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Happy Chandler

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 14, 1898 in Corydon, KY
Died: June 14, 1991 in Versailles, KY

Education:

  • Transylvania College, 1921
  • University of Kentucky Law School, 1924

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1918-1919

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Tobacco farmer
  • Commissioner of Major League Baseball, 1945-1950
  • Commissioner of Continental Professional Football League, 1965

Elected Office:

  • KY Senate, 1930-1931
  • KY Lt. Governor, 1931-1935
  • KY Governor, 1935-1939
  • Appointed to the U.S. Senate on October 10, 1939 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of M.M. Logan
  • Resigned from Congress on November 1, 1945


Election Results for Happy Chandler


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1938 39 KY D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 2 223,690 42.6%
1940 41 KY D U.S. Senate Class 2 Special Primary 1 176,520 79.2%
1940 41 KY D U.S. Senate Class 2 Special 1 561,151 58.3%
1942 43 KY D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 134,675 71.8%
1942 43 KY D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 216,958 55.3%
1955 56 KY D Governor Primary 1 259,875 51.4%
1955 56 KY D Governor General 1 451,647 58.0%
1963 64 KY D Governor Primary 2 256,451 43.2%
1967 68 KY D Governor Primary 2 111,782 28.2%
1971 72 KY I Governor General 3 39,493 4.2%


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



Ideology Data for Happy Chandler


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 46 Senate 24 22 D 44


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.