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Charles Mosher

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 7, 1906 in Sandwich, IL
Died: November 16, 1984 in Oberlin, OH

Education:

  • Oberlin College, 1928

Career:

  • Newspaper worker, 1929-1940
  • Editor/publisher of Oberlin News-Tribune, 1940-1961

Elected Office:

  • Oberlin city council, 1945-1951
  • OH Senate, 1951-1960


Election Results for Charles Mosher


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1960 54 OH R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 16,744 100.0%
1960 54 OH R U.S. House District 13 General 1 73,110 51.4%
1962 56 OH R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 17,924 100.0%
1962 56 OH R U.S. House District 13 General 1 63,858 55.1%
1964 58 OH R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 27,993 100.0%
1964 58 OH R U.S. House District 13 General 1 75,945 54.7%
1966 60 OH R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 19,321 100.0%
1966 60 OH R U.S. House District 13 General 1 69,862 65.5%
1968 62 OH R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 28,604 100.0%
1968 62 OH R U.S. House District 13 General 1 97,158 61.9%
1970 64 OH R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 32,246 100.0%
1970 64 OH R U.S. House District 13 General 1 85,858 61.7%
1972 66 OH R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 23,456 81.0%
1972 66 OH R U.S. House District 13 General 1 111,242 68.1%
1974 68 OH R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 21,510 100.0%
1974 68 OH R U.S. House District 13 General 1 72,881 57.5%


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



Ideology Data for Charles Mosher


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
1961 55 House 78 17 72 16 D 40 48 91 20 50
1962 56 House 56 44 77 21 D 57 40 97 50 53
1963 57 House 33 47 74 21 D 38 54 91 36 62
1964 58 House 58 42 68 27 D 38 52 92 15 63
1965 59 House 47 49 53 38 D 53 37 90 39 56
1966 60 House 68 19 71 15 D 40 40 84 24 72
1967 61 House 46 44 58 26 D 56 34 85 43 36
1968 62 House 43 39 49 34 D 63 25 85 42 38
1969 63 House 27 49 42 33 R 64 28 82 69 25
1970 64 House 25 59 47 42 R 68 26 89 83 18
1971 65 House 21 74 43 50 R 47 53 92 83 6
1972 66 House 28 46 31 38 R 54 24 77 75 20
1973 67 House 34 60 40 54 R 50 42 92 80 20
1974 68 House 28 62 36 55 R 64 36 92 83 16
1975 69 House 38 45 39 39 R 62 26 78 76 37
1976 70 House 39 49 43 46 R 57 35 86 65 38
Lifetime conservative rating:   38%


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.