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Gordon McDonough

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 12, 1895 in Buffalo, NY
Died: June 25, 1968 in Bethesda, MD

Career:

  • Chemist, 1915-1933

Elected Office:

  • Los Angeles County supervisor, 1933-1944


Election Results for Gordon McDonough


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1944 48 CA R U.S. House District 15 General 1 100,305 56.8%
1946 50 CA D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 30,436 65.1%
1946 50 CA R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 35,679 91.4%
1946 50 CA R,D U.S. House District 15 General 1 106,020 99.4%
1948 52 CA D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 29,092 58.9%
1948 52 CA R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 38,049 100.0%
1948 52 CA R,D U.S. House District 15 General 1 131,933 83.0%
1950 54 CA D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 24,048 49.1%
1950 54 CA R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 39,132 86.8%
1950 54 CA R,D U.S. House District 15 General 1 112,704 87.1%
1952 56 CA D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 39,688 72.3%
1952 56 CA R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 57,097 91.0%
1952 56 CA R,D U.S. House District 15 General 1 142,545 99.7%
1954 58 CA D U.S. House District 15 Primary 2 13,773 29.1%
1954 58 CA R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 41,547 89.7%
1954 58 CA R U.S. House District 15 General 1 77,651 56.9%
1956 60 CA D U.S. House District 15 Primary 2 17,059 33.0%
1956 60 CA R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 46,792 94.5%
1956 60 CA R U.S. House District 15 General 1 97,182 57.9%
1958 62 CA R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 45,128 92.1%
1958 62 CA D U.S. House District 15 Primary 3 13,345 22.9%
1958 62 CA R U.S. House District 15 General 1 77,267 52.0%
1960 64 CA R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 42,717 100.0%
1960 64 CA D (write-in) U.S. House District 15 Primary 7 814 1.7%
1960 64 CA R U.S. House District 15 General 1 89,234 51.3%
1962 66 CA R U.S. House District 30 Primary 1 27,743 100.0%
1962 66 CA R U.S. House District 30 General 2 53,104 43.5%


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



Ideology Data for Gordon McDonough


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
1945 49 House 60 38 D 96
1946 50 House 52 39 D 91
1947 51 House 87 5 D 92 18
1948 52 House 86 14 D 100 27
1949 53 House 76 24 D 99 15
1950 54 House 70 25 D 84 29
1951 55 House 75 12 D 72 17
1952 56 House 82 14 D 88 8
1953 57 House 95 5 R 85 100 27
1954 58 House 77 17 R 82 16 92 22
1955 59 House 74 26 R 56 41 99 40
1956 60 House 78 19 R 76 21 99 43
1957 61 House 76 15 R 42 45 87 13
1958 62 House 68 32 R 60 34 92 42
1959 63 House 100 0 79 4 R 56 22 77 11
1960 64 House 89 5 86 10 R 63 33 95 11
1961 65 House 74 0 72 0 D 26 51 74 0 90
1962 66 House 50 0 63 5 D 25 45 65 17 80
Lifetime conservative rating:   85%


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.