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Robert Chipperfield

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 20, 1899 in Canton, IL
Died: April 9, 1971 in Canton, IL

Education:

  • Harvard College, 1922
  • Boston University Law Department, 1925

Military Service:

  • World War I

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Canton city attorney


Election Results for Robert Chipperfield


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1938 38 IL R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 12,327 53.2%
1938 38 IL R U.S. House District 15 General 1 47,703 54.5%
1940 40 IL R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 30,529 100.0%
1940 40 IL R U.S. House District 15 General 1 65,639 56.4%
1942 42 IL R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 28,214 100.0%
1942 42 IL R U.S. House District 15 General 1 48,677 62.1%
1944 44 IL R U.S. House District 15 General 1 58,358 59.3%
1946 46 IL R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 14,438 52.3%
1946 46 IL R U.S. House District 15 General 1 49,895 64.3%
1948 48 IL R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 21,604 69.8%
1948 48 IL R U.S. House District 19 General 1 69,733 54.0%
1950 50 IL R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 25,424 80.6%
1950 50 IL R U.S. House District 19 General 1 69,379 59.0%
1952 52 IL R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 36,275 74.9%
1952 52 IL R U.S. House District 19 General 1 94,141 60.8%
1954 54 IL R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 23,373 55.3%
1954 54 IL R U.S. House District 19 General 1 64,772 56.5%
1956 56 IL R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 21,515 58.2%
1956 56 IL R U.S. House District 19 General 1 85,497 55.8%
1958 58 IL R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 18,241 64.4%
1958 58 IL R U.S. House District 19 General 1 52,049 50.5%
1960 60 IL R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 16,640 59.4%
1960 60 IL R U.S. House District 19 General 1 82,622 90.5%


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



Ideology Data for Robert Chipperfield


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
1939 39 House 97 1 D 95
1940 40 House 93 4 D 92
1941 41 House 96 2 D 91
1942 42 House 90 10 D 96
1943 43 House 94 6 D 95
1944 44 House 80 0 D 71
1945 45 House 60 6 D 73
1946 46 House 85 5 D 87
1947 47 House 95 0 D 94 0
1948 48 House 72 6 D 67 0
1949 49 House 92 0 D 88 0
1950 50 House 71 10 D 71 0
1951 51 House 94 4 D 94 8
1952 52 House 82 7 D 72 0
1953 53 House 82 8 R 79 82 25
1954 54 House 70 13 R 71 13 82 29
1955 55 House 39 13 R 44 17 61 22
1956 56 House 81 9 R 74 18 89 43
1957 57 House 71 7 R 50 30 81 56
1958 58 House 97 3 R 56 34 92 17
1959 59 House 73 9 83 12 R 81 11 94 22
1960 60 House 89 0 78 16 R 63 28 91 25
1961 61 House 83 13 76 10 D 37 54 87 0 82
1962 62 House 50 31 63 19 D 45 40 69 38 62
Lifetime conservative rating:   71%


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.