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Ivor Fenton

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 3, 1889 in Mahanoy City, PA
Died: October 23, 1986 in Sunbury, PA

Education:

  • Jefferson Medical College, 1912

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Medical Corps and Infantry, 1917-1919

Career:

  • Physician


Election Results for Ivor Fenton


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1938 48 PA R U.S. House District 13 General 1 79,468 53.2%
1940 50 PA R U.S. House District 13 General 1 70,647 50.5%
1942 52 PA R U.S. House District 13 General 1 50,721 58.2%
1944 54 PA R U.S. House District 12 General 1 65,960 56.8%
1946 56 PA R U.S. House District 12 General 1 62,151 62.7%
1948 58 PA R U.S. House District 12 General 1 68,089 60.6%
1950 60 PA R U.S. House District 12 General 1 67,135 56.8%
1952 62 PA R U.S. House District 12 General 1 79,859 60.7%
1954 64 PA R U.S. House District 12 General 1 62,779 55.5%
1956 66 PA R U.S. House District 12 General 1 72,125 56.5%
1958 68 PA R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 29,052 71.1%
1958 68 PA R U.S. House District 12 General 1 64,960 54.9%
1960 70 PA R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 27,434 74.0%
1960 70 PA R U.S. House District 12 General 1 72,061 52.4%
1962 72 PA R U.S. House District 06 General 2 107,724 48.8%


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



Ideology Data for Ivor Fenton


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
1939 49 House 84 13 D 94
1940 50 House 76 18 D 93
1941 51 House 89 9 D 94
1942 52 House 55 15 D 83
1943 53 House 77 13 D 91
1944 54 House 87 7 D 75
1945 55 House 76 14 D 88
1946 56 House 87 10 D 97
1947 57 House 95 5 D 100 8
1948 58 House 92 3 D 94 15
1949 59 House 83 15 D 99 0
1950 60 House 90 8 D 95 7
1951 61 House 85 13 D 92 23
1952 62 House 50 16 D 56 0
1953 63 House 89 11 R 88 100 36
1954 64 House 80 20 R 71 26 99 22
1955 65 House 77 16 R 54 44 97 22
1956 66 House 84 16 R 79 15 97 57
1957 67 House 49 47 R 78 18 93 88
1958 68 House 78 19 R 64 32 97 33
1959 69 House 91 9 79 21 R 81 19 100 22
1960 70 House 21 79 53 43 R 60 30 96 56
1961 71 House 78 17 74 22 D 45 45 93 20 64
1962 72 House 69 25 70 19 D 53 42 92 25 57
Lifetime conservative rating:   61%


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.