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E.Y. Berry

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 6, 1902 in Larchwood, SD
Died: April 1, 1999 in Rapid City, SD

Education:

  • Attended Morningside College, 1920-1922
  • University of South Dakota, LL.B., 1927

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Newspaper publisher/journal editor
  • Probate court judge, 1931-1939
  • Assistant to SD Governor, 1943

Elected Office:

  • SD Senate, 1939, 1941


Election Results for E.Y. Berry


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1950 47 SD R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 13,540 52.6%
1950 47 SD R U.S. House District 02 General 1 34,533 60.3%
1952 49 SD R U.S. House District 02 General 1 45,688 69.0%
1954 51 SD R U.S. House District 02 General 1 34,476 62.8%
1956 53 SD R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 18,725 75.8%
1956 53 SD R U.S. House District 02 General 1 36,681 55.9%
1958 55 SD R U.S. House District 02 General 1 31,908 55.6%
1960 57 SD R U.S. House District 02 General 1 42,550 59.7%
1962 59 SD R U.S. House District 02 General 1 37,092 61.5%
1964 61 SD R U.S. House District 02 General 1 39,657 56.0%
1966 63 SD R U.S. House District 02 General 1 63,063 60.5%
1968 65 SD R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 27,715 63.1%
1968 65 SD R U.S. House District 02 General 1 73,987 59.3%


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



Ideology Data for E.Y. Berry


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 48 House 87 7 D 92 15
1952 49 House 95 5 D 96 0
1953 50 House 82 18 R 70 92 9
1954 51 House 80 13 R 53 21 82 22
1955 52 House 81 19 R 44 54 99 20
1956 53 House 69 25 R 65 26 90 0
1957 54 House 85 10 R 52 43 95 0
1958 55 House 62 38 R 50 44 95 8
1959 56 House 100 0 87 12 R 63 33 98 11
1960 57 House 95 5 84 16 R 47 53 100 0
1961 58 House 87 0 76 12 D 20 72 87 0 100
1962 59 House 81 0 74 12 D 23 62 78 13 93
1963 60 House 87 13 83 5 D 23 61 85 0 93
1964 61 House 100 0 92 3 D 19 75 90 0 100
1965 62 House 90 4 82 8 D 36 50 82 0 100
1966 63 House 68 3 69 10 D 27 49 75 0 85
1967 64 House 83 4 78 6 D 35 46 81 7 100
1968 65 House 57 4 60 11 D 43 29 70 0 77
1969 66 House 69 2 56 4 R 34 17 57 0 92
1970 67 House 57 5 51 7 R 60 5 53 17 79
Lifetime conservative rating:   91%


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.