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Charles Percy

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 27, 1919 in Pensacola, FL
Died: September 17, 2011 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • University of Chicago, 1941

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1943-1945

Career:

  • President of Bell & Howell Co.

Other notes:

  • Father-in-law of Jay Rockefeller


Election Results for Charles Percy


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1964 44 IL R Governor Primary 1 626,111 60.3%
1964 44 IL R Governor General 2 2,239,095 48.1%
1966 46 IL R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 605,815 90.6%
1966 46 IL R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 2,100,449 54.9%
1972 52 IL R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 2,867,078 62.2%
1978 58 IL R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 401,409 84.3%
1978 58 IL R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 1,698,711 53.3%
1984 64 IL R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 387,865 59.3%
1984 64 IL R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 2 2,308,039 48.2%


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



Ideology Data for Charles Percy


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
1967 47 Senate 39 45 49 25 D 61 21 76 38 53
1968 48 Senate 30 44 40 30 D 55 15 69 79 42
1969 49 Senate 42 42 43 40 R 71 18 82 67 31
1970 50 Senate 36 24 33 27 R 56 18 69 58 45
1971 51 Senate 38 46 42 40 R 50 30 78 58 21
1972 52 Senate 26 50 33 44 R 46 48 81 65 8
1973 53 Senate 35 48 39 43 R 45 36 81 65 24
1974 54 Senate 31 49 37 43 R 47 37 74 75 33
1975 55 Senate 28 60 38 50 R 68 24 85 56* 18
1976 56 Senate 43 40 36 50 R 57 32 88 53 19
1977 57 Senate 49 38 41 45 D 63 20 85 72 18
1978 58 Senate 30 58 23 64 D 79 11 84 56 20
1979 59 Senate 45 48 38 51 D 77 21 90 53 30
1980 60 Senate 46 42 49 38 D 63 27 89 44 43
1981 61 Senate 72 25 79 16 R 84 9 95 35 64
1982 62 Senate 56 35 65 29 R 76 17 92 47 41
1983 63 Senate 57 27 63 27 R 80 15 82 44 39
1984 64 Senate 57 19 57 15 R 57 12 69 56 50
Lifetime conservative rating:   31%


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.