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Louis Graham

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 4, 1890 in New Castle, PA
Died: November 9, 1965 in Rochester, PA

Education:

  • Washington & Jefferson College, 1901

Career:

  • Deputy Beaver County sherriff, 1903-1906
  • Lawyer
  • Beaver County district attorney, 1912-1924
  • Deputy PA Attorney General, 1924-1927
  • U.S. Attorney for Western PA, 1929-1933
  • Assistant to U.S. Attorney General, 1934-1936


Election Results for Louis Graham


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1938 47 PA R U.S. House District 26 General 1 59,754 52.4%
1940 49 PA R U.S. House District 26 General 1 64,669 50.9%
1942 51 PA R U.S. House District 26 General 1 41,730 58.5%
1944 53 PA R U.S. House District 25 General 1 61,544 50.4%
1946 55 PA R U.S. House District 25 General 1 53,932 58.8%
1948 57 PA R U.S. House District 25 General 1 59,966 53.9%
1950 59 PA R U.S. House District 25 General 1 55,866 52.4%
1952 61 PA R U.S. House District 25 General 1 77,577 50.4%
1954 63 PA R U.S. House District 25 General 2 57,657 46.5%


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



Ideology Data for Louis Graham


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
1939 48 House 96 4 D 99
1940 49 House 91 5 D 97
1941 50 House 91 9 D 99
1942 51 House 85 15 D 99
1943 52 House 83 13 D 96
1944 53 House 77 20 D 95
1945 54 House 92 4 D 91
1946 55 House 93 5 D 85
1947 56 House 97 3 D 100 0
1948 57 House 94 3 D 95 15
1949 58 House 95 5 D 100 0
1950 59 House 96 1 D 95 0
1951 60 House 91 9 D 98 15
1952 61 House 75 25 D 100 8
1953 62 House 95 5 R 82 99 9
1954 63 House 87 13 R 66 16 82 11


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.