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Ernest McFarland

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 9, 1884 near Earlsboro, OK
Died: June 8, 1984 in Phoenix, AZ

Education:

  • East Central State Teachers College, 1914
  • University of Oklahoma, 1917
  • Stanford University Law School, 1921

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, World War I

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant AZ Attorney General, 1923-1924
  • Pinal County attorney, 1925-1930
  • Pinal County judge, 1934-1940
  • AZ Supreme Court justice, 1964-1970


Election Results for Ernest McFarland


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1940 55 AZ D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 63,353 56.6%
1940 55 AZ D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 101,495 71.6%
1946 61 AZ D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 61,287 79.5%
1946 61 AZ D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 80,415 69.2%
1952 67 AZ D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 108,992 100.0%
1952 67 AZ D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 125,338 48.7%
1954 69 AZ D Governor Primary 1 89,190 74.2%
1954 69 AZ D Governor General 1 128,104 52.5%
1956 71 AZ D Governor Primary 1 116,924 100.0%
1956 71 AZ D Governor General 1 171,848 59.5%
1958 73 AZ D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 111,429 72.5%
1958 73 AZ D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 129,030 43.9%


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



Ideology Data for Ernest McFarland


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 60 Senate 62 7 D 75
1946 61 Senate 44 12 D 58
1947 62 Senate 82 7 D 91 90
1948 63 Senate 80 13 D 92 44
1949 64 Senate 73 17 D 93 54
1950 65 Senate 86 9 D 91 63
1951 66 Senate 93 7 D 100 58
1952 67 Senate 92 5 D 93 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.