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Charles Diggs

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 2, 1922 in Detroit, MI
Died: August 24, 1998 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Attended University of Michigan, 1940-1942
  • Wayne College of Mortuary Science, 1946

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1943-1945

Career:

  • Mortician

Elected Office:

  • MI Senate, 1951-1954


Election Results for Charles Diggs


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1954 31 MI D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 20,594 61.4%
1954 31 MI D U.S. House District 13 General 1 64,716 65.8%
1956 33 MI D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 27,467 81.1%
1956 33 MI D U.S. House District 13 General 1 87,353 69.8%
1958 35 MI D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 19,696 82.3%
1958 35 MI D U.S. House District 13 General 1 57,354 72.7%
1960 37 MI D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 16,848 78.3%
1960 37 MI D U.S. House District 13 General 1 76,812 71.4%
1962 39 MI D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 13,625 63.1%
1962 39 MI D U.S. House District 13 General 1 59,688 71.2%
1964 41 MI D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 30,398 83.5%
1964 41 MI D U.S. House District 13 General 1 102,413 85.8%
1966 43 MI D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 21,713 72.7%
1966 43 MI D U.S. House District 13 General 1 60,660 83.0%
1968 45 MI D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 14,061 81.5%
1968 45 MI D U.S. House District 13 General 1 81,951 86.4%
1970 47 MI D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 22,372 84.2%
1970 47 MI D U.S. House District 13 General 1 56,872 86.1%
1972 49 MI D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 23,569 100.0%
1972 49 MI D U.S. House District 13 General 1 97,562 85.6%
1974 51 MI D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 21,744 100.0%
1974 51 MI D U.S. House District 13 General 1 63,246 87.4%
1976 53 MI D U.S. House District 13 General 1 83,387 89.0%
1978 55 MI D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 12,837 62.1%
1978 55 MI D U.S. House District 13 General 1 44,771 79.2%


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



Ideology Data for Charles Diggs


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
1955 32 House 81 0 R 49 29 75 100
1956 33 House 53 9 R 44 26 66 100
1957 34 House 42 17 R 52 17 60 88
1958 35 House 68 8 R 60 14 69 100
1959 36 House 0 82 69 6 R 41 39 74 100
1960 37 House 0 74 63 16 R 42 47 80 100
1961 38 House 4 91 83 2 D 78 6 84 100 0
1962 39 House 12 56 65 5 D 72 5 64 100 8
1963 40 House 0 80 67 0 D 63 1 58 91 0
1964 41 House 0 83 61 0 D 67 0 51 100 0
1965 42 House 2 86 75 2 D 67 4 67 100 6
1966 43 House 5 84 66 6 D 60 7 64 93 14
1967 44 House 4 67 58 2 D 44 3 44 100 0
1968 45 House 0 61 55 4 D 53 8 56 100 6
1969 46 House 0 80 62 4 R 34 36 66 100 14
1970 47 House 2 57 49 8 R 29 28 47 93 19
1971 48 House 1 37 31 3 R 12 32 32 100 40
1972 49 House 2 68 69 6 R 38 35 68 100 0
1973 50 House 5 67 74 3 R 24 59 67 95 5
1974 51 House 4 51 55 4 R 21 30 53 93 11
1975 52 House 8 60 64 5 R 27 45 65 100 0
1976 53 House 6 72 76 3 R 22 49 73 89 0
1977 54 House 7 67 68 4 D 57 13 65 84 3
1978 55 House 5 55 50 5 D 42 8 49 82 14
1979 56 House 3 47 51 2 D 48 10 45 88 0
1980 57 House 6 51 51 7 D 54 15 49 90 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   6%


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.