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Paul Dague

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 19, 1898 in Whitford, PA
Died: December 2, 1974 in West Chester, PA

Education:

  • Attended West Chester State Teachers College and Drexel Institute

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1918-1919

Career:

  • PA Highway Department, 1925-1935
  • Chester County deputy sheriff, 1936-1943
  • Chester County sheriff, 1944-1946


Election Results for Paul Dague


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1946 48 PA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 64,311 72.7%
1948 50 PA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 74,726 67.1%
1950 52 PA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 70,368 67.2%
1952 54 PA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 100,578 66.2%
1954 56 PA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 76,163 62.7%
1956 58 PA R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 32,326 78.8%
1956 58 PA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 110,230 68.4%
1958 60 PA R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 34,404 78.5%
1958 60 PA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 88,193 61.9%
1960 62 PA R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 37,497 82.6%
1960 62 PA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 128,917 66.6%
1962 64 PA R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 30,968 75.4%
1962 64 PA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 113,880 67.2%
1964 66 PA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 111,545 57.7%


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



Ideology Data for Paul Dague


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
1947 49 House 97 3 D 94 0
1948 50 House 92 6 D 90 15
1949 51 House 95 3 D 90 0
1950 52 House 86 7 D 92 7
1951 53 House 81 12 D 83 8
1952 54 House 75 23 D 92 23
1953 55 House 87 5 R 80 93 18
1954 56 House 83 17 R 79 16 92 11
1955 57 House 87 10 R 66 34 99 20
1956 58 House 84 16 R 74 24 96 57
1957 59 House 81 10 R 55 38 89 44
1958 60 House 84 11 R 60 34 94 27
1959 61 House 100 0 85 4 R 76 17 88 13
1960 62 House 42 58 61 39 R 77 23 100 22
1961 63 House 74 4 78 7 D 29 52 79 10 82
1962 64 House 75 19 81 12 D 47 50 94 13 71
1963 65 House 87 13 77 7 D 27 58 85 8 93
1964 66 House 75 25 90 8 D 35 63 98 15 81
1965 67 House 90 4 85 8 D 38 57 96 0 94
1966 68 House 76 5 78 4 D 36 52 85 0 88
Lifetime conservative rating:   85%


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.