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Charles Chamberlain

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 22, 1917 in Locke Township, MI
Died: November 25, 2002 in Leesburg, VA

Education:

  • University of Virginia, 1941, Law School, 1949

Military Service:

  • U.S. Coast Guard, 1942-1946
  • U.S. Coast Guard Reserve, 1946-1977

Career:

  • Internal Revenue agent, 1946-1947
  • Lawyer
  • Assistant Ingham County prosecutor, 1950
  • East Lansing city attorney, 1953-1954
  • Ingham County prosecutor, 1955-1956


Election Results for Charles Chamberlain


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1956 38 MI R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 16,494 40.5%
1956 38 MI R U.S. House District 06 General 1 116,570 50.8%
1958 40 MI R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 15,212 100.0%
1958 40 MI R U.S. House District 06 General 1 92,313 52.1%
1960 42 MI R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 43,977 100.0%
1960 42 MI R U.S. House District 06 General 1 138,355 56.6%
1962 44 MI R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 33,450 100.0%
1962 44 MI R U.S. House District 06 General 1 112,861 54.5%
1964 46 MI R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 34,220 100.0%
1964 46 MI R U.S. House District 06 General 1 88,882 56.6%
1966 48 MI R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 24,338 100.0%
1966 48 MI R U.S. House District 06 General 1 85,669 67.3%
1968 50 MI R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 27,912 100.0%
1968 50 MI R U.S. House District 06 General 1 103,423 64.1%
1970 52 MI R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 37,118 100.0%
1970 52 MI R U.S. House District 06 General 1 84,276 60.3%
1972 54 MI R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 26,199 58.8%
1972 54 MI R U.S. House District 06 General 1 97,666 50.6%


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



Ideology Data for Charles Chamberlain


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
1957 39 House 88 12 R 67 33 99 67
1958 40 House 62 30 R 76 18 95 55
1959 41 House 91 0 90 10 R 87 13 98 22
1960 42 House 26 74 53 45 R 74 23 96 56
1961 43 House 87 9 83 10 D 49 49 94 10 67
1962 44 House 88 12 77 16 D 50 47 91 0 73
1963 45 House 80 7 79 10 D 31 61 89 0 86
1964 46 House 100 0 87 11 D 38 62 96 8 94
1965 47 House 96 0 83 6 D 36 54 89 0 94
1966 48 House 86 3 90 5 D 35 59 92 0 77
1967 49 House 93 2 84 7 D 42 51 91 7 100
1968 50 House 86 10 84 11 D 58 40 96 8 91
1969 51 House 78 16 62 29 R 62 34 97 20 69
1970 52 House 89 5 81 15 R 83 14 95 17 71
1971 53 House 91 6 86 12 R 89 7 93 11 70
1972 54 House 80 12 71 20 R 78 16 89 13 67
1973 55 House 81 11 76 14 R 72 24 90 5 64
1974 56 House 80 13 71 19 R 83 13 89 4 62
Lifetime conservative rating:   77%


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.