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Clarence Long

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 11, 1908 in South Bend, IN
Died: September 18, 1994 in Cockeysville, MD

Education:

  • Washington & Jefferson College, M.A., 1932
  • Princeton University, M.A., 1935, Ph.D., 1938

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1943-1946

Career:

  • Professor, 1946-1962
  • Author
  • President's Council of Economic Advisors, 1953-1954, 1956-1957


Election Results for Clarence Long


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1958 49 MD D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 4 47,290 13.1%
1962 53 MD D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 46,076 53.7%
1962 53 MD D U.S. House District 02 General 1 85,383 51.9%
1964 55 MD D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 55,896 59.2%
1964 55 MD D U.S. House District 02 General 1 143,132 65.9%
1966 57 MD D U.S. House District 02 General 1 79,963 69.3%
1968 59 MD D U.S. House District 02 General 1 86,025 59.1%
1970 61 MD D U.S. House District 02 General 1 87,224 68.5%
1972 63 MD D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 57,048 71.5%
1972 63 MD D U.S. House District 02 General 1 123,346 65.8%
1974 65 MD D U.S. House District 02 General 1 103,222 77.1%
1976 67 MD D U.S. House District 02 General 1 139,196 70.9%
1978 69 MD D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 70,280 86.4%
1978 69 MD D U.S. House District 02 General 1 98,601 66.4%
1980 71 MD D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 44,280 56.9%
1980 71 MD D U.S. House District 02 General 1 121,017 57.4%
1982 73 MD D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 62,341 83.6%
1982 73 MD D U.S. House District 02 General 1 83,318 52.6%
1984 75 MD D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 44,045 81.0%
1984 75 MD D U.S. House District 02 General 2 105,571 48.6%


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



Ideology Data for Clarence Long


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
1963 54 House 27 60 84 9 D 84 8 88 92 14
1964 55 House 8 92 82 8 D 88 4 92 92 0
1965 56 House 4 88 81 10 D 85 10 91 89 19
1966 57 House 8 86 89 5 D 85 8 91 82 15
1967 58 House 28 67 80 13 D 82 12 95 69 14
1968 59 House 16 65 72 17 D 79 14 90 73 17
1969 60 House 27 60 76 20 R 51 47 93 62 36
1970 61 House 36 55 60 31 R 43 43 92 59 33
1971 62 House 27 67 74 20 R 28 68 95 76 37
1972 63 House 29 61 70 25 R 38 59 93 56 30
1973 64 House 35 62 73 23 R 30 68 95 67 54
1974 65 House 37 61 73 25 R 53 36 97 59 25
1975 66 House 34 59 67 28 R 42 54 95 56 42
1976 67 House 27 72 83 16 R 31 69 98 65 21
1977 68 House 36 62 72 25 D 70 27 95 55 34
1978 69 House 38 60 68 28 D 62 36 96 40 29
1979 70 House 38 61 69 28 D 64 32 96 78 29
1980 71 House 28 69 81 17 D 74 23 97 83 21
1981 72 House 32 63 74 21 R 47 53 95 75 17
1982 73 House 42 56 78 17 R 49 51 92 70 14
1983 74 House 35 62 81 12 R 20 78 91 85 23
1984 75 House 32 66 83 11 R 29 66 91 68 24
Lifetime conservative rating:   26%


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.