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E.L. Forrester

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 16, 1896 in Leesburg, GA
Died: March 19, 1970 in Albany, GA

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, World War I

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Leesburg city solicitor, 1920-1933
  • Lee County attorney, 1928-1937
  • Solicitor, 1937-1950

Elected Office:

  • Mayor of Leesburg, 1922-1931


Election Results for E.L. Forrester


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1950 53 GA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 29,475 55.4%
1950 53 GA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 24,221 100.0%
1952 55 GA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 41,154 100.0%
1952 55 GA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 53,161 100.0%
1954 57 GA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 60,414 100.0%
1954 57 GA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 34,973 100.0%
1956 59 GA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 46,926 79.2%
1956 59 GA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 51,703 100.0%
1958 61 GA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 57,748 100.0%
1958 61 GA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 16,703 100.0%
1960 63 GA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 55,453 100.0%
1960 63 GA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 55,005 99.7%
1962 65 GA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 77,824 100.0%
1962 65 GA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 25,001 100.0%


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



Ideology Data for E.L. Forrester


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
1951 54 House 42 51 D 96 0
1952 55 House 45 41 D 83 23
1953 56 House 68 21 R 47 92 40
1954 57 House 77 23 R 55 42 96 56
1955 58 House 45 55 R 44 56 100 20
1956 59 House 66 16 R 53 44 92 57
1957 60 House 64 32 R 33 63 97 11
1958 61 House 51 49 R 32 68 97 8
1959 62 House 100 0 73 25 R 30 63 93 11
1960 63 House 89 11 39 59 R 30 67 99 22
1961 64 House 96 4 43 50 D 40 52 94 0 69
1962 65 House 94 6 60 39 D 60 40 97 38 67
1963 66 House 60 0 33 24 D 39 24 56 29 75
1964 67 House 50 0 21 15 D 29 17 41 33 80
Lifetime conservative rating:   71%


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.