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Frank Bow

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 20, 1901 in Canton, OH
Died: November 13, 1972 in Bethesda, MD

Education:

  • Ohio Northern University, 1921

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant OH Attorney General, 1929-1932
  • Radio news editor and war correspondent
  • Assistant to Sen. Andrew Schoeppel, 1949-1950


Election Results for Frank Bow


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1950 49 OH R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 23,157 100.0%
1950 49 OH R U.S. House District 16 General 1 77,306 50.7%
1952 51 OH R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 46,453 100.0%
1952 51 OH R U.S. House District 16 General 1 98,447 54.4%
1954 53 OH R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 21,718 100.0%
1954 53 OH R U.S. House District 16 General 1 79,371 58.3%
1956 55 OH R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 35,564 100.0%
1956 55 OH R U.S. House District 16 General 1 101,324 55.2%
1958 57 OH R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 30,430 100.0%
1958 57 OH R U.S. House District 16 General 1 100,678 57.4%
1960 59 OH R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 40,865 100.0%
1960 59 OH R U.S. House District 16 General 1 130,542 62.5%
1962 61 OH R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 38,406 100.0%
1962 61 OH R U.S. House District 16 General 1 96,512 60.0%
1964 63 OH R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 46,160 100.0%
1964 63 OH R U.S. House District 16 General 1 101,802 52.2%
1966 65 OH R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 34,846 100.0%
1966 65 OH R U.S. House District 16 General 1 87,597 61.1%
1968 67 OH R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 43,131 100.0%
1968 67 OH R U.S. House District 16 General 1 101,495 59.6%
1970 69 OH R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 45,588 85.9%
1970 69 OH R U.S. House District 16 General 1 81,208 56.2%


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



Ideology Data for Frank Bow


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 50 House 94 1 D 93 8
1952 51 House 91 5 D 90 0
1953 52 House 89 11 R 71 100 18
1954 53 House 93 7 R 58 26 89 13
1955 54 House 94 6 R 51 46 97 20
1956 55 House 81 13 R 71 26 93 17
1957 56 House 73 19 R 42 48 93 11
1958 57 House 70 14 R 40 48 83 8
1959 58 House 91 0 87 4 R 67 17 87 11
1960 59 House 95 0 78 16 R 44 47 92 0
1961 60 House 91 4 84 2 D 22 68 89 0 87
1962 61 House 94 6 89 9 D 37 60 94 0 73
1963 62 House 80 7 81 10 D 28 68 89 17 88
1964 63 House 75 17 79 15 D 40 56 96 8 80
1965 64 House 73 2 68 2 D 29 46 73 0 92
1966 65 House 68 5 75 4 D 33 49 80 0 84
1967 66 House 76 2 75 2 D 31 43 76 8 91
1968 67 House 51 10 51 10 D 50 27 67 9 100
1969 68 House 76 7 73 15 R 72 21 88 0 64
1970 69 House 75 9 74 14 R 77 11 84 18 83
1971 70 House 90 2 85 7 R 81 7 89 6 70
1972 71 House 63 7 69 9 R 70 11 75 0 67
Lifetime conservative rating:   82%


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.