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Glenn Cunningham

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 10, 1912 in Omaha, NE
Died: December 18, 2003 in Omaha, NE

Education:

  • Univeristy of Omaha, 1935

Career:

  • Insurance agent, 1935-1937

Elected Office:

  • Omaha board of education, 1946-1948
  • Omaha city council, 1947-1948
  • Mayor of Omaha, 1949-1954


Election Results for Glenn Cunningham


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1956 43 NE R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 9,297 36.5%
1956 43 NE R U.S. House District 02 General 1 77,253 53.4%
1958 45 NE R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 16,872 81.0%
1958 45 NE R U.S. House District 02 General 1 67,660 64.7%
1960 47 NE R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 33,088 99.6%
1960 47 NE R U.S. House District 02 General 1 101,347 66.6%
1962 49 NE R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 26,808 99.7%
1962 49 NE R U.S. House District 02 General 1 83,139 69.4%
1964 51 NE R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 31,397 91.2%
1964 51 NE R U.S. House District 02 General 1 81,660 53.1%
1966 53 NE R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 35,882 99.9%
1966 53 NE R U.S. House District 02 General 1 83,082 64.2%
1968 55 NE R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 43,900 89.2%
1968 55 NE R U.S. House District 02 General 1 87,683 55.2%
1970 57 NE R U.S. House District 02 Primary 2 20,328 43.9%


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



Ideology Data for Glenn Cunningham


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 44 House 68 32 R 63 37 100 22
1958 45 House 78 16 R 42 44 86 18
1959 46 House 91 9 87 12 R 72 28 100 22
1960 47 House 53 47 67 33 R 40 60 99 22
1961 48 House 74 26 81 19 D 38 62 100 20 80
1962 49 House 88 12 81 14 D 33 60 91 13 80
1963 50 House 80 20 93 3 D 18 77 97 8 100
1964 51 House 75 25 77 19 D 42 58 98 15 81
1965 52 House 82 12 76 16 D 39 54 90 0 94
1966 53 House 76 14 68 23 D 43 43 85 13 63
1967 54 House 91 7 82 11 D 46 46 94 7 86
1968 55 House 51 20 56 22 D 43 30 74 25 68
1969 56 House 58 11 42 18 R 51 15 65 0 54
1970 57 House 45 11 40 15 R 57 8 61 21 77
Lifetime conservative rating:   78%


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.