Election results and ideology ratings for Chester Merrow -- RightDataUSA.com

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 15, 1906 in Center Ossipee, NH
Died: February 10, 1974 in Center Ossipee, NH

Election Results for Chester Merrow

Year	Age	State	Party	Office	District	Stage	Pos	Votes	%
1940	33	NH	R	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	2	8,423	30.8%

1942	35	NH	R	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	10,988	52.0%
1942	35	NH	R	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	43,281	52.1%

1944	37	NH	R	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	16,408	67.3%
1944	37	NH	R	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	57,537	50.9%

1946	39	NH	R	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	16,372	74.6%
1946	39	NH	R	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	53,909	59.7%

1948	41	NH	R	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	21,349	100.0%
1948	41	NH	R	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	64,794	55.5%

1950	43	NH	R	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	32,564	100.0%
1950	43	NH	R	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	57,371	57.5%

1952	45	NH	R	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	27,179	69.5%
1952	45	NH	R	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	82,689	60.2%

1954	47	NH	R	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	24,306	73.3%
1954	47	NH	R	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	53,895	50.2%

1956	49	NH	R	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	26,088	72.7%
1956	49	NH	R	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	78,296	57.4%

1958	51	NH	R	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	31,342	75.9%
1958	51	NH	R	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	62,734	58.4%

1960	53	NH	R	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	33,183	66.5%
1960	53	NH	R	U.S. House	District 01	General	1	88,118	56.5%

1962	55	NH	R	U.S. Senate Class 2		Special Primary	4	14,417	14.6%

1970	63	NH	D	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	9,658	50.6%
1970	63	NH	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	2	34,882	32.6%

1972	65	NH	D	U.S. House	District 01	Primary	1	14,772	59.4%
1972	65	NH	D	U.S. House	District 01	General	2	42,996	27.1%

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

Ideology Data for Chester Merrow

Year	Age	Body	Conservative Coalition		Party Unity		Presidential Support			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
Year	Age	Body					P			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
1943	36	House			81	13	D			84
1944	37	House			50	3	D			55
1945	38	House			44	20	D			59
1946	39	House			64	2	D			63
1947	40	House			79	21	D			93	33
1948	41	House			75	17	D			91	25
1949	42	House			64	20	D			80	23
1950	43	House			59	27	D			90	29
1951	44	House			60	28	D			82	27
1952	45	House			57	32	D			83	23
1953	46	House			61	21	R	90		82	43
1954	47	House			67	23	R	82	11	92	33
1955	48	House			55	45	R	59	34	93	50
1956	49	House			56	41	R	65	24	92	86
1957	50	House			42	51	R	62	32	96	78
1958	51	House			32	65	R	78	14	91	75
1959	52	House	27	64	35	60	R	59	33	90	75
1960	53	House	21	26	20	39	R	47	26	70	78
1961	54	House	39	52	34	55	D	66	25	88	78	23
1962	55	House	0	63	14	44	D	50	10	56	100	22
Lifetime conservative rating:												23%

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.