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Jeffery Cohelan

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 24, 1914 in San Francisco, CA
Died: February 15, 1999 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • University of California School of Economics, A.B.

Career:

  • Secretary-treasurer of Milk Drivers and Dairy Employees union local, 1942-1958
  • Berkeley Welfare Commission, 1949-1953

Elected Office:

  • Berkeley city council, 1955-1958


Election Results for Jeffery Cohelan


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1958 44 CA R U.S. House District 07 Primary 2 5,554 12.1%
1958 44 CA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 42,737 81.0%
1958 44 CA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 65,699 50.9%
1960 46 CA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 44,959 100.0%
1960 46 CA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 79,776 57.0%
1962 48 CA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 43,537 81.9%
1962 48 CA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 86,215 64.5%
1964 50 CA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 52,319 100.0%
1964 50 CA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 100,901 66.1%
1966 52 CA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 35,921 55.0%
1966 52 CA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 84,644 63.9%
1968 54 CA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 52,591 61.4%
1968 54 CA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 102,689 62.9%
1970 56 CA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 2 35,223 45.2%


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



Ideology Data for Jeffery Cohelan


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
1959 45 House 0 91 92 4 R 37 50 90 100
1960 46 House 0 100 84 16 R 58 42 100 100
1961 47 House 4 96 88 12 D 92 5 97 100 0
1962 48 House 0 100 98 0 D 95 3 95 100 0
1963 49 House 0 87 81 5 D 82 6 85 100 0
1964 50 House 0 92 87 3 D 88 2 88 100 0
1965 51 House 2 96 94 5 D 91 6 96 95 6
1966 52 House 0 78 63 0 D 52 4 62 100 0
1967 53 House 4 93 88 2 D 85 9 91 93 0
1968 54 House 0 82 77 7 D 74 11 84 100 5
1969 55 House 11 84 76 15 R 49 40 89 93 20
1970 56 House 0 80 71 10 R 51 34 83 100 6
Lifetime conservative rating:   4%


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.