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Michael Oxley

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 11, 1944 in Findlay, OH
Died: January 1, 2016 in McLean, VA

Education:

  • Miami (Ohio) University, B.A., 1966
  • Ohio State University, J.D., 1969

Career:

  • FBI special agent, 1969-1972
  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • OH House, 1972-1981


Election Results for Michael Oxley


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1981 37 OH R U.S. House District 04 Special Primary 1 20,955 51.0%
1981 37 OH R U.S. House District 04 Special 1 41,987 50.2%
1982 38 OH R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 41,812 100.0%
1982 38 OH R U.S. House District 04 General 1 105,087 64.6%
1984 40 OH R U.S. House District 04 General 1 162,199 77.5%
1986 42 OH R U.S. House District 04 General 1 115,751 75.1%
1988 44 OH R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 46,131 100.0%
1988 44 OH R U.S. House District 04 General 1 160,099 99.7%
1990 46 OH R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 44,480 100.0%
1990 46 OH R U.S. House District 04 General 1 103,897 61.7%
1992 48 OH R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 64,468 100.0%
1992 48 OH R U.S. House District 04 General 1 147,346 61.3%
1994 50 OH R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 46,958 73.7%
1994 50 OH R U.S. House District 04 General 1 139,841 100.0%
1996 52 OH R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 63,893 100.0%
1996 52 OH R U.S. House District 04 General 1 147,608 64.8%
1998 54 OH R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 52,681 100.0%
1998 54 OH R U.S. House District 04 General 1 112,011 63.8%
2000 56 OH R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 79,022 100.0%
2000 56 OH R U.S. House District 04 General 1 156,510 67.4%
2002 58 OH R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 36,889 73.2%
2002 58 OH R U.S. House District 04 General 1 120,001 67.5%
2004 60 OH R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 65,979 100.0%
2004 60 OH R U.S. House District 04 General 1 167,807 58.6%


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



Ideology Data for Michael Oxley


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
1981 37 House 88 12 85 13 R 67 29 94 0 80
1982 38 House 90 10 81 13 R 77 17 92 10 90
1983 39 House 83 16 87 10 R 85 12 94 11 91
1984 40 House 93 5 86 8 R 67 26 92 5 75
1985 41 House 96 4 88 6 R 75 24 95 10 84
1986 42 House 86 14 85 8 R 80 16 93 0 95
1987 43 House 98 2 80 12 R 67 26 93 4 95
1988 44 House 92 5 81 9 R 68 31 94 21 88
1989 45 House 93 7 86 11 R 80 19 98 5 93
1990 46 House 94 2 82 14 R 73 27 97 0 79
1991 47 House 95 5 83 16 R 79 20 97 5 80
1992 48 House 96 2 86 10 R 86 11 97 5 96
1993 49 House 93 5 87 11 D 43 52 98 5 88
1994 50 House 86 8 88 8 D 47 51 96 0 95
1995 51 House 96 1 93 4 D 17 81 97 0 76
1996 52 House 96 2 88 6 D 37 63 95 5 100
1997 53 House 96 0 82 10 D 35 64 94 11 68
1998 54 House 98 0 89 6 D 24 72 96 5 96
1999 55 House 85 9 D 30 70 94 5 76
2000 56 House 88 3 D 30 70 91 0 82
2001 57 House 95 1 R 95 2 96 0 92
2002 58 House 88 3 R 89 7 92 0 96
2003 59 House 92 3 R 91 2 94 0 83
2004 60 House 90 5 R 94 6 95 0 96
2005 61 House 90 3 R 85 11 92 0 91
2006 62 House 82 3 R 92 0 82 6 83
Lifetime conservative rating:   87%


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.