Election results and ideology ratings for Edgar Chenoweth -- RightDataUSA.com

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 17, 1897 in Trinidad, CO
Died: January 2, 1986 in Trinidad, CO

Election Results for Edgar Chenoweth

Year	Age	State	Party	Office	District	Stage	Pos	Votes	%
1940	42	CO	R	U.S. House	District 03	Primary	1	19,351	100.0%
1940	42	CO	R	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	70,842	52.0%

1942	44	CO	R	U.S. House	District 03	Primary	1	9,075	100.0%
1942	44	CO	R	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	55,838	62.7%

1944	46	CO	R	U.S. House	District 03	Primary	1	11,185	100.0%
1944	46	CO	R	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	69,492	56.3%

1946	48	CO	R	U.S. House	District 03	Primary	1	8,605	100.0%
1946	48	CO	R	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	45,043	54.6%

1948	50	CO	R	U.S. House	District 03	Primary	1	19,747	100.0%
1948	50	CO	R	U.S. House	District 03	General	2	63,312	49.3%

1950	52	CO	R	U.S. House	District 03	Primary	1	13,921	78.4%
1950	52	CO	R	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	58,831	51.6%

1952	54	CO	R	U.S. House	District 03	Primary	1	20,551	100.0%
1952	54	CO	R	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	84,739	57.7%

1954	56	CO	R	U.S. House	District 03	Primary	1	17,708	100.0%
1954	56	CO	R	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	62,884	53.0%

1956	58	CO	R	U.S. House	District 03	Primary	1	16,755	100.0%
1956	58	CO	R	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	74,196	50.2%

1958	60	CO	R	U.S. House	District 03	Primary	1	13,192	100.0%
1958	60	CO	R	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	63,655	50.2%

1960	62	CO	R	U.S. House	District 03	Primary	1	19,613	100.0%
1960	62	CO	R	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	85,825	52.0%

1962	64	CO	R	U.S. House	District 03	Primary	1	21,747	100.0%
1962	64	CO	R	U.S. House	District 03	General	1	74,848	54.7%

1964	66	CO	R	U.S. House	District 03	Primary	1	19,097	100.0%
1964	66	CO	R	U.S. House	District 03	General	2	81,544	48.8%

1966	68	CO	R	U.S. House	District 03	Primary	2	11,653	43.7%

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

Ideology Data for Edgar Chenoweth

Year	Age	Body	Conservative Coalition		Party Unity		Presidential Support			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
Year	Age	Body					P			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
1941	43	House			77	4	D			78
1942	44	House			70	20	D			86
1943	45	House			81	15	D			87
1944	46	House			73	13	D			75
1945	47	House			76	16	D			96
1946	48	House			80	3	D			84
1947	49	House			84	13	D			95	0
1948	50	House			83	17	D			91	23
1951	53	House			90	9	D			92	0
1952	54	House			80	16	D			92	8
1953	55	House			87	13	R	76		100	27
1954	56	House			90	7	R	84	16	99	22
1955	57	House			90	10	R	61	39	95	22
1956	58	House			59	34	R	91	9	96	71
1957	59	House			56	41	R	55	43	98	33
1958	60	House			46	54	R	84	16	100	42
1959	61	House	100	0	69	13	R	65	35	99	22
1960	62	House	42	58	57	43	R	67	33	100	44
1961	63	House	78	13	55	41	D	55	43	98	10	57
1962	64	House	94	6	75	25	D	52	48	98	13	73
1963	65	House	93	0	83	9	D	32	63	93	8	87
1964	66	House	100	0	77	16	D	40	52	96	8	88
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.