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Dan Daniel

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 12, 1914 in Chatham, VA
Died: January 23, 1988 in Danville, VA

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, World War II

Career:

  • Worked for Dan River Mills, Inc., 1939-1968

Elected Office:

  • VA House, 1959-1968


Election Results for Dan Daniel


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1968 54 VA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 70,681 54.6%
1970 56 VA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 54,274 73.0%
1972 58 VA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 83,772 99.9%
1974 60 VA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 52,459 99.4%
1976 62 VA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 101,038 100.0%
1978 64 VA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 83,575 99.9%
1980 66 VA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 112,143 99.9%
1982 68 VA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 88,293 100.0%
1984 70 VA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 117,738 100.0%
1986 72 VA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 73,085 81.5%


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



Ideology Data for Dan Daniel


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 55 House 96 2 20 76 R 45 55 98 7 100
1970 56 House 91 0 24 74 R 64 36 95 0 83
1971 57 House 97 2 25 74 R 77 23 98 3 100
1972 58 House 94 6 17 80 R 57 41 98 0 78
1973 59 House 100 0 19 81 R 66 34 99 4 96
1974 60 House 93 6 16 84 R 64 36 99 0 95
1975 61 House 98 1 15 84 R 70 30 99 0* 100
1976 62 House 98 1 12 88 R 75 25 99 5 94
1977 63 House 97 3 19 81 D 33 66 99 0 92
1978 64 House 95 2 16 81 D 22 75 96 0 96
1979 65 House 94 4 15 82 D 30 69 97 5 95
1980 66 House 93 3 27 70 D 37 62 96 6 89
1981 67 House 93 4 15 81 R 78 20 97 0 92
1982 68 House 88 4 19 76 R 70 19 92 5 83
1983 69 House 93 3 18 79 R 77 22 96 0 100
1984 70 House 92 8 28 68 R 64 34 95 5 95
1985 71 House 80 7 46 45 R 66 25 91 11 65
1986 72 House 80 14 44 52 R 61 36 96 5 86
1987 73 House 77 0 28 38 R 49 27 68 24 71
Lifetime conservative rating:   92%


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.