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Robert Levering

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 3, 1914 near Fredericktown, OH
Died: August 11, 1989 in Fredericktown, OH

Education:

  • Denison University, A.B., 1936
  • George Washington University, LL.B., 1940

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Reserve
  • Japanese prisoner of war during World War II, 1942-1945

Career:

  • Library of Congress librarian, 1937-1941
  • Lawyer
  • Assistant OH Attorney General, 1949-1950

Other notes:

  • Son-in-law of Usher Burdick and brother-in-law of Quentin Burdick


Election Results for Robert Levering


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1948 33 OH D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 11,106 100.0%
1948 33 OH D U.S. House District 17 General 2 53,651 47.1%
1950 35 OH D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 10,565 100.0%
1950 35 OH D U.S. House District 17 General 2 39,726 35.8%
1954 39 OH D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 5,796 58.5%
1954 39 OH D U.S. House District 17 General 2 34,638 35.4%
1956 41 OH D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 12,964 100.0%
1956 41 OH D U.S. House District 17 General 2 44,806 33.5%
1958 43 OH D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 11,980 70.1%
1958 43 OH D U.S. House District 17 General 1 63,650 51.7%
1960 45 OH D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 19,164 100.0%
1960 45 OH D U.S. House District 17 General 2 70,470 47.0%
1962 47 OH D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 18,253 78.8%
1962 47 OH D U.S. House District 17 General 2 49,415 41.4%
1964 49 OH D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 18,383 70.3%
1964 49 OH D U.S. House District 17 General 2 71,291 48.5%
1968 53 OH D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 27,743 100.0%
1968 53 OH D U.S. House District 17 General 2 54,127 35.1%


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



Ideology Data for Robert Levering


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 44 House 36 64 79 21 R 52 48 100 100
1960 45 House 11 89 82 18 R 35 65 100 78


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.