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Paul Henry

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 9, 1942 in Chicago, IL
Died: July 31, 1993 in Grand Rapids, MI

Education:

  • Wheaton College, B.A., 1963
  • Duke University, M.A., 1968, Ph.D., 1970

Career:

  • Peace Corps, 1963-1965
  • Assistant to IL Rep. John Anderson, 1968-1969
  • Political science professor at Calvin College, 1969-1978
  • MI state Board of Education, 1975-1978

Elected Office:

  • MI House, 1979-1982
  • MI Senate, 1983-1984


Election Results for Paul Henry


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1984 41 MI R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 33,157 63.0%
1984 41 MI R U.S. House District 05 General 1 140,131 61.8%
1986 43 MI R U.S. House District 05 General 1 100,577 71.2%
1988 45 MI R U.S. House District 05 General 1 166,569 72.6%
1990 47 MI R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 35,634 100.0%
1990 47 MI R U.S. House District 05 General 1 126,308 75.4%
1992 49 MI R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 43,289 99.6%
1992 49 MI R U.S. House District 03 General 1 162,451 61.3%


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



Ideology Data for Paul Henry


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
1985 42 House 65 35 69 29 R 60 40 99 25 68
1986 43 House 66 34 67 31 R 43 57 98 40 45
1987 44 House 77 23 75 22 R 56 42 98 39 45
1988 45 House 84 11 81 17 R 49 48 98 50 52
1989 46 House 80 20 69 29 R 66 33 98 30 68
1990 47 House 70 30 75 21 R 58 40 97 33 63
1991 48 House 78 22 74 24 R 64 35 98 30 65
1992 49 House 73 27 78 19 R 59 39 98 37 79
1993 50 House 0 0 0 0 D 0 0 0 0 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   61%


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.