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Don Edwards

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 6, 1915 in San Jose, CA
Died: October 1, 2015 in San Jose, CA

Education:

  • Stanford University, B.A., 1936
  • Attended Stanford University Law School

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1942-1945

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • FBI agent, 1940-1941
  • President, Valley Title Co. of Santa Clara County, 1951-1975


Election Results for Don Edwards


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1962 47 CA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 18,269 35.9%
1962 47 CA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 79,616 65.9%
1964 49 CA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 55,482 100.0%
1964 49 CA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 115,954 69.8%
1966 51 CA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 48,922 83.9%
1966 51 CA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 97,311 63.1%
1968 53 CA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 61,047 72.7%
1968 53 CA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 101,329 56.6%
1970 55 CA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 50,084 100.0%
1970 55 CA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 120,041 69.1%
1972 57 CA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 65,630 87.4%
1972 57 CA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 123,994 72.3%
1974 59 CA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 42,779 77.7%
1974 59 CA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 87,978 77.0%
1976 61 CA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 37,673 100.0%
1976 61 CA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 111,992 72.0%
1978 63 CA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 66,636 100.0%
1978 63 CA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 84,488 67.1%
1980 65 CA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 64,507 100.0%
1980 65 CA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 102,231 62.1%
1982 67 CA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 30,486 100.0%
1982 67 CA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 77,263 62.7%
1984 69 CA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 34,821 86.1%
1984 69 CA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 102,469 62.4%
1986 71 CA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 38,447 100.0%
1986 71 CA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 84,240 70.5%
1988 73 CA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 48,276 83.0%
1988 73 CA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 142,500 86.2%
1990 75 CA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 44,568 100.0%
1990 75 CA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 81,875 62.7%
1992 77 CA D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 37,833 71.5%
1992 77 CA D U.S. House District 16 General 1 96,661 62.0%


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



Ideology Data for Don Edwards


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
1963 48 House 0 80 91 0 D 89 4 91 100 0
1964 49 House 0 92 92 2 D 90 4 90 100 0
1965 50 House 0 94 87 1 D 83 4 84 100 0
1966 51 House 0 89 78 3 D 78 7 81 100 8
1967 52 House 2 81 79 4 D 73 12 82 93 0
1968 53 House 2 82 68 5 D 68 9 71 100 5
1969 54 House 7 69 62 9 R 23 38 67 100 18
1970 55 House 0 68 63 14 R 51 38 77 100 6
1971 56 House 3 93 86 9 R 26 72 93 97 15
1972 57 House 2 90 82 6 R 49 49 93 94 0
1973 58 House 3 88 86 4 R 21 70 90 100 4
1974 59 House 2 97 91 5 R 40 57 94 100 5
1975 60 House 2 95 95 3 R 30 65 97 100* 0
1976 61 House 5 91 94 3 R 20 78 95 100 3
1977 62 House 3 95 92 5 D 82 16 96 95 3
1978 63 House 4 88 88 6 D 79 14 93 89 5
1979 64 House 2 90 83 5 D 76 17 89 100 3
1980 65 House 2 91 91 4 D 69 22 93 100 11
1981 66 House 3 95 88 5 R 29 63 93 100 0
1982 67 House 7 93 93 4 R 27 68 95 100 0
1983 68 House 7 89 94 3 R 15 84 97 100 0
1984 69 House 2 98 94 5 R 24 75 98 100 0
1985 70 House 7 93 97 2 R 20 80 99 100 0
1986 71 House 4 94 95 3 R 16 84 99 100 0
1987 72 House 2 95 92 2 R 11 85 93 100 0
1988 73 House 5 87 94 3 R 18 80 96 100 0
1989 74 House 0 95 93 1 R 27 69 95 100 0
1990 75 House 7 89 92 3 R 17 82 96 100 4
1991 76 House 8 89 92 6 R 26 71 98 95 0
1992 77 House 10 90 92 3 R 12 85 96 100 0
1993 78 House 11 86 94 3 D 79 18 97 100 0
1994 79 House 3 89 93 2 D 77 21 93 100 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   3%


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.