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Michael Feighan

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 16, 1905 in Lakewood, OH
Died: March 19, 1992 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Princeton University, A.B., 1927
  • Harvard University, LL.B., 1931

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • OH House, 1937-1940

Other notes:

  • Uncle of Edward Feighan


Election Results for Michael Feighan


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1940 35 OH D U.S. House District 20 Primary 2 14,275 40.1%
1942 37 OH D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 19,735 63.1%
1942 37 OH D U.S. House District 20 General 1 34,462 61.8%
1944 39 OH D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 16,249 79.9%
1944 39 OH D U.S. House District 20 General 1 75,218 75.9%
1946 41 OH D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 15,744 62.8%
1946 41 OH D U.S. House District 20 General 1 49,670 67.0%
1948 43 OH D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 23,224 100.0%
1948 43 OH D U.S. House District 20 General 1 64,241 100.0%
1950 45 OH D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 20,451 100.0%
1950 45 OH D U.S. House District 20 General 1 60,565 74.2%
1952 47 OH D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 18,568 54.0%
1952 47 OH D U.S. House District 20 General 1 109,211 65.2%
1954 49 OH D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 18,993 80.3%
1954 49 OH D U.S. House District 20 General 1 81,304 67.7%
1956 51 OH D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 26,551 100.0%
1956 51 OH D U.S. House District 20 General 1 105,562 65.3%
1958 53 OH D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 43,020 100.0%
1958 53 OH D U.S. House District 20 General 1 113,200 79.4%
1960 55 OH D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 38,893 91.6%
1960 55 OH D U.S. House District 20 General 1 113,302 67.8%
1962 57 OH D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 38,013 80.4%
1962 57 OH D U.S. House District 20 General 1 91,544 71.0%
1964 59 OH D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 30,671 50.7%
1964 59 OH D U.S. House District 20 General 1 115,675 74.4%
1966 61 OH D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 13,836 36.0%
1966 61 OH D U.S. House District 20 General 1 63,629 76.1%
1968 63 OH D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 28,475 52.5%
1968 63 OH D U.S. House District 20 General 1 72,918 72.4%
1970 65 OH D U.S. House District 20 Primary 2 14,619 33.3%


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



Ideology Data for Michael 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
1943 38 House 83 8 D 90
1944 39 House 73 7 D 74
1945 40 House 78 16 D 90
1946 41 House 79 16 D 96
1947 42 House 84 5 D 75 100
1948 43 House 92 8 D 95 100
1949 44 House 74 14 D 84 92
1950 45 House 90 7 D 95 93
1951 46 House 94 6 D 95 100
1952 47 House 77 9 D 85 85
1953 48 House 74 21 R 67 89 100
1954 49 House 87 7 R 34 32 78 89
1955 50 House 87 13 R 59 39 99 100
1956 51 House 81 16 R 59 38 97 100
1957 52 House 78 20 R 57 40 97 44
1958 53 House 59 30 R 62 36 92 64
1959 54 House 27 73 77 19 R 48 44 95 89
1960 55 House 16 84 71 24 R 51 44 97 89
1961 56 House 30 70 78 21 D 82 12 95 80 14
1962 57 House 19 81 60 37 D 73 25 90 75 33
1963 58 House 20 73 74 19 D 73 18 90 83 25
1964 59 House 8 83 71 18 D 79 15 89 77 31
1965 60 House 16 84 87 9 D 85 7 92 74 29
1966 61 House 11 81 79 1 D 75 7 80 82 8
1967 62 House 13 70 83 2 D 78 8 82 80 15
1968 63 House 16 75 83 6 D 82 7 88 92 5
1969 64 House 24 71 89 9 R 57 36 94 64 27
1970 65 House 27 43 68 13 R 43 29 74 60 25
Lifetime conservative rating:   20%


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.