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Allen Frear

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 7, 1903 near Rising Sun, DE
Died: January 15, 1993 in Dover, DE

Education:

  • University of Delaware, 1924

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1944-1946

Career:

  • Businessman/banker
  • Federal Land Bank Board, 1938-1947
  • DE Old Age Welfare Commission, 1938-1948
  • President of Kent General Hospital, 1947-1951
  • Securities and Exchange Commission, 1961-1963


Election Results for Allen Frear


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1948 45 DE D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 71,888 50.9%
1954 51 DE D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 82,511 56.9%
1960 57 DE D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 2 96,090 49.3%


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



Ideology Data for Allen Frear


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 46 Senate 53 30 D 83 67
1950 47 Senate 55 29 D 72 60
1951 48 Senate 45 47 D 84 36
1952 49 Senate 44 49 D 91 7
1953 50 Senate 52 40 R 57 79 23
1954 51 Senate 48 36 R 45 31 82 38
1955 52 Senate 42 35 R 42 31 71 38
1956 53 Senate 51 42 R 40 58 94 14
1957 54 Senate 50 21 R 37 42 79 0
1958 55 Senate 49 23 R 48 30 73 27
1959 56 Senate 70 12 44 35 R 37 41 78 17
1960 57 Senate 78 15 46 47 R 47 48 93 17


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.