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Cliff Clevenger

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 20, 1885 in Long Pine, NE
Died: December 13, 1960 in Tiffin, OH

Career:

  • Mercantile businessman, 1901-1914
  • President of Clevenger Stores, 1915-1936
  • Manager of F.W. Uhlman Stores, 1927-1938
  • Farmer/rancher


Election Results for Cliff Clevenger


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1938 52 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 6,037 42.6%
1938 52 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 37,027 56.8%
1940 54 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 15,339 100.0%
1940 54 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 48,040 60.7%
1942 56 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 5,935 52.7%
1942 56 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 30,667 63.6%
1944 58 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 8,989 69.4%
1944 58 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 48,490 68.1%
1946 60 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 6,855 62.4%
1946 60 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 30,623 60.3%
1948 62 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 10,678 100.0%
1948 62 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 34,950 52.1%
1950 64 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 8,122 56.0%
1950 64 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 36,096 57.5%
1952 66 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 18,400 61.2%
1952 66 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 72,168 63.2%
1954 68 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 16,758 100.0%
1954 68 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 49,265 59.5%
1956 70 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 15,275 59.3%
1956 70 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 69,774 62.3%


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



Ideology Data for Cliff Clevenger


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 53 House 93 1 D 94
1940 54 House 89 0 D 86
1941 55 House 87 7 D 88
1942 56 House 100 0 D 93
1943 57 House 98 2 D 97
1944 58 House 93 7 D 97
1945 59 House 96 2 D 96
1946 60 House 93 3 D 97
1947 61 House 95 3 D 98 0
1948 62 House 86 6 D 92 0
1949 63 House 68 2 D 56 0
1950 64 House 92 3 D 90 0
1951 65 House 94 4 D 95 8
1952 66 House 91 2 D 88 0
1953 67 House 87 13 R 61 99 0
1954 68 House 83 7 R 66 18 84 11
1955 69 House 68 0 R 44 24 74 0
1956 70 House 66 3 R 53 32 78 0
1957 71 House 71 20 R 37 50 86 11
1958 72 House 78 5 R 34 48 82 9


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.