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Martha Griffiths

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 29, 1912 in Pierce City, MO
Died: April 22, 2003 in Amarda, MI

Education:

  • University of Missouri, B.A., 1934
  • University of Michigan Law School, 1940

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Recorder's Court judge, 1953-1954

Elected Office:

  • MI House, 1948-1952
  • MI Lt. Governor, 1982-1991


Election Results for Martha Griffiths


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1952 40 MI D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 19,106 49.9%
1952 40 MI D U.S. House District 17 General 2 84,001 47.0%
1954 42 MI D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 17,919 63.2%
1954 42 MI D U.S. House District 17 General 1 75,258 52.2%
1956 44 MI D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 23,761 100.0%
1956 44 MI D U.S. House District 17 General 1 112,811 53.3%
1958 46 MI D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 26,418 89.1%
1958 46 MI D U.S. House District 17 General 1 95,660 60.0%
1960 48 MI D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 32,034 100.0%
1960 48 MI D U.S. House District 17 General 1 134,660 57.6%
1962 50 MI D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 23,522 100.0%
1962 50 MI D U.S. House District 17 General 1 122,021 59.3%
1964 52 MI D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 44,289 100.0%
1964 52 MI D U.S. House District 17 General 1 136,230 72.8%
1966 54 MI D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 42,150 86.3%
1966 54 MI D U.S. House District 17 General 1 90,541 69.2%
1968 56 MI D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 34,528 100.0%
1968 56 MI D U.S. House District 17 General 1 123,376 74.8%
1970 58 MI D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 43,775 100.0%
1970 58 MI D U.S. House District 17 General 1 108,176 79.7%
1972 60 MI D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 38,066 100.0%
1972 60 MI D U.S. House District 17 General 1 123,331 66.4%
1982 70 MI D Lt. Governor General 1 0 0.0%
1986 74 MI D Lt. Governor General 1 0 0.0%


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



Ideology Data for Martha Griffiths


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 43 House 77 0 R 54 34 87 100
1956 44 House 91 0 R 59 32 90 100
1957 45 House 81 15 R 62 28 91 75
1958 46 House 86 14 R 66 22 89 91
1959 47 House 18 73 81 17 R 54 43 95 100
1960 48 House 5 79 78 16 R 51 42 92 100
1961 49 House 13 78 90 3 D 88 5 93 90 8
1962 50 House 19 63 77 9 D 77 7 78 88 8
1963 51 House 13 47 76 3 D 76 3 78 91 13
1964 52 House 17 75 68 5 D 73 4 73 83 15
1965 53 House 4 76 60 21 D 79 7 81 68 13
1966 54 House 8 76 81 6 D 77 11 87 88 4
1967 55 House 9 85 80 12 D 80 11 91 79 7
1968 56 House 4 67 63 7 D 65 8 69 75 9
1969 57 House 18 60 67 9 R 53 28 79 57 23
1970 58 House 11 52 58 6 R 52 22 69 85 21
1971 59 House 26 41 62 9 R 44 32 73 67 21
1972 60 House 26 46 52 18 R 46 22 73 55 14
1973 61 House 23 53 65 14 R 34 46 73 78 30
1974 62 House 22 37 44 15 R 40 34 60 63 25
Lifetime conservative rating:   15%


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.