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Gordon Canfield

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 15, 1898 in Salamanca, NY
Died: June 20, 1972 in Hawthorne, NJ

Education:

  • George Washington University, LL.B., 1926

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1917-1918

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Secretary to Rep. George Seger, 1923-1940


Election Results for Gordon Canfield


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1940 42 NJ R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 23,848 100.0%
1940 42 NJ R U.S. House District 08 General 1 72,197 58.6%
1942 44 NJ R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 16,833 100.0%
1942 44 NJ R U.S. House District 08 General 1 56,582 66.6%
1944 46 NJ R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 12,967 100.0%
1944 46 NJ R U.S. House District 08 General 1 75,479 58.6%
1946 48 NJ R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 20,839 100.0%
1946 48 NJ R U.S. House District 08 General 1 57,616 70.5%
1948 50 NJ R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 15,191 100.0%
1948 50 NJ R U.S. House District 08 General 1 59,191 47.5%
1950 52 NJ R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 12,896 100.0%
1950 52 NJ R U.S. House District 08 General 1 60,420 63.6%
1952 54 NJ R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 24,565 100.0%
1952 54 NJ R U.S. House District 08 General 1 97,338 62.6%
1954 56 NJ R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 15,686 100.0%
1954 56 NJ R U.S. House District 08 General 1 65,359 54.8%
1956 58 NJ R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 15,881 100.0%
1956 58 NJ R U.S. House District 08 General 1 96,494 60.8%
1958 60 NJ R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 12,610 100.0%
1958 60 NJ R U.S. House District 08 General 1 68,385 58.1%


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



Ideology Data for Gordon Canfield


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
1941 43 House 78 20 D 96
1942 44 House 55 40 D 97
1943 45 House 79 15 D 92
1944 46 House 63 30 D 88
1945 47 House 58 18 D 79
1946 48 House 33 51 D 85
1947 49 House 89 11 D 94 42
1948 50 House 83 14 D 91 23
1949 51 House 45 42 D 83 54
1950 52 House 41 58 D 92 87
1951 53 House 48 49 D 93 83
1952 54 House 25 66 D 88 100
1953 55 House 55 42 R 81 94 91
1954 56 House 63 30 R 79 18 87 75
1955 57 House 32 13 R 27 17 41 80
1956 58 House 59 38 R 76 15 90 100
1957 59 House 51 46 R 80 20 98 89
1958 60 House 38 62 R 78 20 98 75
1959 61 House 0 18 21 19 R 17 13 29 75
1960 62 House 16 68 41 49 R 44 37 81 88


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.