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Paul Findley

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 23, 1921 in Jacksonville, IL
Died: August 9, 2019 in Jacksonville, IL

Education:

  • Illinois College, B.A., 1943

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1943-1946

Career:

  • President of Pike Press, Inc.

Elected Office:

  • Candidate for IL Senate, 1952


Election Results for Paul Findley


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1960 39 IL R U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 12,104 38.1%
1960 39 IL R U.S. House District 20 General 1 77,286 55.6%
1962 41 IL R U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 50,135 100.0%
1962 41 IL R U.S. House District 20 General 1 100,558 52.9%
1964 43 IL R U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 53,670 100.0%
1964 43 IL R U.S. House District 20 General 1 119,184 54.8%
1966 45 IL R U.S. House District 20 General 1 102,609 62.2%
1968 47 IL R U.S. House District 20 General 1 124,121 66.2%
1970 49 IL R U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 33,675 85.7%
1970 49 IL R U.S. House District 20 General 1 103,485 67.5%
1972 51 IL R U.S. House District 20 General 1 148,419 68.8%
1974 53 IL R U.S. House District 20 General 1 84,426 54.8%
1976 55 IL R U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 36,139 90.0%
1976 55 IL R U.S. House District 20 General 1 137,223 63.6%
1978 57 IL R U.S. House District 20 General 1 111,054 69.6%
1980 59 IL R U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 31,894 55.6%
1980 59 IL R U.S. House District 20 General 1 123,427 56.0%
1982 61 IL R U.S. House District 20 General 2 99,348 49.6%


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



Ideology Data for Paul Findley


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
1961 40 House 91 0 83 5 D 20 69 91 0 85
1962 41 House 88 6 88 4 D 23 67 85 25 85
1963 42 House 67 27 93 5 D 21 73 95 0 88
1964 43 House 92 8 95 2 D 29 71 95 8 94
1965 44 House 78 8 81 7 D 33 57 90 0 93
1966 45 House 70 8 73 9 D 37 49 81 13 80
1967 46 House 74 19 84 8 D 38 50 89 13 83
1968 47 House 73 22 66 24 D 60 32 91 17 81
1969 48 House 42 51 44 49 R 64 17 85 40 29
1970 49 House 52 25 64 21 R 72 14 85 38 57
1971 50 House 58 32 65 26 R 68 19 85 43 22
1972 51 House 65 27 73 18 R 65 11 86 29 67
1973 52 House 47 51 51 44 R 58 39 95 65 44
1974 53 House 45 41 51 33 R 72 17 85 48* 32
1975 54 House 64 27 64 26 R 74 20 90 39 63
1976 55 House 59 34 54 31 R 51 24 87 37 56
1977 56 House 54 40 56 41 D 47 49 95 50 50
1978 57 House 59 38 56 39 D 61 31 93 35 59
1979 58 House 55 40 57 39 D 57 37 93 42 56
1980 59 House 67 23 61 30 D 50 38 89 28 37
1981 60 House 63 36 64 34 R 70 29 99 45 75
1982 61 House 48 45 52 38 R 48 49 92 65 29
Lifetime conservative rating:   60%


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.