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George Dondero

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 16, 1893 in Greenfield, MI
Died: January 29, 1968 in Royal Oak, MI

Education:

  • Detroit College of Law, 1910

Career:

  • Royal Oak clerk/treasurer/assessor, 1905-1909
  • Lawyer
  • Royal Oak city attorney, 1911-1921
  • Assistant Oakland County prosecutor, 1918-1919

Elected Office:

  • Royal Oak Board of Education, 1910-1928
  • Mayor of Royal Oak, 1921-1922


Election Results for George Dondero


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 42 MI R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 19,996 63.6%
1936 42 MI R U.S. House District 17 General 1 51,603 47.7%
1938 44 MI R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 31,030 70.5%
1938 44 MI R U.S. House District 17 General 1 63,769 61.4%
1940 46 MI R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 27,140 71.8%
1940 46 MI R U.S. House District 17 General 1 82,809 54.7%
1942 48 MI R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 20,949 76.6%
1942 48 MI R U.S. House District 17 General 1 56,607 56.8%
1944 50 MI R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 17,326 74.0%
1944 50 MI R U.S. House District 17 General 1 116,242 56.4%
1946 52 MI R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 33,781 100.0%
1946 52 MI R U.S. House District 17 General 1 102,336 64.7%
1948 54 MI R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 30,281 62.3%
1948 54 MI R U.S. House District 17 General 1 116,427 52.7%
1950 56 MI R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 44,281 81.6%
1950 56 MI R U.S. House District 17 General 1 114,274 55.6%
1952 58 MI R U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 36,181 61.8%
1952 58 MI R U.S. House District 18 General 1 108,673 56.2%
1954 60 MI R U.S. House District 18 General 1 80,771 53.9%


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



Ideology Data for George Dondero


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
1937 43 House 86 12 D 92
1938 44 House 98 2 D 97
1939 45 House 94 4 D 95
1940 46 House 86 6 D 86
1941 47 House 83 15 D 89
1942 48 House 95 5 D 93
1943 49 House 96 4 D 93
1944 50 House 80 13 D 89
1945 51 House 86 10 D 83
1946 52 House 89 7 D 87
1947 53 House 92 5 D 96 0
1948 54 House 100 0 D 92 8
1949 55 House 91 5 D 93 0
1950 56 House 90 5 D 82 7
1951 57 House 94 1 D 78 15
1952 58 House 89 11 D 88 15
1953 59 House 82 11 R 70 80 0 0
1954 60 House 90 7 R 74 24 95 11 0
1955 61 House 71 19 R 63 22 88 10
1956 62 House 78 13 R 85 12 95 14


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.