 37 67
1976 65 House 78 22 36 64 R 57 43 100 25 80
1977 66 House 71 29 37 63 D 59 41 100 15 58
1978 67 House 79 21 42 58 D 48 52 99 30 63
1979 68 House 79 21 47 53 D 57 43 100 42 56
1980 69 House 89 11 56 44 D 59 41 100 22 58
1981 70 House 80 20 48 52 R 59 41 100 25 50
1982 71 House 81 19 55 45 R 65 35 100 40 55
1983 72 House 72 28 61 39 R 41 59 100 50 55
1984 73 House 75 25 59 41 R 51 49 100 30 52
1985 74 House 51 49 82 18 R 35 65 100 70 21
1986 75 House 50 50 82 18 R 33 67 100 55 27
1987 76 House 58 42 79 21 R 34 66 100 48 22
1988 77 House 66 34 82 18 R 35 65 100 65 28
1989 78 House 61 39 80 20 R 43 57 100 70 46
1990 79 House 61 39 68 31 R 33 67 99 39 42
1991 80 House 59 41 78 22 R 33 67 100 60 35
1992 81 House 48 52 73 27 R 33 67 100 65 50
Lifetime conservative rating:   55%


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.