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George Meader

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 13, 1907 in Benton Harbor, MI
Died: October 15, 1994 in Ann Arbor, MI

Education:

  • Attended Ohio Wesleyan University, 1923-1925
  • University of Michigan, A.B., 1927, J.D., 1931

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Washtenaw County prosecutor, 1941-1943
  • Counsel to U.S. Senate committees, 1943-1947
  • Counsel to Joint Congressional committees, 1965-1968, 1971-1975


Election Results for George Meader


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1948 40 MI R U.S. House District 02 Primary 2 5,727 23.5%
1950 42 MI R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 10,271 32.0%
1950 42 MI R U.S. House District 02 General 1 61,574 60.4%
1952 44 MI R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 39,847 80.2%
1952 44 MI R U.S. House District 02 General 1 101,341 63.4%
1954 46 MI R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 26,025 100.0%
1954 46 MI R U.S. House District 02 General 1 69,825 59.8%
1956 48 MI R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 24,873 100.0%
1956 48 MI R U.S. House District 02 General 1 105,940 63.1%
1958 50 MI R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 17,408 100.0%
1958 50 MI R U.S. House District 02 General 1 73,954 58.8%
1960 52 MI R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 25,855 100.0%
1960 52 MI R U.S. House District 02 General 1 110,124 59.6%
1962 54 MI R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 22,159 100.0%
1962 54 MI R U.S. House District 02 General 1 88,427 58.4%
1964 56 MI R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 21,818 55.2%
1964 56 MI R U.S. House District 02 General 2 76,280 49.4%
1966 58 MI R U.S. House District 02 Primary 2 12,798 47.0%


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



Ideology Data for George Meader


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
1951 43 House 79 15 D 86 31
1952 44 House 80 18 D 94 15
1953 45 House 82 8 R 81 92 36
1954 46 House 80 17 R 76 16 88 25
1955 47 House 68 16 R 63 15 82 38
1956 48 House 84 13 R 82 15 95 57
1957 49 House 69 12 R 50 43 87 33
1958 50 House 65 35 R 72 26 98 42
1959 51 House 100 0 79 6 R 69 19 87 22
1960 52 House 89 0 76 16 R 56 37 90 11
1961 53 House 96 0 88 9 D 31 68 96 0 93
1962 54 House 63 31 70 16 D 43 48 86 13 54
1963 55 House 53 40 67 22 D 37 49 85 0 86
1964 56 House 58 25 55 13 D 21 42 59 0 92
Lifetime conservative rating:   81%


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.