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Melvin Price

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 1, 1905 in East St. Louis, IL
Died: April 22, 1988 in Camp Springs, MD

Education:

  • Attended St. Louis University

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1943-1944

Career:

  • Newspaper editor/correspondent, 1925-1933
  • St. Clair County supervisor, 1929-1931
  • Secretary to Rep. Edwin Schaefer, 1933-1943


Election Results for Melvin Price


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1942 37 IL D U.S. House District 22 Primary 2 12,352 37.5%
1944 39 IL D U.S. House District 22 General 1 83,311 50.8%
1946 41 IL D U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 25,266 100.0%
1946 41 IL D U.S. House District 22 General 1 69,669 50.7%
1948 43 IL D U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 35,438 100.0%
1948 43 IL D U.S. House District 25 General 1 101,927 69.5%
1950 45 IL D U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 38,843 100.0%
1950 45 IL D U.S. House District 25 General 1 78,812 64.9%
1952 47 IL D U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 41,497 100.0%
1952 47 IL D U.S. House District 24 General 1 117,408 64.8%
1954 49 IL D U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 50,233 100.0%
1954 49 IL D U.S. House District 24 General 1 90,482 69.2%
1956 51 IL D U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 40,606 100.0%
1956 51 IL D U.S. House District 24 General 1 121,381 68.2%
1958 53 IL D U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 49,294 100.0%
1958 53 IL D U.S. House District 24 General 1 94,231 76.1%
1960 55 IL D U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 56,775 100.0%
1960 55 IL D U.S. House District 24 General 1 144,560 72.2%
1962 57 IL D U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 69,226 100.0%
1962 57 IL D U.S. House District 24 General 1 95,522 73.8%
1964 59 IL D U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 49,614 100.0%
1964 59 IL D U.S. House District 24 General 1 144,743 75.7%
1966 61 IL D U.S. House District 24 General 1 82,513 71.5%
1968 63 IL D U.S. House District 24 General 1 113,507 71.3%
1970 65 IL D U.S. House District 24 General 1 88,637 74.2%
1972 67 IL D U.S. House District 23 General 1 121,682 75.1%
1974 69 IL D U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 43,131 90.3%
1974 69 IL D U.S. House District 23 General 1 78,347 80.5%
1976 71 IL D U.S. House District 23 General 1 128,113 78.6%
1978 73 IL D U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 37,728 88.1%
1978 73 IL D U.S. House District 23 General 1 74,247 74.2%
1980 75 IL D U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 39,193 85.9%
1980 75 IL D U.S. House District 23 General 1 107,786 64.4%
1982 77 IL D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 39,318 81.5%
1982 77 IL D U.S. House District 21 General 1 89,500 63.7%
1984 79 IL D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 47,325 76.1%
1984 79 IL D U.S. House District 21 General 1 127,046 60.2%
1986 81 IL D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 25,660 52.5%
1986 81 IL D U.S. House District 21 General 1 65,722 50.4%


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



Ideology Data for Melvin Price


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
1945 40 House 68 8 D 66
1946 41 House 95 5 D 99
1947 42 House 92 8 D 99 100
1948 43 House 94 6 D 96 100
1949 44 House 89 3 D 94 100
1950 45 House 95 4 D 97 93
1951 46 House 95 3 D 93 92
1952 47 House 89 2 D 89 100
1953 48 House 74 24 R 67 94 100
1954 49 House 93 7 R 61 39 100 100
1955 50 House 97 0 R 68 29 99 100
1956 51 House 88 13 R 59 35 95 100
1957 52 House 85 15 R 80 20 100 100
1958 53 House 92 8 R 80 20 100 100
1959 54 House 0 100 96 4 R 46 54 100 100
1960 55 House 0 100 88 12 R 58 42 99 100
1961 56 House 9 91 97 3 D 92 6 97 100 0
1962 57 House 0 100 100 0 D 98 2 99 100 0
1963 58 House 7 93 98 2 D 90 4 97 92 6
1964 59 House 8 92 97 0 D 98 2 97 92 6
1965 60 House 0 100 97 0 D 95 3 97 84 6
1966 61 House 3 95 98 1 D 91 5 97 88 0
1967 62 House 9 89 97 1 D 93 6 98 73 8
1968 63 House 6 86 89 4 D 86 9 96 83 4
1969 64 House 33 64 85 13 R 60 36 97 53 33
1970 65 House 20 68 85 13 R 66 29 95 59 11
1971 66 House 37 57 79 16 R 72 21 91 63 42
1972 67 House 17 83 89 11 R 70 30 98 69 10
1973 68 House 20 80 94 5 R 33 66 98 72 25
1974 69 House 29 71 88 11 R 55 45 99 43* 14
1975 70 House 24 68 81 10 R 44 51 92 61 14
1976 71 House 23 77 89 11 R 33 67 100 60 14
1977 72 House 15 58 71 8 D 57 25 76 56 14
1978 73 House 24 74 82 15 D 74 24 98 45 8
1979 74 House 25 67 85 7 D 76 19 92 68 8
1980 75 House 24 71 92 5 D 79 15 96 59 5
1981 76 House 53 41 72 23 R 51 37 93 53 0
1982 77 House 48 47 80 15 R 57 38 95 61 30
1983 78 House 56 40 79 17 R 37 61 96 65 14
1984 79 House 53 46 84 14 R 47 51 98 65 30
1985 80 House 49 31 73 10 R 33 52 81 47 27
1986 81 House 44 56 91 6 R 27 73 97 65 18
1987 82 House 58 42 92 6 R 35 61 97 72 13
1988 83 House 8 0 R 2 7 5 100 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   14%


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.