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Caleb Boggs

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 15, 1909 in Cheswold, DE
Died: March 26, 1993 in Wilmington, DE

Education:

  • University of Delaware, B.A., 1931
  • Georgetown University, LL.B., 1937

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1941-1946

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Deputy family court judge, 1946


Election Results for Caleb Boggs


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1946 37 DE R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 63,516 56.4%
1948 39 DE R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 71,127 50.6%
1950 41 DE R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 73,313 56.7%
1952 43 DE R Governor General 1 88,977 52.1%
1956 47 DE R Governor General 1 91,965 52.0%
1960 51 DE R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 98,874 50.7%
1966 57 DE R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 97,268 59.1%
1972 63 DE R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 2 112,844 48.9%


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



Ideology Data for Caleb Boggs


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
1947 38 House 97 0 D 96 0
1948 39 House 81 14 D 91 23
1949 40 House 83 15 D 98 8
1950 41 House 63 18 D 81 8
1951 42 House 82 15 D 94 8
1952 43 House 48 34 D 83 31
1961 52 Senate 60 35 72 26 D 53 46 97 20 64
1962 53 Senate 76 24 75 18 D 50 44 93 25 44
1963 54 Senate 58 37 78 19 D 59 35 94 47 50
1964 55 Senate 73 25 80 17 D 48 45 95 32 63
1965 56 Senate 59 26 60 29 D 55 33 88 35 40
1966 57 Senate 53 44 61 31 D 63 32 92 50 62
1967 58 Senate 66 34 70 28 D 68 30 98 23 53
1968 59 Senate 69 27 73 21 D 61 34 94 43 64
1969 60 Senate 72 22 76 18 R 78 19 95 28 57
1970 61 Senate 74 21 69 23 R 76 20 93 32 64
1971 62 Senate 77 15 74 18 R 85 10 90 27 50
1972 63 Senate 55 33 56 33 R 70 20 86 55 50
Lifetime conservative rating:   56%


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.