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Leon Gavin

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 25, 1893 in Buffalo, NY
Died: September 15, 1963 in Washington, DC

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, World War I

Career:

  • PA Selective Service Appeals Board
  • Oil City chamber of commerce
  • National Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, 1958-1963


Election Results for Leon Gavin


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1942 49 PA R U.S. House District 20 General 1 37,738 64.5%
1944 51 PA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 49,670 63.3%
1946 53 PA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 41,500 68.0%
1948 55 PA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 43,520 63.7%
1950 57 PA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 42,719 62.8%
1952 59 PA R U.S. House District 23 General 1 73,001 67.8%
1954 61 PA R U.S. House District 23 General 1 53,616 61.9%
1956 63 PA R U.S. House District 23 General 1 72,365 66.1%
1958 65 PA R U.S. House District 23 General 1 60,080 61.1%
1960 67 PA R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 21,361 83.1%
1960 67 PA R U.S. House District 23 General 1 74,542 62.4%
1962 69 PA R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 24,642 65.2%
1962 69 PA R U.S. House District 23 General 1 79,158 58.6%


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



Ideology Data for Leon Gavin


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
1943 50 House 88 8 D 90
1944 51 House 90 3 D 88
1945 52 House 70 14 D 78
1946 53 House 84 5 D 84
1947 54 House 97 3 D 93 0
1948 55 House 89 6 D 89 15
1949 56 House 91 5 D 88 0
1950 57 House 86 7 D 85 7
1951 58 House 88 6 D 83 8
1952 59 House 80 14 D 89 0
1953 60 House 92 8 R 74 99 9
1954 61 House 80 20 R 63 29 95 0
1955 62 House 84 13 R 49 49 99 0
1956 63 House 75 25 R 62 29 93 29
1957 64 House 42 49 R 65 28 91 33
1958 65 House 62 38 R 54 42 98 17
1959 66 House 100 0 62 33 R 61 31 95 11
1960 67 House 32 47 35 41 R 44 35 81 38
1961 68 House 78 17 66 26 D 35 55 92 10 80
1962 69 House 75 6 68 18 D 37 50 81 14 83
1963 70 House 45 10 D 18 35 55 22 82
Lifetime conservative rating:   82%


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.