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Catherine May

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 18, 1914 in Yakima, WA
Died: May 28, 2004 in Rancho Mirage, CA

Education:

  • University of Washington, 1936, 1937

Career:

  • School teacher, 1937-1940
  • Radio broadcaster/editor/writer, 1940-1957
  • International Trade Commission, 1971-1981
  • Consultant to President Reagan, 1982

Elected Office:

  • WA House, 1952-1958


Election Results for Catherine May


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1958 44 WA R U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 3 15,787 19.2%
1958 44 WA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 66,544 54.0%
1960 46 WA R U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 1 53,903 56.7%
1960 46 WA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 94,210 58.8%
1962 48 WA R U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 1 51,230 69.2%
1962 48 WA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 83,182 67.0%
1964 50 WA R U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 1 67,485 69.2%
1964 50 WA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 102,964 65.3%
1966 52 WA R U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 1 50,731 64.1%
1966 52 WA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 77,929 62.1%
1968 54 WA R U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 1 57,135 65.6%
1968 54 WA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 99,840 66.8%
1970 56 WA R U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 1 37,080 47.6%
1970 56 WA R U.S. House District 04 General 2 63,244 47.4%


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



Ideology Data for Catherine May


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
1959 45 House 82 9 71 19 R 76 15 90 22
1960 46 House 95 0 82 14 R 74 26 95 22
1961 47 House 65 22 57 33 D 51 35 88 20 69
1962 48 House 81 12 70 18 D 43 42 84 13 80
1963 49 House 67 20 76 17 D 39 54 91 0 81
1964 50 House 67 8 58 18 D 38 50 75 15 83
1965 51 House 49 8 55 11 D 35 48 69 0 100
1966 52 House 73 24 74 21 D 45 49 92 6 73
1967 53 House 85 11 74 18 D 48 42 88 7 86
1968 54 House 71 12 65 20 D 51 34 86 0 73
1969 55 House 62 13 58 18 R 64 19 80 0 57
1970 56 House 64 2 65 7 R 75 8 70 17 87
Lifetime conservative rating:   78%


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.