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Edward Derwinski

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 15, 1926 in Chicago, IL
Died: January 15, 2012 in Oak Brook, IL

Education:

  • Loyola University, B.S., 1951

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1945-1946

Career:

  • President of West Pullman Savings & Loan Association, 1950-1975
  • U.S. State Department, 1983-1987
  • Undersecretary of State for International Security Affairs, 1987-1989
  • U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 1989-1992

Elected Office:

  • IL House, 1957-1958


Election Results for Edward Derwinski


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1958 31 IL R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 21,279 100.0%
1958 31 IL R U.S. House District 04 General 1 106,691 52.0%
1960 33 IL R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 45,873 100.0%
1960 33 IL R U.S. House District 04 General 1 179,480 55.7%
1962 35 IL D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 25,863 100.0%
1962 35 IL R U.S. House District 04 General 1 114,954 64.9%
1964 37 IL R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 48,079 100.0%
1964 37 IL R U.S. House District 04 General 1 144,762 58.9%
1966 39 IL R U.S. House District 04 General 1 125,365 72.0%
1968 41 IL R U.S. House District 04 General 1 151,216 68.3%
1970 43 IL R U.S. House District 04 General 1 117,590 68.0%
1972 45 IL R U.S. House District 04 General 1 141,402 70.5%
1974 47 IL R U.S. House District 04 General 1 68,428 59.2%
1976 49 IL R U.S. House District 04 General 1 124,847 65.8%
1978 51 IL R U.S. House District 04 General 1 94,435 66.9%
1980 53 IL R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 40,593 83.3%
1980 53 IL R U.S. House District 04 General 1 152,377 68.0%
1982 55 IL R U.S. House District 04 Primary 2 17,292 47.2%


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



Ideology Data for Edward Derwinski


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
1959 32 House 91 9 69 8 R 56 22 75 11
1960 33 House 89 11 80 18 R 51 49 95 11
1961 34 House 87 4 81 12 D 29 63 90 0 86
1962 35 House 75 19 77 9 D 33 60 85 13 69
1963 36 House 67 20 84 2 D 15 63 80 0 75
1964 37 House 75 17 76 8 D 29 56 83 9 88
1965 38 House 71 6 76 4 D 27 57 80 5 94
1966 39 House 70 3 69 9 D 33 48 78 0 85
1967 40 House 63 17 72 8 D 36 45 76 8 73
1968 41 House 84 10 76 13 D 44 43 85 17 100
1969 42 House 71 20 69 18 R 51 36 90 40 86
1970 43 House 73 18 82 8 R 65 26 89 20 83
1971 44 House 43 4 39 7 R 49 12 51 19 100
1972 45 House 71 13 64 20 R 54 19 80 7 75
1973 46 House 65 21 65 21 R 59 22 86 13 100
1974 47 House 70 18 66 23 R 70 23 88 9* 61
1975 48 House 74 19 71 23 R 74 19 94 0 85
1976 49 House 66 25 64 29 R 73 24 94 5 69
1977 50 House 80 17 77 19 D 42 56 95 10 84
1978 51 House 73 26 68 31 D 47 50 98 20 88
1979 52 House 69 26 71 27 D 38 59 97 12 82
1980 53 House 64 24 70 22 D 42 45 91 12 61
1981 54 House 64 27 76 16 R 68 24 91 17 91
1982 55 House 75 14 67 16 R 70 9 82 17 79
Lifetime conservative rating:   82%


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.