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George O'Brien

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 1, 1900 in Detroit, MI
Died: October 25, 1957 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • University of Detroit, 1921, Law School, 1924

Military Service:

  • World War I

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant corporation counsel for District of Columbia, 1955-1957


Election Results for George O'Brien


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 36 MI D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 7,299 23.4%
1936 36 MI D U.S. House District 13 General 1 63,479 55.6%
1938 38 MI D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 12,558 49.0%
1938 38 MI D U.S. House District 13 General 2 48,443 48.9%
1940 40 MI D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 12,028 42.0%
1940 40 MI D U.S. House District 13 General 1 66,985 54.6%
1942 42 MI D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 6,725 43.9%
1942 42 MI D U.S. House District 13 General 1 33,807 51.1%
1944 44 MI D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 10,341 57.0%
1944 44 MI D U.S. House District 13 General 1 80,565 57.9%
1946 46 MI D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 7,647 66.0%
1946 46 MI D U.S. House District 13 General 2 44,883 46.9%
1948 48 MI D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 11,965 45.0%
1948 48 MI D U.S. House District 13 General 1 76,947 62.5%
1950 50 MI D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 17,507 63.5%
1950 50 MI D U.S. House District 13 General 1 56,388 61.4%
1952 52 MI D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 23,604 58.0%
1952 52 MI D U.S. House District 13 General 1 88,473 64.8%
1954 54 MI D U.S. House District 13 Primary 2 9,398 28.0%


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



Ideology Data for George O'Brien


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
1937 37 House 90 7 D 88
1938 38 House 71 17 D 89
1941 41 House 57 37 D 93
1942 42 House 90 10 D 97
1943 43 House 79 21 D 98
1944 44 House 73 13 D 91
1945 45 House 72 10 D 83
1946 46 House 82 11 D 92
1949 49 House 71 9 D 80 83
1950 50 House 70 12 D 77 93
1951 51 House 93 4 D 89 100
1952 52 House 86 5 D 85 85
1953 53 House 66 21 R 42 86 80
1954 54 House 67 3 R 47 34 66 100


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.