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Clair Engle

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 21, 1911 in Bakersfield, CA
Died: July 30, 1964 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Chico State College, 1930
  • University of California Law School, 1933

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Tehama County district attorney, 1934-1942

Elected Office:

  • CA Senate, 1943


Election Results for Clair Engle


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1943 31 CA D U.S. House District 02 Special 1 12,235 39.8%
1944 32 CA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 2 9,649 47.0%
1944 32 CA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 20,509 74.5%
1944 32 CA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 48,201 63.8%
1946 34 CA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 18,725 76.7%
1946 34 CA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 31,419 86.1%
1946 34 CA D,R U.S. House District 02 General 1 57,895 100.0%
1948 36 CA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 21,886 81.3%
1948 36 CA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 30,083 72.6%
1948 36 CA D,R U.S. House District 02 General 1 78,555 100.0%
1950 38 CA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 28,345 100.0%
1950 38 CA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 45,905 100.0%
1950 38 CA D,R U.S. House District 02 General 1 85,103 100.0%
1952 40 CA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 32,843 72.1%
1952 40 CA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 53,443 100.0%
1952 40 CA D,R U.S. House District 02 General 1 124,179 100.0%
1954 42 CA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 26,839 57.6%
1954 42 CA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 60,645 92.8%
1954 42 CA D,R U.S. House District 02 General 1 113,104 100.0%
1956 44 CA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 62,949 95.1%
1956 44 CA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 30,754 66.1%
1956 44 CA D,R U.S. House District 02 General 1 136,544 100.0%
1958 46 CA D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 1,558,622 70.8%
1958 46 CA R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 3 173,845 10.8%
1958 46 CA D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 2,927,693 57.0%
1964 52 CA D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 4 119,967 4.5%


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



Ideology Data for Clair Engle


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
1943 31 House 0 6 D 9
1944 32 House 43 40 D 77
1945 33 House 88 6 D 92
1946 34 House 56 21 D 72
1947 35 House 63 34 D 86 42
1948 36 House 64 6 D 72 89
1949 37 House 61 30 D 91 42
1950 38 House 77 14 D 83 80
1951 39 House 85 6 D 74 85
1952 40 House 55 34 D 79 60
1953 41 House 61 39 R 66 93 82
1954 42 House 63 27 R 58 26 79 78
1955 43 House 71 19 R 63 34 95 90
1956 44 House 78 16 R 68 26 90 100
1957 45 House 83 15 R 60 35 92 67
1958 46 House 41 5 R 30 14 49 92
1959 47 Senate 17 77 92 5 R 32 64 96 92
1960 48 Senate 4 91 89 7 R 45 48 93 100
1961 49 Senate 22 72 80 12 D 80 11 92 100 7
1962 50 Senate 32 59 80 9 D 74 12 82 75 13
1963 51 Senate 16 32 43 10 D 23 1 34 88 31
1964 52 Senate 14 5 D 35 2 40 64 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   15%


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.