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Thomas Ewing

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 19, 1935 in Atlanta, GA

Education:

  • Milliken University, B.S., 1957
  • John Marshall Law School, J.D., 1968

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Reserve, 1957-1963 with active duty in 1958

Career:

  • Farmer
  • Lawyer
  • Assistant IL state's attorney for Livingston County, 1968-1973

Elected Office:

  • IL House, 1974-1991


Election Results for Thomas Ewing


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1991 55 IL R U.S. House District 15 Special 1 25,675 66.4%
1992 56 IL R U.S. House District 15 General 1 142,167 59.3%
1994 58 IL R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 49,151 100.0%
1994 58 IL R U.S. House District 15 General 1 108,857 68.2%
1996 60 IL R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 55,336 100.0%
1996 60 IL R U.S. House District 15 General 1 121,019 57.3%
1998 62 IL R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 51,927 100.0%
1998 62 IL R U.S. House District 15 General 1 104,255 61.6%


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



Ideology Data for Thomas Ewing


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
1991 55 House 100 0 81 15 R 86 14 98 0 100
1992 56 House 71 27 80 17 R 74 25 96 25 88
1993 57 House 89 11 93 5 D 31 69 98 5 100
1994 58 House 94 6 92 6 D 41 54 96 11 90
1995 59 House 95 2 94 4 D 17 81 98 0 96
1996 60 House 94 6 91 6 D 34 63 97 0 100
1997 61 House 87 5 91 7 D 36 64 98 20 84
1998 62 House 90 5 86 10 D 27 66 95 0 91
1999 63 House 87 11 D 24 74 96 15 68
2000 64 House 83 7 D 26 68 90 0 92
Lifetime conservative rating:   90%


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.