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Robert McClory

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 31, 1908 in Riverside, IL
Died: July 24, 1988 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Attended Dartmouth College, 1926-1928
  • Chicago College of Law, 1932

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, 1933-1937

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • IL House, 1950-1952
  • IL Senate, 1952-1962


Election Results for Robert McClory


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1962 54 IL R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 15,592 29.2%
1962 54 IL R U.S. House District 12 General 1 76,335 63.9%
1964 56 IL D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 14,425 100.0%
1964 56 IL R U.S. House District 12 General 1 97,003 58.6%
1966 58 IL R U.S. House District 12 General 1 90,483 69.1%
1968 60 IL R U.S. House District 12 General 1 120,370 70.4%
1970 62 IL R U.S. House District 12 General 1 84,356 62.1%
1972 64 IL R U.S. House District 13 General 1 98,201 61.5%
1974 66 IL R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 29,368 71.0%
1974 66 IL R U.S. House District 13 General 1 51,405 54.5%
1976 68 IL R U.S. House District 13 General 1 109,726 66.8%
1978 70 IL R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 18,163 59.2%
1978 70 IL R U.S. House District 13 General 1 64,060 61.2%
1980 72 IL R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 40,335 60.2%
1980 72 IL R U.S. House District 13 General 1 131,448 71.7%


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



Ideology Data for Robert McClory


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
1963 55 House 67 20 91 3 D 27 68 93 8 93
1964 56 House 58 0 63 10 D 25 58 73 8 92
1965 57 House 53 24 62 17 D 41 49 84 17 82
1966 58 House 70 11 64 15 D 38 44 81 6 81
1967 59 House 74 17 78 12 D 50 42 90 7 69
1968 60 House 53 33 52 27 D 52 29 80 25 67
1969 61 House 53 44 44 45 R 55 23 90 33 29
1970 62 House 66 9 61 22 R 74 11 77 33 65
1971 63 House 53 36 56 31 R 77 16 88 40 55
1972 64 House 62 33 66 29 R 70 16 88 44 88
1973 65 House 63 32 66 27 R 67 27 93 40 56
1974 66 House 57 39 61 33 R 72 25 94 22* 45
1975 67 House 71 20 71 22 R 74 19 90 37 51
1976 68 House 69 24 68 27 R 82 18 94 20 60
1977 69 House 72 21 66 25 D 46 49 91 16 72
1978 70 House 69 24 69 24 D 46 50 93 45 75
1979 71 House 74 17 75 20 D 33 56 89 18 79
1980 72 House 60 28 63 29 D 44 48 88 18 47
1981 73 House 72 28 75 25 R 66 30 97 30 75
1982 74 House 64 19 63 23 R 66 18 86 19 76
Lifetime conservative rating:   67%


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.