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Edward Madigan

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 13, 1936 in Lincoln, IL
Died: December 7, 1994 in Springfield, IL

Career:

  • Owner of taxi/car leasing firm
  • Lincoln board of zoning appeals, 1965-1969
  • U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 1991-1992

Elected Office:

  • IL House, 1967-1972


Election Results for Edward Madigan


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1972 36 IL R U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 26,242 69.2%
1972 36 IL R U.S. House District 21 General 1 99,966 54.8%
1974 38 IL R U.S. House District 21 General 1 78,640 65.8%
1976 40 IL R U.S. House District 21 General 1 137,037 73.3%
1978 42 IL R U.S. House District 21 General 1 97,473 78.3%
1980 44 IL R U.S. House District 21 General 1 132,186 67.6%
1982 46 IL R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 42,509 84.7%
1982 46 IL R U.S. House District 15 General 1 105,038 66.3%
1984 48 IL R U.S. House District 15 General 1 149,096 73.2%
1986 50 IL R U.S. House District 15 General 1 115,284 100.0%
1988 52 IL R U.S. House District 15 General 1 140,171 71.7%
1990 54 IL R U.S. House District 15 General 1 119,812 100.0%


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



Ideology Data for Edward Madigan


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
1973 37 House 72 25 66 30 R 69 30 96 17 72
1974 38 House 51 34 54 33 R 55 28 86 26* 50
1975 39 House 71 23 65 28 R 65 27 92 21 64
1976 40 House 68 22 62 28 R 71 22 88 21 76
1977 41 House 67 27 60 34 D 54 42 92 17 74
1978 42 House 68 20 62 26 D 44 44 89 32 65
1979 43 House 72 21 59 31 D 50 43 92 39 59
1980 44 House 74 13 78 15 D 40 50 89 13 63
1981 45 House 71 12 70 12 R 68 20 82 7 91
1982 46 House 70 21 65 26 R 68 27 90 20 73
1983 47 House 75 18 73 22 R 74 20 91 15 59
1984 48 House 88 10 69 24 R 63 33 93 15 61
1985 49 House 84 16 71 19 R 60 35 92 30 68
1986 50 House 82 10 70 18 R 67 23 90 0 76
1987 51 House 91 5 78 17 R 69 27 93 8 76
1988 52 House 89 11 81 11 R 59 35 90 18 77
1989 53 House 88 13 81 14 R 77 18 95 17 78
1990 54 House 87 11 73 19 R 69 27 93 0 86
1991 55 House 4 0 R 11 1 7 0 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   70%


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.