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Phil Crane

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 3, 1930 in Chicago, IL
Died: November 8, 2014 in Jefferson, MD

Education:

  • Attended DePauw University and University of Michigan
  • Hillsdale College, B.A., 1952
  • Indiana University, M.A., 1961, Ph.D., 1963

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1954-1956

Career:

  • - Instructor/professor, 1960-1967
  • Staff, Barry Goldwater's presidential campign in IL, 1964
  • Adviser to Richard Nixon, 1964-1968

Other notes:

  • Brother of Daniel Crane


Election Results for Phil Crane


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1969 38 IL R U.S. House District 13 Special 1 68,418 58.4%
1970 39 IL R U.S. House District 13 General 1 124,649 57.4%
1972 41 IL R U.S. House District 12 General 1 152,938 74.2%
1974 43 IL R U.S. House District 12 General 1 70,731 61.1%
1976 45 IL R U.S. House District 12 General 1 151,899 72.8%
1978 47 IL R U.S. House District 12 General 1 110,503 79.5%
1980 49 IL R U.S. House District 12 General 1 185,080 74.1%
1982 51 IL R U.S. House District 12 General 1 86,487 66.2%
1984 53 IL R U.S. House District 12 General 1 159,582 77.8%
1986 55 IL R U.S. House District 12 General 1 89,044 77.7%
1988 57 IL R U.S. House District 12 General 1 165,913 75.2%
1990 59 IL R U.S. House District 12 General 1 113,081 82.2%
1992 61 IL R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 31,396 55.4%
1992 61 IL R U.S. House District 08 General 1 132,887 55.7%
1994 63 IL R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 21,703 40.2%
1994 63 IL R U.S. House District 08 General 1 88,225 64.9%
1996 65 IL R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 40,489 75.2%
1996 65 IL R U.S. House District 08 General 1 127,763 62.2%
1998 67 IL R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 34,543 65.5%
1998 67 IL R U.S. House District 08 General 1 104,242 68.6%
2000 69 IL R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 31,061 100.0%
2000 69 IL R U.S. House District 08 General 1 141,918 61.0%
2002 71 IL R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 59,051 100.0%
2002 71 IL R U.S. House District 08 General 1 95,275 57.4%
2004 73 IL R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 35,412 57.0%
2004 73 IL R U.S. House District 08 General 2 130,601 48.3%


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



Ideology Data for Phil Crane


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
1969 38 House 100 0 89 11 R 38 63 100 0 100
1970 39 House 66 9 82 4 R 54 29 81 0 88
1971 40 House 83 6 74 12 R 60 33 87 12 100
1972 41 House 83 12 80 15 R 35 46 82 0 100
1973 42 House 78 6 77 9 R 60 26 85 9 100
1974 43 House 77 6 75 4 R 60 28 84 9* 100
1975 44 House 91 4 84 6 R 61 33 90 0 100
1976 45 House 87 4 84 7 R 71 20 86 5 100
1977 46 House 89 3 87 4 D 24 66 88 5 100
1978 47 House 79 2 73 4 D 9 60 72 11 96
1979 48 House 60 2 54 2 D 12 49 54 9 100
1980 49 House 74 5 71 2 D 20 59 68 6 94
1981 50 House 80 13 81 9 R 64 28 86 11 100
1982 51 House 89 7 81 5 R 79 18 88 0 100
1983 52 House 92 6 92 4 R 76 16 91 5 100
1984 53 House 85 10 86 7 R 73 21 92 0 100
1985 54 House 76 9 79 5 R 80 11 84 5 94
1986 55 House 90 4 87 4 R 82 16 92 0 100
1987 56 House 72 9 83 2 R 71 16 87 4 100
1988 57 House 92 3 91 2 R 79 15 91 0 100
1989 58 House 90 5 86 5 R 63 30 90 5 100
1990 59 House 87 7 89 2 R 84 12 91 13 100
1991 60 House 89 5 87 5 R 71 20 92 0 100
1992 61 House 90 6 94 2 R 83 12 95 0 100
1993 62 House 82 18 93 3 D 18 82 97 15 96
1994 63 House 69 17 90 2 D 24 60 91 6 100
1995 64 House 93 1 92 2 D 14 79 94 0 100
1996 65 House 92 4 96 2 D 34 65 97 0 100
1997 66 House 87 7 92 3 D 23 75 95 5 96
1998 67 House 86 10 93 4 D 23 74 94 0 96
1999 68 House 96 3 D 26 72 97 5 100
2000 69 House 80 5 D 22 60 85 0 100
2001 70 House 99 0 R 91 7 98 0 100
2002 71 House 90 1 R 86 11 88 0 100
2003 72 House 97 1 R 98 0 98 10 92
2004 73 House 96 1 R 88 12 97 5 96
Lifetime conservative rating:   99%


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.