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Frank Lausche

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 14, 1895 in Cleveland, OH
Died: April 21, 1990 in Cleveland, OH

Education:

  • John Marshall School of Law, 1920

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, World War I

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Judge, 1932-1941

Elected Office:

  • Mayor of Cleveland, 1941-1944


Election Results for Frank Lausche


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1944 48 OH D Governor Primary 1 179,961 54.9%
1944 48 OH D Governor General 1 1,603,809 51.8%
1946 50 OH D Governor Primary 1 291,635 89.2%
1946 50 OH D Governor General 2 1,125,997 48.8%
1948 52 OH D Governor Primary 1 332,596 67.2%
1948 52 OH D Governor General 1 1,619,775 53.7%
1950 54 OH D Governor Primary 1 366,397 82.1%
1950 54 OH D Governor General 1 1,522,249 52.6%
1952 56 OH D Governor Primary 1 511,153 100.0%
1952 56 OH D Governor General 1 2,015,110 55.9%
1954 58 OH D Governor Primary 1 338,799 100.0%
1954 58 OH D Governor General 1 1,405,262 54.1%
1956 60 OH D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 426,631 100.0%
1956 60 OH D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 1,864,589 52.9%
1962 66 OH D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 437,902 74.0%
1962 66 OH D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 1,843,813 61.6%
1968 72 OH D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 2 438,588 44.6%


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



Ideology Data for Frank Lausche


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
1957 61 Senate 34 58 R 58 19 86 45
1958 62 Senate 23 61 R 69 18 89 27
1959 63 Senate 82 17 16 83 R 83 17 100 31
1960 64 Senate 50 50 30 70 R 73 24 96 58
1961 65 Senate 63 31 24 69 D 40 56 94 30 64
1962 66 Senate 47 38 25 57 D 42 38 79 25 54
1963 67 Senate 81 16 68 25 D 32 51 85 24 73
1964 68 Senate 65 22 28 58 D 39 45 83 47 71
1965 69 Senate 62 20 24 63 D 50 33 84 29 50
1966 70 Senate 87 9 7 74 D 42 41 80 5 71
1967 71 Senate 68 20 22 65 D 50 35 84 8 86
1968 72 Senate 50 16 16 43 D 45 26 65 27 62
Lifetime conservative rating:   67%


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.