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Michael Kirwan

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 2, 1886 in Wilkes-Barre, PA
Died: July 27, 1970 in Bethesda, MD

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1917-1919

Career:

  • Mercantile businessman, 1930-1936

Elected Office:

  • Youngstown city council, 1932-1936


Election Results for Michael Kirwan


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 49 OH D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 8,730 32.8%
1936 49 OH D U.S. House District 19 General 1 93,636 58.4%
1938 51 OH D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 41,595 85.2%
1938 51 OH D U.S. House District 19 General 1 76,268 52.4%
1940 53 OH D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 37,628 90.4%
1940 53 OH D U.S. House District 19 General 1 122,075 61.9%
1942 55 OH D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 18,232 100.0%
1942 55 OH D U.S. House District 19 General 1 60,248 56.4%
1944 57 OH D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 30,946 91.3%
1944 57 OH D U.S. House District 19 General 1 120,191 63.4%
1946 59 OH D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 24,124 100.0%
1946 59 OH D U.S. House District 19 General 1 88,872 59.9%
1948 61 OH D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 49,332 100.0%
1948 61 OH D U.S. House District 19 General 1 134,448 68.1%
1950 63 OH D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 39,257 100.0%
1950 63 OH D U.S. House District 19 General 1 119,245 63.8%
1952 65 OH D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 34,556 100.0%
1952 65 OH D U.S. House District 19 General 1 91,074 66.3%
1954 67 OH D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 23,369 100.0%
1954 67 OH D U.S. House District 19 General 1 69,324 67.5%
1956 69 OH D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 31,265 100.0%
1956 69 OH D U.S. House District 19 General 1 92,924 68.7%
1958 71 OH D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 34,072 100.0%
1958 71 OH D U.S. House District 19 General 1 93,660 75.0%
1960 73 OH D U.S. House District 19 General 1 102,874 68.9%
1962 75 OH D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 33,719 71.4%
1962 75 OH D U.S. House District 19 General 1 75,967 62.2%
1964 77 OH D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 42,845 67.8%
1964 77 OH D U.S. House District 19 General 1 111,682 76.3%
1966 79 OH D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 36,372 100.0%
1966 79 OH D U.S. House District 19 General 1 86,975 71.9%
1968 81 OH D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 33,301 55.7%
1968 81 OH D U.S. House District 19 General 1 101,813 69.6%


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



Ideology Data for Michael Kirwan


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
1937 50 House 66 24 D 89
1938 51 House 64 12 D 69
1939 52 House 78 7 D 80
1940 53 House 50 13 D 60
1941 54 House 63 13 D 75
1942 55 House 85 0 D 82
1943 56 House 83 10 D 91
1944 57 House 77 3 D 78
1945 58 House 74 16 D 87
1946 59 House 69 7 D 72
1947 60 House 74 11 D 83 100
1948 61 House 83 8 D 84 100
1949 62 House 85 6 D 90 92
1950 63 House 79 10 D 76 87
1951 64 House 91 3 D 93 100
1952 65 House 82 2 D 81 100
1953 66 House 79 13 R 55 89 90
1954 67 House 87 7 R 45 45 92 100
1955 68 House 77 10 R 68 24 89 88
1956 69 House 72 9 R 56 35 88 100
1957 70 House 86 7 R 53 37 89 78
1958 71 House 73 14 R 64 26 88 92
1959 72 House 9 82 77 17 R 44 52 91 89
1960 73 House 21 63 63 20 R 42 47 77 89
1961 74 House 13 83 83 5 D 89 3 91 100 0
1962 75 House 0 81 79 2 D 82 3 84 100 0
1963 76 House 13 73 84 2 D 83 7 85 92 20
1964 77 House 0 100 84 5 D 90 4 88 100 0
1965 78 House 18 61 72 5 D 74 8 79 68 25
1966 79 House 0 86 86 0 D 83 4 81 94 0
1967 80 House 13 72 82 2 D 80 8 85 83 8
1968 81 House 20 51 59 10 D 65 6 70 73 6
1969 82 House 4 9 7 2 R 6 2 6 50 0
1970 83 House 10 3 R 2 8 5 100 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   7%


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.