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Charles Mathias

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 24, 1922 in Frederick, MD
Died: January 25, 2010 in Chevy Chase, MD

Education:

  • University of Marlyand Law School, 1949

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1942-1946
  • U.S. Naval Reserve

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant MD Attorney General, 1953-1954
  • Frederick city attorney, 1954-1959

Elected Office:

  • MD House, 1959-1960


Election Results for Charles Mathias


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1960 37 MD R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 13,613 67.1%
1960 37 MD R U.S. House District 06 General 1 115,088 52.0%
1962 39 MD R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 28,617 92.7%
1962 39 MD R U.S. House District 06 General 1 106,212 60.9%
1964 41 MD R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 30,196 70.2%
1964 41 MD R U.S. House District 06 General 1 134,521 54.5%
1966 43 MD R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 21,866 83.6%
1966 43 MD R U.S. House District 06 General 1 72,360 70.9%
1968 45 MD R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 66,777 80.0%
1968 45 MD R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 541,893 47.8%
1974 51 MD R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 79,823 75.8%
1974 51 MD R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 503,223 57.3%
1980 57 MD R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 82,430 55.0%
1980 57 MD R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 850,970 66.2%


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



Ideology Data for Charles Mathias


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
1961 38 House 52 48 66 34 D 57 42 99 30 33
1962 39 House 31 69 47 49 D 70 25 94 88 27
1963 40 House 20 80 45 46 D 56 32 88 75 40
1964 41 House 33 58 35 44 D 54 27 81 69 33
1965 42 House 27 55 34 48 D 48 22 76 56 36
1966 43 House 30 46 35 33 D 50 18 67 50 44
1967 44 House 13 44 27 54 D 47 20 67 67 9
1968 45 House 24 47 26 41 D 50 22 65 67 33
1969 46 Senate 28 54 27 52 R 57 21 80 82 36
1970 47 Senate 21 49 27 46 R 51 27 75 94 33
1971 48 Senate 36 49 38 51 R 44 40 86 65 0
1972 49 Senate 33 59 35 53 R 41 50 88 71 17
1973 50 Senate 31 59 28 58 R 43 42 86 95 25
1974 51 Senate 10 63 14 60 R 39 40 74 90 13
1975 52 Senate 14 71 22 60 R 43 32 84 83* 10
1976 53 Senate 20 64 20 59 R 40 42 80 81 15
1977 54 Senate 30 60 25 60 D 64 19 86 94 6
1978 55 Senate 16 69 17 65 D 86 10 79 67 5
1979 56 Senate 22 71 23 66 D 73 16 88 67 0
1980 57 Senate 10 61 16 55 D 48 17 71 87 0
1981 58 Senate 26 48 44 34 R 58 27 78 63 27
1982 59 Senate 33 57 39 50 R 51 38 88 68 11
1983 60 Senate 32 55 40 41 R 60 26 83 59 10
1984 61 Senate 49 49 52 39 R 51 42 91 67 29
1985 62 Senate 28 58 33 51 R 43 44 83 74 10
1986 63 Senate 26 62 31 55 R 36 52 83 84 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   18%


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.