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Ray Madden

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 25, 1892 in Waseca, MN
Died: September 28, 1987 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Creighton University, LL.B., 1913

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, World War I

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Comptroller, city of Gary, 1935-1938
  • Lake County treasurer, 1938-1942


Election Results for Ray Madden


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1942 50 IN D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 18,096 53.8%
1942 50 IN D U.S. House District 01 General 1 44,334 53.6%
1944 52 IN D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 19,808 100.0%
1944 52 IN D U.S. House District 01 General 1 75,635 61.3%
1946 54 IN D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 21,176 73.9%
1946 54 IN D U.S. House District 01 General 1 51,809 51.9%
1948 56 IN D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 28,725 92.9%
1948 56 IN D U.S. House District 01 General 1 78,898 60.7%
1950 58 IN D U.S. House District 01 General 1 62,666 52.6%
1952 60 IN D U.S. House District 01 General 1 93,187 56.4%
1954 62 IN D U.S. House District 01 General 1 81,217 61.4%
1956 64 IN D U.S. House District 01 General 1 93,658 52.6%
1958 66 IN D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 44,609 80.1%
1958 66 IN D U.S. House District 01 General 1 95,801 66.4%
1960 68 IN D U.S. House District 01 General 1 136,443 64.7%
1962 70 IN D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 40,966 55.4%
1962 70 IN D U.S. House District 01 General 1 104,212 60.5%
1964 72 IN D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 40,685 66.8%
1964 72 IN D U.S. House District 01 General 1 133,089 63.7%
1966 74 IN D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 42,650 70.2%
1966 74 IN D U.S. House District 01 General 1 71,040 58.3%
1968 76 IN D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 29,560 45.6%
1968 76 IN D U.S. House District 01 General 1 90,055 56.7%
1970 78 IN D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 21,531 32.3%
1970 78 IN D U.S. House District 01 General 1 73,145 65.6%
1972 80 IN D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 48,559 46.5%
1972 80 IN D U.S. House District 01 General 1 95,873 56.9%
1974 82 IN D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 44,348 74.7%
1974 82 IN D U.S. House District 01 General 1 71,759 68.6%
1976 84 IN D U.S. House District 01 Primary 2 32,584 34.3%


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



Ideology Data for Ray Madden


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
1943 51 House 73 17 D 90
1944 52 House 77 7 D 89
1945 53 House 68 12 D 75
1946 54 House 79 15 D 95
1947 55 House 87 11 D 96 100
1948 56 House 89 6 D 84 100
1949 57 House 89 9 D 95 100
1950 58 House 89 7 D 92 93
1951 59 House 94 3 D 94 100
1952 60 House 93 7 D 90 100
1953 61 House 79 16 R 58 89 100
1954 62 House 90 0 R 50 39 82 100
1955 63 House 100 0 R 61 37 97 100
1956 64 House 91 9 R 56 41 96 100
1957 65 House 78 19 R 70 28 97 78
1958 66 House 89 5 R 74 22 96 100
1959 67 House 9 91 90 6 R 41 57 97 100
1960 68 House 5 84 78 14 R 58 42 92 100
1961 69 House 13 65 83 5 D 83 5 86 100 7
1962 70 House 6 88 77 2 D 78 3 77 100 0
1963 71 House 7 73 84 0 D 75 4 76 91 20
1964 72 House 8 75 81 0 D 88 2 83 92 6
1965 73 House 6 92 92 2 D 85 3 88 94 12
1966 74 House 3 86 90 3 D 85 5 87 82 12
1967 75 House 6 89 90 1 D 76 7 78 80 0
1968 76 House 4 78 82 2 D 69 9 75 83 4
1969 77 House 11 84 85 7 R 55 43 94 79 20
1970 78 House 18 68 72 15 R 52 37 86 71 12
1971 79 House 8 79 83 7 R 33 61 85 88 0
1972 80 House 7 87 83 9 R 57 41 84 81 10
1973 81 House 11 84 91 5 R 34 62 92 80 12
1974 82 House 17 77 78 11 R 47 43 91 48* 5
1975 83 House 13 82 89 4 R 35 60 90 94 9
1976 84 House 14 73 77 5 R 25 61 81 74 7
Lifetime conservative rating:   9%


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.