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Edith Green

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 17, 1910 in Trent, SD
Died: April 21, 1987 in Wilsonville, OR

Education:

  • Attended Willamette University, 1927-1929
  • University of Oregon, 1939

Career:

  • School teacher, 1930-1941
  • Radio worker, 1943-1947

Elected Office:

  • Candidate for OR Secretary of State, 1952


Election Results for Edith Green


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1954 44 OR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 41,639 64.7%
1954 44 OR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 103,976 52.4%
1956 46 OR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 84,133 100.0%
1956 46 OR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 146,250 61.6%
1958 48 OR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 67,087 100.0%
1958 48 OR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 131,164 65.8%
1960 50 OR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 83,083 86.7%
1960 50 OR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 157,243 63.9%
1962 52 OR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 68,695 81.7%
1962 52 OR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 131,573 66.0%
1964 54 OR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 89,682 100.0%
1964 54 OR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 157,882 65.6%
1966 56 OR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 58,338 79.5%
1966 56 OR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 114,687 66.9%
1968 58 OR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 81,014 100.0%
1968 58 OR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 137,746 69.9%
1970 60 OR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 59,922 72.6%
1970 60 OR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 118,919 73.7%
1972 62 OR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 92,070 99.1%
1972 62 OR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 141,046 62.4%


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



Ideology Data for Edith Green


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
1955 45 House 87 10 R 56 44 96 100
1956 46 House 91 6 R 59 38 95 100
1957 47 House 85 7 R 52 35 88 78
1958 48 House 76 19 R 72 26 94 100
1959 49 House 9 91 77 6 R 35 54 86 100
1960 50 House 0 95 73 14 R 40 44 87 100
1961 51 House 0 83 72 7 D 71 3 74 100 0
1962 52 House 12 88 86 5 D 87 7 89 100 7
1963 53 House 0 87 81 7 D 86 6 87 100 0
1964 54 House 0 75 68 5 D 75 2 81 100 0
1965 55 House 12 73 64 16 D 66 13 75 89 14
1966 56 House 8 68 66 13 D 67 12 79 94 15
1967 57 House 22 69 73 13 D 69 15 80 80 7
1968 58 House 22 47 52 18 D 61 14 69 70 22
1969 59 House 38 40 55 27 R 57 23 79 38 50
1970 60 House 41 32 49 29 R 55 26 75 27 41
1971 61 House 33 54 66 20 R 37 53 84 48 56
1972 62 House 48 23 40 31 R 41 19 72 29 50
1973 63 House 57 29 41 39 R 36 32 81 33 65
1974 64 House 58 24 32 42 R 53 23 72 47 67
Lifetime conservative rating:   29%


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.