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Don Pease

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 26, 1931 in Toledo, OH
Died: July 28, 2002 in Oberlin, OH

Education:

  • Ohio University, B.S., 1953, M.A., 1955

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1955-1957

Career:

  • Newspaper editor/publisher, 1957-1977

Elected Office:

  • Oberlin city council, 1962-1965
  • OH Senate, 1965-1967, 1975-1977
  • OH House, 1969-1975


Election Results for Don Pease


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1976 44 OH D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 27,389 63.7%
1976 44 OH D U.S. House District 13 General 1 108,061 66.0%
1978 46 OH D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 23,429 78.2%
1978 46 OH D U.S. House District 13 General 1 80,875 65.1%
1980 48 OH D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 41,632 68.6%
1980 48 OH D U.S. House District 13 General 1 113,439 63.8%
1982 50 OH D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 36,230 77.3%
1982 50 OH D U.S. House District 13 General 1 92,296 61.2%
1984 52 OH D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 51,010 78.3%
1984 52 OH D U.S. House District 13 General 1 131,923 66.4%
1986 54 OH D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 25,892 76.7%
1986 54 OH D U.S. House District 13 General 1 88,612 62.8%
1988 56 OH D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 52,388 82.6%
1988 56 OH D U.S. House District 13 General 1 137,074 69.8%
1990 58 OH D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 36,401 100.0%
1990 58 OH D U.S. House District 13 General 1 93,431 56.7%


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



Ideology Data for Don Pease


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
1977 45 House 17 83 87 12 D 73 25 98 80 11
1978 46 House 20 77 76 22 D 79 17 97 65 0
1979 47 House 13 85 89 10 D 83 14 97 84 5
1980 48 House 17 79 81 15 D 78 19 94 83 5
1981 49 House 16 77 83 9 R 32 64 95 95 0
1982 50 House 16 81 87 11 R 38 61 97 90 5
1983 51 House 18 82 91 9 R 20 80 99 90 5
1984 52 House 22 78 85 15 R 40 59 99 80 9
1985 53 House 20 80 93 7 R 28 71 99 70 16
1986 54 House 32 68 92 8 R 26 74 99 75 18
1987 55 House 30 65 90 8 R 25 74 98 88 0
1988 56 House 24 71 88 9 R 29 69 97 95 8
1989 57 House 27 71 86 11 R 30 66 97 95 0
1990 58 House 19 81 87 10 R 30 69 98 89 4
1991 59 House 30 70 83 14 R 39 61 97 75 0
1992 60 House 17 83 89 9 R 17 81 97 100 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   5%


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.