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Homer Capehart

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 6, 1897 in Algiers, IN
Died: September 3, 1979 in Indianapolis, IN

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1917-1919

Career:

  • Farmer
  • Manufacturing businessman


Election Results for Homer Capehart


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1944 47 IN R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 829,489 50.2%
1950 53 IN R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 844,303 52.8%
1956 59 IN R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 1,084,262 55.2%
1962 65 IN R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 2 894,547 49.7%


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



Ideology Data for Homer Capehart


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
1945 48 Senate 47 5 D 56
1946 49 Senate 63 6 D 69
1947 50 Senate 82 1 D 76 13
1948 51 Senate 69 9 D 75 7
1949 52 Senate 80 7 D 87 0
1950 53 Senate 71 12 D 69 19
1951 54 Senate 67 13 D 79 9
1952 55 Senate 68 10 D 67 0
1953 56 Senate 54 13 R 72 71 15
1954 57 Senate 78 5 R 51 17 61 14
1955 58 Senate 77 19 R 65 12 78 0
1956 59 Senate 57 19 R 49 25 74 15
1957 60 Senate 50 8 R 58 11 67 42
1958 61 Senate 74 5 R 64 17 79 18
1959 62 Senate 67 17 52 19 R 58 17 75 23
1960 63 Senate 63 4 46 11 R 35 13 50 18
1961 64 Senate 77 8 78 7 D 25 56 80 10 79
1962 65 Senate 53 3 42 0 D 11 32 41 0 92
Lifetime conservative rating:   85%


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.