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Parren Mitchell

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 29, 1922 in Baltimore, MD
Died: May 28, 2007 in Baltimore, MD

Education:

  • Morgan State College, A.B., 1950
  • University of Maryland, M.A., 1952

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1942-1945
  • Received Purple Heart award

Career:

  • Baltimore probation supervisor, 1954-1957
  • MD Human Relations Commission, 1963-1965
  • Baltimore Community Action Agency, 1965-1968
  • Baltimore Neighborhoods, Inc., 1969-1970


Election Results for Parren Mitchell


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1968 46 MD D U.S. House District 07 Primary 2 15,295 36.3%
1970 48 MD D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 24,265 35.2%
1970 48 MD D U.S. House District 07 General 1 60,390 58.7%
1972 50 MD D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 32,946 50.0%
1972 50 MD D U.S. House District 07 General 1 83,749 80.0%
1974 52 MD D U.S. House District 07 General 1 43,252 100.0%
1976 54 MD D U.S. House District 07 General 1 94,991 94.4%
1978 56 MD D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 36,218 78.5%
1978 56 MD D U.S. House District 07 General 1 51,996 88.7%
1980 58 MD D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 33,747 81.5%
1980 58 MD D U.S. House District 07 General 1 97,104 88.5%
1982 60 MD D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 75,224 84.8%
1982 60 MD D U.S. House District 07 General 1 103,496 87.9%
1984 62 MD D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 54,582 88.7%
1984 62 MD D U.S. House District 07 General 1 139,488 100.0%
1986 64 MD D Lt. Governor Primary 2 0 0.0%


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



Ideology Data for Parren Mitchell


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
1971 49 House 0 94 83 5 R 23 72 87 100 20
1972 50 House 1 89 85 3 R 41 46 87 100 0
1973 51 House 5 92 88 7 R 22 73 91 100 4
1974 52 House 3 91 81 9 R 26 55 88 100 10
1975 53 House 5 82 86 5 R 34 61 92 100 0
1976 54 House 6 88 93 2 R 25 75 93 100 0
1977 55 House 3 90 87 4 D 71 20 90 95 0
1978 56 House 5 88 86 6 D 72 18 89 100 4
1979 57 House 3 90 89 5 D 78 17 88 100 3
1980 58 House 2 81 80 4 D 62 25 86 100 11
1981 59 House 3 92 82 5 R 30 66 87 100 0
1982 60 House 8 81 85 6 R 22 74 88 95 10
1983 61 House 4 82 88 4 R 10 78 89 95 0
1984 62 House 5 83 88 5 R 19 73 91 95 4
1985 63 House 5 85 74 14 R 15 78 87 100 5
1986 64 House 6 70 67 8 R 11 69 77 100 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   4%


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.