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Augustine Kelley

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 9, 1883 in New Baltimore, PA
Died: November 20, 1957 in Bethesda, MD

Career:

  • Superintendent of H.C. Frick Coke Co.

Elected Office:

  • Greensburg board of education, 1935-1936


Election Results for Augustine Kelley


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1940 56 PA D U.S. House District 28 General 1 58,772 55.4%
1942 58 PA D U.S. House District 28 General 1 32,886 53.5%
1944 60 PA D U.S. House District 27 General 1 61,263 59.7%
1946 62 PA D U.S. House District 27 General 1 46,137 52.9%
1948 64 PA D U.S. House District 27 General 1 64,943 62.2%
1950 66 PA D U.S. House District 27 General 1 53,229 57.1%
1952 68 PA D U.S. House District 21 General 1 73,223 52.9%
1954 70 PA D U.S. House District 21 General 1 70,224 61.1%
1956 72 PA D U.S. House District 21 General 1 78,744 56.8%


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



Ideology Data for Augustine Kelley


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
1941 57 House 72 20 D 86
1942 58 House 65 5 D 69
1943 59 House 81 13 D 87
1944 60 House 77 3 D 74
1945 61 House 76 10 D 87
1946 62 House 80 8 D 76
1947 63 House 58 8 D 45 100
1948 64 House 92 8 D 97 100
1949 65 House 83 8 D 88 92
1950 66 House 70 10 D 70 86
1951 67 House 79 5 D 44 100
1952 68 House 89 9 D 88 100
1953 69 House 74 21 R 45 89 91
1954 70 House 87 6 R 32 50 84 89
1955 71 House 81 16 R 44 41 91 90
1956 72 House 50 0 R 26 24 44 83
1957 73 House 69 12 R 67 17 82 100


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.