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Peter Mack

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 1, 1916 in Carlinville, IL
Died: July 4, 1986 in Rockville, MD

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1942-1946 (naval air force)
  • U.S. Naval Reserve

Other notes:

  • Pilot of single-engine "Friendship Flame'' on its round-the-world solo flight in 1951


Election Results for Peter Mack


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 19 IL D U.S. House District 21 Primary 2 14,457 35.2%
1940 23 IL D U.S. House District 21 Primary 2 14,067 30.9%
1942 25 IL D U.S. House District 21 Primary 2 6,952 33.2%
1948 31 IL D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 11,562 65.7%
1948 31 IL D U.S. House District 21 General 1 69,619 53.1%
1950 33 IL D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 30,238 100.0%
1950 33 IL D U.S. House District 21 General 1 67,704 52.8%
1952 35 IL D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 33,237 100.0%
1952 35 IL D U.S. House District 21 General 1 94,026 52.4%
1954 37 IL D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 33,002 100.0%
1954 37 IL D U.S. House District 21 General 1 83,501 54.8%
1956 39 IL D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 34,752 90.8%
1956 39 IL D U.S. House District 21 General 1 94,565 53.5%
1958 41 IL D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 38,675 100.0%
1958 41 IL D U.S. House District 21 General 1 87,134 58.8%
1960 43 IL D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 41,790 100.0%
1960 43 IL D U.S. House District 21 General 1 102,154 54.7%
1962 45 IL D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 48,374 100.0%
1962 45 IL D U.S. House District 20 General 2 89,522 47.1%
1974 57 IL D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 24,805 52.5%
1974 57 IL D U.S. House District 20 General 2 69,551 45.2%
1976 59 IL D U.S. House District 20 General 2 78,634 36.4%


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



Ideology Data for Peter Mack


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
1949 32 House 77 3 D 80 90
1950 33 House 79 15 D 89 93
1951 34 House 85 3 D 72 100
1952 35 House 80 7 D 81 100
1953 36 House 68 21 R 65 68 100
1954 37 House 83 7 R 55 39 87 89
1955 38 House 84 16 R 51 34 89 100
1956 39 House 69 28 R 59 35 95 100
1957 40 House 75 25 R 67 30 97 89
1958 41 House 89 11 R 80 20 99 92
1959 42 House 9 82 92 6 R 44 52 95 100
1960 43 House 5 84 76 14 R 37 53 88 100
1961 44 House 22 78 84 16 D 77 23 100 90 27
1962 45 House 37 56 72 19 D 83 13 93 75 21
Lifetime conservative rating:   24%


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.