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Chauncey Reed

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 2, 1890 in West Chicago, IL
Died: February 9, 1956 in Bethesda, MD

Education:

  • Webster College of Law, 1915

Military Service:

  • World War I

Elected Office:

  • Treasurer of West Chicago, 1913-1914
  • Lawyer
  • IL state's attorney for DuPage County, 1920-1935


Election Results for Chauncey Reed


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 46 IL R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 54,201 84.7%
1936 46 IL R U.S. House District 11 General 1 99,027 56.0%
1938 48 IL R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 52,382 100.0%
1938 48 IL R U.S. House District 11 General 1 94,565 65.9%
1940 50 IL R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 49,557 60.1%
1940 50 IL R U.S. House District 11 General 1 128,645 64.6%
1942 52 IL R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 54,763 82.3%
1942 52 IL R U.S. House District 11 General 1 97,316 71.0%
1944 54 IL R U.S. House District 11 General 1 128,064 66.2%
1946 56 IL R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 41,715 100.0%
1946 56 IL R U.S. House District 11 General 1 120,640 74.9%
1948 58 IL R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 31,003 64.3%
1948 58 IL R U.S. House District 14 General 1 94,962 68.3%
1950 60 IL R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 33,392 67.6%
1950 60 IL R U.S. House District 14 General 1 103,312 74.2%
1952 62 IL R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 62,136 76.5%
1952 62 IL R U.S. House District 14 General 1 137,881 71.5%
1954 64 IL R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 44,931 75.9%
1954 64 IL R U.S. House District 14 General 1 100,024 72.4%


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



Ideology Data for Chauncey Reed


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 47 House 90 10 D 99
1938 48 House 81 19 D 100
1939 49 House 97 3 D 98
1940 50 House 89 9 D 88
1941 51 House 76 15 D 78
1942 52 House 80 5 D 82
1943 53 House 83 8 D 87
1944 54 House 83 13 D 92
1945 55 House 82 14 D 86
1946 56 House 82 11 D 92
1947 57 House 92 3 D 88 0
1948 58 House 94 6 D 92 0
1949 59 House 92 3 D 84 0
1950 60 House 78 18 D 84 0
1951 61 House 96 1 D 87 0
1952 62 House 86 7 D 81 0
1953 63 House 74 0 R 75 51 11
1954 64 House 93 3 R 66 18 84 0
1955 65 House 61 6 R 37 32 75 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.