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Albert Engel

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 1, 1888 in New Washington, OH
Died: December 2, 1959 in Grand Rapids, MI

Education:

  • Northwestern University Law School, 1910

Military Service:

  • 1917-1919

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Missaukee County prosecutor, 1916-1917, 1919-1920

Elected Office:

  • MI Senate, 1921-1922, 1927-1932


Election Results for Albert Engel


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 48 MI R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 24,764 76.8%
1936 48 MI R U.S. House District 09 General 1 40,675 50.2%
1938 50 MI R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 26,440 100.0%
1938 50 MI R U.S. House District 09 General 1 40,849 58.2%
1940 52 MI R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 24,829 100.0%
1940 52 MI R U.S. House District 09 General 1 52,343 56.8%
1942 54 MI R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 15,391 100.0%
1942 54 MI R U.S. House District 09 General 1 34,548 65.4%
1944 56 MI R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 11,562 100.0%
1944 56 MI R U.S. House District 09 General 1 56,308 62.6%
1946 58 MI R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 20,338 100.0%
1946 58 MI R U.S. House District 09 General 1 49,017 71.8%
1948 60 MI R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 21,543 100.0%
1948 60 MI R U.S. House District 09 General 1 51,771 58.5%
1950 62 MI R Governor Primary 4 67,415 12.1%
1954 66 MI R U.S. House District 09 Primary 2 8,338 37.3%


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



Ideology Data for Albert Engel


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 49 House 83 10 D 91
1938 50 House 83 10 D 95
1939 51 House 87 7 D 86
1940 52 House 91 3 D 95
1941 53 House 85 4 D 89
1942 54 House 80 20 D 96
1943 55 House 83 4 D 85
1944 56 House 83 10 D 85
1945 57 House 76 18 D 94
1946 58 House 54 11 D 56
1947 59 House 89 8 D 98 33
1948 60 House 94 3 D 97 15
1949 61 House 65 33 D 94 31
1950 62 House 33 27 D 44 64


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.