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Paul Cunningham

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 15, 1890 in Kent, PA
Died: July 16, 1961 in Brainerd, MN

Education:

  • PA State Teachers College, 1911
  • University of Michigan, 1914, Law School, 1915

Military Service:

  • Infantry, 1917-1919
  • IA National Guard, 1920-1923

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • IA House, 1933-1937


Election Results for Paul Cunningham


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1940 50 IA R U.S. House District 06 Primary 2 12,894 32.6%
1940 50 IA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 70,707 52.3%
1942 52 IA R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 25,463 100.0%
1942 52 IA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 48,578 63.2%
1944 54 IA R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 17,143 100.0%
1944 54 IA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 66,260 54.1%
1946 56 IA R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 19,739 79.4%
1946 56 IA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 41,679 59.4%
1948 58 IA R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 31,274 100.0%
1948 58 IA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 60,103 50.8%
1950 60 IA R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 23,679 100.0%
1950 60 IA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 57,429 56.9%
1952 62 IA R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 32,924 100.0%
1952 62 IA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 95,057 58.8%
1954 64 IA R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 25,908 91.5%
1954 64 IA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 61,355 55.6%
1956 66 IA R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 26,688 100.0%
1956 66 IA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 85,178 51.1%
1958 68 IA R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 19,941 100.0%
1958 68 IA R U.S. House District 05 General 2 56,320 47.7%


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



Ideology Data for Paul 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
1941 51 House 80 17 D 93
1942 52 House 75 25 D 99
1943 53 House 75 25 D 99
1944 54 House 83 17 D 98
1945 55 House 76 18 D 93
1946 56 House 82 8 D 91
1947 57 House 76 21 D 96 17
1948 58 House 81 14 D 85 17
1949 59 House 82 15 D 94 8
1950 60 House 71 27 D 97 20
1951 61 House 84 16 D 96 8
1952 62 House 80 9 D 93 10
1953 63 House 76 13 R 88 89 40
1954 64 House 80 20 R 82 18 99 22
1955 65 House 71 29 R 78 22 100 50
1956 66 House 81 16 R 82 15 97 57
1957 67 House 59 39 R 67 28 97 75
1958 68 House 51 49 R 80 20 100 75


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.