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Edward Feighan

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 22, 1947 in Lakewood, OH

Education:

  • Loyola University, B.A., 1969
  • Cleveland State University, J.D., 1978

Career:

  • School teacher, 1969-1972
  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • OH House, 1973-1979
  • Cuyahoga County commissioner, 1979-1982

Other notes:

  • Nephew of Michael Feighan


Election Results for Edward Feighan


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 34 OH D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 37,906 48.5%
1982 34 OH D U.S. House District 19 General 1 111,760 58.8%
1984 36 OH D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 70,539 79.7%
1984 36 OH D U.S. House District 19 General 1 139,605 55.2%
1986 38 OH D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 37,216 86.8%
1986 38 OH D U.S. House District 19 General 1 97,814 54.8%
1988 40 OH D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 71,625 100.0%
1988 40 OH D U.S. House District 19 General 1 168,065 70.5%
1990 42 OH D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 65,771 84.8%
1990 42 OH D U.S. House District 19 General 1 132,951 64.8%


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



Ideology Data for Edward Feighan


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
1983 35 House 22 75 86 11 R 20 78 93 90 5
1984 36 House 17 81 81 17 R 26 71 96 85 13
1985 37 House 24 76 88 9 R 29 71 97 70 11
1986 38 House 14 86 90 5 R 17 81 97 95 0
1987 39 House 35 63 88 6 R 16 81 94 92 0
1988 40 House 18 79 86 4 R 17 80 92 100 0
1989 41 House 17 71 89 3 R 31 66 93 95 4
1990 42 House 17 78 86 5 R 18 71 90 100 9
1991 43 House 8 92 91 4 R 28 70 93 95 0
1992 44 House 35 44 73 6 R 18 67 81 89 16
Lifetime conservative rating:   6%


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.