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Louis Rabaut

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 5, 1886 in Detroit, MI
Died: November 12, 1961 in Hamtramck, MI

Education:

  • Detroit College, 1909, Law School, 1912

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Businessman


Election Results for Louis Rabaut


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 49 MI D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 25,777 63.2%
1936 49 MI D U.S. House District 14 General 1 66,791 55.9%
1938 51 MI D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 17,806 53.2%
1938 51 MI D U.S. House District 14 General 1 62,872 57.6%
1940 53 MI D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 25,670 71.2%
1940 53 MI D U.S. House District 14 General 1 80,463 59.0%
1942 55 MI D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 13,633 76.3%
1942 55 MI D U.S. House District 14 General 1 50,707 58.7%
1944 57 MI D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 12,656 64.2%
1944 57 MI D U.S. House District 14 General 1 98,988 56.4%
1946 59 MI D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 10,937 100.0%
1946 59 MI D U.S. House District 14 General 2 60,808 46.3%
1948 61 MI D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 20,703 61.4%
1948 61 MI D U.S. House District 14 General 1 99,227 56.9%
1950 63 MI D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 23,840 69.7%
1950 63 MI D U.S. House District 14 General 1 76,938 51.5%
1952 65 MI D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 39,906 68.0%
1952 65 MI D U.S. House District 14 General 1 117,027 53.0%
1954 67 MI D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 39,360 100.0%
1954 67 MI D U.S. House District 14 General 1 97,297 58.2%
1956 69 MI D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 19,502 64.6%
1956 69 MI D U.S. House District 14 General 1 122,079 56.8%
1958 71 MI D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 19,990 81.1%
1958 71 MI D U.S. House District 14 General 1 97,236 64.2%
1960 73 MI D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 23,631 80.4%
1960 73 MI D U.S. House District 14 General 1 132,602 62.7%


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



Ideology Data for Louis Rabaut


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 50 House 78 5 D 85
1938 51 House 69 29 D 98
1939 52 House 61 26 D 80
1940 53 House 68 24 D 86
1941 54 House 50 39 D 84
1942 55 House 90 10 D 89
1943 56 House 73 21 D 95
1944 57 House 63 3 D 58
1945 58 House 80 8 D 72
1946 59 House 80 7 D 85
1949 62 House 92 6 D 99 100
1950 63 House 77 11 D 82 93
1951 64 House 94 1 D 83 100
1952 65 House 84 2 D 86 91
1953 66 House 71 18 R 65 69 100
1954 67 House 83 10 R 55 42 89 88
1955 68 House 97 3 R 66 29 96 90
1956 69 House 88 9 R 53 41 96 100
1957 70 House 93 7 R 63 33 98 89
1958 71 House 86 14 R 66 30 94 100
1959 72 House 18 36 60 12 R 33 41 71 89
1960 73 House 5 89 82 12 R 42 49 96 100
1961 74 House 0 30 36 2 D 40 5 37 100 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   0%


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.