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Delbert Latta

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 5, 1920 in Weston, OH
Died: May 12, 2016 in Bowling Green, OH

Education:

  • Attended Findley College, 1938-1940
  • Ohio Northern College, LL.B., 1943, B.A., 1945

Military Service:

  • OH National Guard
  • U.S. Army, 1938-1941
  • U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, 1942-1943

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • OH Senate, 1953-1958

Other notes:

  • Father of Bob Latta


Election Results for Delbert Latta


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1958 38 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 9,170 33.9%
1958 38 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 52,612 53.9%
1960 40 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 24,588 100.0%
1960 40 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 85,175 67.3%
1962 42 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 21,417 100.0%
1962 42 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 69,272 70.4%
1964 44 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 27,245 100.0%
1964 44 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 80,394 65.9%
1966 46 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 31,033 100.0%
1966 46 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 80,906 75.3%
1968 48 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 36,852 100.0%
1968 48 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 113,381 71.2%
1970 50 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 39,089 100.0%
1970 50 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 92,577 71.1%
1972 52 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 46,506 100.0%
1972 52 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 132,032 72.7%
1974 54 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 33,853 100.0%
1974 54 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 89,161 62.5%
1976 56 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 50,419 100.0%
1976 56 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 124,910 67.4%
1978 58 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 33,228 100.0%
1978 58 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 85,547 62.6%
1980 60 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 49,992 100.0%
1980 60 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 137,003 70.4%
1982 62 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 39,916 100.0%
1982 62 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 86,450 55.2%
1984 64 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 132,582 62.7%
1986 66 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 39,974 85.0%
1986 66 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 102,016 65.0%


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



Ideology Data for Delbert Latta


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
1959 39 House 100 0 90 10 R 78 22 100 11
1960 40 House 95 5 88 12 R 51 49 100 11
1961 41 House 96 4 83 17 D 38 62 99 0 73
1962 42 House 100 0 93 4 D 35 65 93 0 87
1963 43 House 93 7 91 3 D 23 70 92 0 94
1964 44 House 92 0 89 6 D 31 67 96 8 93
1965 45 House 94 2 90 5 D 32 63 94 0 100
1966 46 House 97 0 94 3 D 36 60 96 0 92
1967 47 House 78 7 76 12 D 40 47 88 20 92
1968 48 House 84 8 85 9 D 52 40 94 0 96
1969 49 House 84 11 82 11 R 51 34 90 13 60
1970 50 House 73 9 65 22 R 65 22 88 6 73
1971 51 House 82 11 78 17 R 74 19 94 9 90
1972 52 House 94 5 89 10 R 70 30 98 0 70
1973 53 House 89 9 85 14 R 72 28 98 0 67
1974 54 House 87 9 76 18 R 57 38 95 10 70
1975 55 House 89 8 82 16 R 64 34 98 6 94
1976 56 House 95 3 92 7 R 84 14 98 0 100
1977 57 House 89 4 86 8 D 35 57 93 11 94
1978 58 House 93 5 88 8 D 29 66 95 5 100
1979 59 House 93 3 90 6 D 26 70 94 5 85
1980 60 House 86 8 86 8 D 32 58 92 17 100
1981 61 House 91 5 84 8 R 79 20 93 0 100
1982 62 House 93 5 85 12 R 83 14 94 15 86
1983 63 House 81 13 88 7 R 87 10 94 5 91
1984 64 House 83 8 83 5 R 64 28 90 10 86
1985 65 House 91 7 88 8 R 85 15 95 5 89
1986 66 House 88 8 71 13 R 63 18 84 6 91
1987 67 House 79 5 78 9 R 66 22 86 0 95
1988 68 House 68 5 79 7 R 56 23 86 20 91
Lifetime conservative rating:   89%


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.