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Thomas Kindness

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 26, 1929 in Knoxville, TN
Died: January 8, 2004 in Exeter, England

Education:

  • University of Maryland, A.B., 1951
  • George Washington University, LL.B., 1953

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Counsel to Champion International Corp., 1957-1973

Elected Office:

  • Hamilton city council, 1964-1969 (Mayor, 1964-1967)
  • OH House, 1971-1974


Election Results for Thomas Kindness


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1974 44 OH R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 7,715 37.2%
1974 44 OH R U.S. House District 08 General 1 51,097 42.4%
1976 46 OH R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 34,046 85.3%
1976 46 OH R U.S. House District 08 General 1 110,775 68.7%
1978 48 OH R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 20,103 100.0%
1978 48 OH R U.S. House District 08 General 1 81,156 71.4%
1980 50 OH R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 36,650 100.0%
1980 50 OH R U.S. House District 08 General 1 139,590 76.0%
1982 52 OH R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 30,992 100.0%
1982 52 OH R U.S. House District 08 General 1 98,527 66.4%
1984 54 OH R U.S. House District 08 General 1 155,200 76.9%
1986 56 OH R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 525,868 100.0%
1986 56 OH R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 2 1,171,893 37.5%
1990 60 OH R U.S. House District 08 Primary 2 16,360 32.2%


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



Ideology Data for Thomas Kindness


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
1975 45 House 92 4 85 10 R 66 27 93 0 92
1976 46 House 82 8 84 8 R 76 18 87 0 93
1977 47 House 87 7 87 9 D 33 62 96 11 92
1978 48 House 90 5 84 10 D 22 69 93 5 100
1979 49 House 92 3 91 5 D 23 72 93 11 100
1980 50 House 83 9 83 11 D 34 62 91 6 79
1981 51 House 88 11 82 15 R 72 25 93 10 92
1982 52 House 88 8 87 8 R 66 26 94 0 95
1983 53 House 83 17 81 16 R 84 15 96 5 86
1984 54 House 86 10 86 9 R 62 33 95 16 86
1985 55 House 93 4 82 9 R 73 21 91 10 83
1986 56 House 68 8 66 11 R 58 22 75 6 84
Lifetime conservative rating:   91%


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.