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Gerald Ford

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 14, 1913 in Omaha, NE
Died: December 26, 2006 in Rancho Mirage, CA

Education:

  • University of Michigan, 1935
  • Yale University Law School, 1941

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1942-1946

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • U.S. Vice President, 1973-1974
  • U.S. President, 1974-1977


Election Results for Gerald Ford


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1948 34 MI R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 23,632 62.2%
1948 34 MI R U.S. House District 05 General 1 74,191 60.5%
1950 36 MI R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 28,796 100.0%
1950 36 MI R U.S. House District 05 General 1 72,829 66.7%
1952 38 MI R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 55,174 100.0%
1952 38 MI R U.S. House District 05 General 1 109,807 66.3%
1954 40 MI R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 34,470 100.0%
1954 40 MI R U.S. House District 05 General 1 81,702 63.3%
1956 42 MI R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 34,292 100.0%
1956 42 MI R U.S. House District 05 General 1 120,349 67.1%
1958 44 MI R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 22,459 100.0%
1958 44 MI R U.S. House District 05 General 1 88,156 63.6%
1960 46 MI R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 45,285 100.0%
1960 46 MI R U.S. House District 05 General 1 131,461 66.8%
1962 48 MI R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 38,047 100.0%
1962 48 MI R U.S. House District 05 General 1 110,043 67.0%
1964 50 MI R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 44,058 100.0%
1964 50 MI R U.S. House District 05 General 1 101,810 61.2%
1966 52 MI R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 26,466 100.0%
1966 52 MI R U.S. House District 05 General 1 88,108 68.5%
1968 54 MI R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 26,290 100.0%
1968 54 MI R U.S. House District 05 General 1 105,085 62.8%
1970 56 MI R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 28,208 100.0%
1970 56 MI R U.S. House District 05 General 1 88,208 61.4%
1972 58 MI R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 41,415 100.0%
1972 58 MI R U.S. House District 05 General 1 118,027 61.1%


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



Ideology Data for Gerald Ford


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
1949 35 House 80 20 D 99 15
1950 36 House 78 16 D 97 33
1951 37 House 69 27 D 95 38
1952 38 House 75 25 D 99 31
1953 39 House 82 16 R 94 99 36
1954 40 House 93 0 R 89 11 96 22
1955 41 House 68 32 R 88 12 97 60
1956 42 House 84 16 R 94 6 100 57
1957 43 House 83 17 R 73 23 98 67
1958 44 House 70 27 R 76 24 99 42
1959 45 House 100 0 77 0 R 63 13 75 22
1960 46 House 84 16 84 14 R 84 12 97 33
1961 47 House 83 4 76 9 D 42 51 82 10 62
1962 48 House 37 44 72 21 D 52 40 90 13 46
1963 49 House 67 20 69 17 D 35 54 84 0 86
1964 50 House 67 33 84 10 D 38 56 88 15 81
1965 51 House 73 18 70 16 D 46 46 86 11 88
1966 52 House 70 16 69 10 D 40 46 81 0 74
1967 53 House 70 17 74 18 D 50 41 85 15 77
1968 54 House 63 25 66 24 D 63 28 90 17 74
1969 55 House 61 34 57 35 R 76 18 92 7 53
1970 56 House 64 18 69 26 R 89 8 90 20 72
1971 57 House 87 8 81 12 R 89 7 87 8 65
1972 58 House 73 17 73 16 R 70 8 84 6 60
1973 59 House 75 13 75 17 R 80 16 89 0 67
Lifetime conservative rating:   70%


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.