RightDataUSA


Alvin Bentley

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 30, 1918 in Portland, ME
Died: April 10, 1969 in Tucson, AZ

Education:

  • University of Michigan, B.A., 1940

Career:

  • Diplomatic worker, 1942-1950
  • U.S. State Deprtament, 1950
  • VP of Lake Huron Broadcasting Co.
  • University of Michigan regent, 1966-1969


Election Results for Alvin Bentley


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1952 33 MI R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 32,310 61.4%
1952 33 MI R U.S. House District 08 General 1 91,731 66.6%
1954 35 MI R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 29,083 100.0%
1954 35 MI R U.S. House District 08 General 1 65,813 62.7%
1956 37 MI R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 25,962 100.0%
1956 37 MI R U.S. House District 08 General 1 93,357 64.1%
1958 39 MI R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 17,631 100.0%
1958 39 MI R U.S. House District 08 General 1 69,858 62.2%
1960 41 MI R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 344,043 72.0%
1960 41 MI R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 2 1,548,873 48.0%
1962 43 MI R U.S. House District AL Primary 1 367,731 100.0%
1962 43 MI R U.S. House At-Large District General 2 1,282,082 47.9%


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



Ideology Data for Alvin Bentley


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
1953 34 House 89 8 R 76 96 18
1954 35 House 87 0 R 53 32 63 13
1955 36 House 74 6 R 61 17 83 22
1956 37 House 75 9 R 74 12 79 43
1957 38 House 73 0 R 40 37 73 0
1958 39 House 49 22 R 48 26 75 42
1959 40 House 91 0 85 6 R 69 24 91 22
1960 41 House 11 53 35 33 R 49 9 62 50


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.