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Edna Kelly

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 20, 1906 in East Hampton, NY
Died: December 14, 1997 in Alexandria, VA

Education:

  • Hunter College, B.A., 1928


Election Results for Edna Kelly


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1949 42 NY D U.S. House District 10 Special 1 48,945 55.1%
1950 43 NY D U.S. House District 10 General 1 66,847 67.1%
1952 45 NY D U.S. House District 10 General 1 105,302 71.2%
1954 47 NY D U.S. House District 10 General 1 80,541 76.8%
1956 49 NY D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 19,000 83.9%
1956 49 NY D U.S. House District 10 General 1 100,808 73.2%
1958 51 NY D U.S. House District 10 General 1 77,351 76.1%
1960 53 NY D U.S. House District 10 General 1 98,938 76.6%
1962 55 NY D U.S. House District 12 General 1 106,375 70.0%
1964 57 NY D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 19,155 74.5%
1964 57 NY D U.S. House District 12 General 1 141,570 81.7%
1966 59 NY D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 12,575 52.5%
1966 59 NY D U.S. House District 12 General 1 87,651 72.7%
1968 61 NY D U.S. House District 10 Primary 2 12,310 32.1%


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



Ideology Data for Edna Kelly


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
1950 43 House 88 7 D 83 93
1951 44 House 93 3 D 79 100
1952 45 House 89 7 D 83 100
1953 46 House 63 21 R 57 80 91
1954 47 House 83 3 R 29 47 74 100
1955 48 House 84 3 R 61 24 84 100
1956 49 House 50 19 R 53 32 77 100
1957 50 House 80 10 R 65 30 90 100
1958 51 House 62 35 R 64 28 89 83
1959 52 House 9 91 87 6 R 46 48 91 100
1960 53 House 0 68 55 10 R 44 33 73 100
1961 54 House 13 78 74 12 D 83 8 88 90 14
1962 55 House 0 100 89 0 D 88 3 84 100 0
1963 56 House 0 73 65 2 D 61 3 58 92 7
1964 57 House 8 75 85 0 D 83 2 81 100 6
1965 58 House 14 61 68 9 D 81 9 79 71 19
1966 59 House 8 70 75 3 D 71 4 74 88 9
1967 60 House 13 87 92 3 D 90 7 91 73 14
1968 61 House 14 65 71 7 D 64 13 76 83 6
Lifetime conservative rating:   9%


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.