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Elford Cederberg

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 6, 1918 in Bay City, MI
Died: April 17, 2006 in The Villages, FL

Education:

  • Attended Bay City Junior College, 1935-1937

Military Service:

  • World War II (participated in the Normandy invasion)

Career:

  • Manager of Nelson Manufacturing Co., 1946-1952

Elected Office:

  • Mayor of Bay City, 1949-1953


Election Results for Elford Cederberg


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1950 32 MI R U.S. House District 10 Primary 2 13,247 37.8%
1952 34 MI R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 18,667 42.4%
1952 34 MI R U.S. House District 10 General 1 69,727 67.5%
1954 36 MI R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 23,615 100.0%
1954 36 MI R U.S. House District 10 General 1 50,570 61.4%
1956 38 MI R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 22,948 100.0%
1956 38 MI R U.S. House District 10 General 1 72,781 65.6%
1958 40 MI R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 17,811 100.0%
1958 40 MI R U.S. House District 10 General 1 54,316 61.1%
1960 42 MI R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 28,771 100.0%
1960 42 MI R U.S. House District 10 General 1 75,846 62.1%
1962 44 MI R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 25,639 100.0%
1962 44 MI R U.S. House District 10 General 1 63,452 61.5%
1964 46 MI R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 40,860 100.0%
1964 46 MI R U.S. House District 10 General 1 87,232 56.6%
1966 48 MI R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 30,184 100.0%
1966 48 MI R U.S. House District 10 General 1 85,754 67.4%
1968 50 MI R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 45,879 100.0%
1968 50 MI R U.S. House District 10 General 1 104,791 65.9%
1970 52 MI R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 37,314 100.0%
1970 52 MI R U.S. House District 10 General 1 82,528 59.1%
1972 54 MI R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 41,859 81.6%
1972 54 MI R U.S. House District 10 General 1 121,368 66.7%
1974 56 MI R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 25,462 77.4%
1974 56 MI R U.S. House District 10 General 1 78,897 53.7%
1976 58 MI R U.S. House District 10 General 1 118,726 56.5%
1978 60 MI R U.S. House District 10 General 2 89,451 48.5%


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



Ideology Data for Elford Cederberg


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
1953 35 House 95 5 R 79 94 18
1954 36 House 83 3 R 78 13 84 11
1955 37 House 90 3 R 59 37 98 11
1956 38 House 84 13 R 88 9 96 50
1957 39 House 93 5 R 53 40 95 11
1958 40 House 92 8 R 48 52 98 8
1959 41 House 91 0 96 2 R 74 24 95 11
1960 42 House 100 0 90 8 R 72 19 94 11
1961 43 House 65 9 66 5 D 26 49 78 0 78
1962 44 House 100 0 88 2 D 35 58 89 0 93
1963 45 House 73 7 77 5 D 27 55 83 0 87
1964 46 House 92 8 76 15 D 38 52 91 8 81
1965 47 House 82 8 82 8 D 40 55 91 0 94
1966 48 House 92 0 83 1 D 30 53 86 0 88
1967 49 House 87 4 83 7 D 39 48 89 7 100
1968 50 House 78 10 78 10 D 44 39 85 0 85
1969 51 House 78 18 64 24 R 64 11 84 7 62
1970 52 House 77 11 76 14 R 74 9 85 18 81
1971 53 House 90 5 79 12 R 91 5 91 8 70
1972 54 House 93 4 83 9 R 81 16 94 0 78
1973 55 House 89 9 83 14 R 76 21 95 0 76
1974 56 House 75 13 66 22 R 79 13 90 10 68
1975 57 House 85 9 79 14 R 83 13 92 5 94
1976 58 House 71 18 71 22 R 84 10 90 5 82
1977 59 House 78 12 68 21 D 37 49 91 11 79
1978 60 House 74 23 71 23 D 40 56 92 10 83
Lifetime conservative rating:   83%


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.