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Frank Church

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 25, 1924 in Boise, ID
Died: April 7, 1984 in Bethesda, MD

Education:

  • Stanford University, 1947, Law School, 1950

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1942-1946

Career:

  • Lawyer


Election Results for Frank Church


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1956 31 ID D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 27,942 37.8%
1956 31 ID D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 149,096 56.2%
1962 37 ID D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 141,657 54.7%
1968 43 ID D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 173,482 60.3%
1974 49 ID D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 53,659 85.8%
1974 49 ID D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 145,140 56.1%
1980 55 ID D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 2 214,439 48.8%


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



Ideology Data for Frank Church


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 32 Senate 61 21 R 63 26 88 83
1958 33 Senate 89 5 R 50 42 92 91
1959 34 Senate 12 55 69 10 R 33 45 79 77
1960 35 Senate 13 70 78 13 R 48 43 90 92
1961 36 Senate 26 63 79 13 D 77 18 94 100 29
1962 37 Senate 24 68 66 12 D 62 18 78 75 14
1963 38 Senate 19 70 80 8 D 69 15 85 93 13
1964 39 Senate 22 73 71 22 D 63 24 91 89 27
1965 40 Senate 11 46 58 9 D 55 16 69 88 18
1966 41 Senate 20 57 54 13 D 46 17 65 69 19
1967 42 Senate 16 64 58 28 D 53 31 81 92 31
1968 43 Senate 24 24 32 21 D 29 29 54 67 68
1969 44 Senate 14 77 79 11 R 44 44 91 82 14
1970 45 Senate 14 58 65 5 R 41 41 76 94 16
1971 46 Senate 12 71 81 7 R 33 50 81 93 5
1972 47 Senate 13 72 76 7 R 28 63 85 89 25
1973 48 Senate 11 82 81 7 R 28 59 85 83 14
1974 49 Senate 14 55 58 13 R 27 47 71 78 36
1975 50 Senate 17 69 73 10 R 41 39 81 78* 17
1976 51 Senate 16 42 41 9 R 23 44 62 100 5
1977 52 Senate 22 71 72 16 D 67 18 90 81 23
1978 53 Senate 31 59 76 17 D 76 19 91 70 10
1979 54 Senate 47 41 63 24 D 66 18 85 44 20
1980 55 Senate 15 35 44 11 D 47 16 53 75 13
Lifetime conservative rating:   20%


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.