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Harris Fawell

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 25, 1929 in West Chicago, IL
Died: November 11, 2021 in Naperville, IL

Education:

  • North Central College, B.A., 1949
  • Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D., 1953

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • IL Commission on Children, 1967-1977

Elected Office:

  • IL Senate, 1963-1977
  • Candidate for IL Supreme Court, 1976


Election Results for Harris Fawell


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1984 55 IL R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 14,058 29.7%
1984 55 IL R U.S. House District 13 General 1 157,603 67.0%
1986 57 IL R U.S. House District 13 General 1 107,227 73.4%
1988 59 IL R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 36,233 77.0%
1988 59 IL R U.S. House District 13 General 1 174,992 70.2%
1990 61 IL R U.S. House District 13 General 1 116,048 65.8%
1992 63 IL R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 46,417 73.0%
1992 63 IL R U.S. House District 13 General 1 179,257 68.4%
1994 65 IL R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 44,748 100.0%
1994 65 IL R U.S. House District 13 General 1 124,312 73.1%
1996 67 IL R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 40,174 100.0%
1996 67 IL R U.S. House District 13 General 1 141,651 59.9%


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



Ideology Data for Harris Fawell


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
1985 56 House 78 22 79 18 R 85 15 98 15 79
1986 57 House 78 22 83 17 R 69 30 99 20 73
1987 58 House 84 16 74 23 R 64 34 98 24 70
1988 59 House 92 8 80 18 R 61 36 98 40 64
1989 60 House 88 10 73 25 R 60 40 98 10 93
1990 61 House 81 19 88 11 R 70 30 99 11 88
1991 62 House 84 11 80 16 R 75 25 95 15 84
1992 63 House 75 25 86 13 R 70 29 99 25 83
1993 64 House 84 16 86 14 D 43 56 99 15 92
1994 65 House 78 22 85 15 D 51 49 99 26 81
1995 66 House 86 14 88 11 D 29 71 99 20 60
1996 67 House 78 22 84 14 D 43 57 98 10 85
1997 68 House 84 15 77 19 D 43 57 97 35 60
1998 69 House 81 14 75 19 D 35 56 92 5 64
Lifetime conservative rating:   77%


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.