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George Rhodes

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 24, 1898 in Reading, PA
Died: October 23, 1978 in Reading, PA

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, World War I

Career:

  • Printer for Reading Eagle Co., 1913-1927
  • Business manager of Reading Labor Advocate, 1927-1942
  • Labor union representative/president, 1928-1951
  • Reading housing authority, 1938-1948

Other notes:

  • Delegate to Socialist National Convention, 1928, 1932


Election Results for George Rhodes


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1948 50 PA D U.S. House District 13 General 1 40,415 50.3%
1950 52 PA D U.S. House District 13 General 1 36,335 49.8%
1952 54 PA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 48,427 49.7%
1954 56 PA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 50,765 62.0%
1956 58 PA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 51,088 51.3%
1958 60 PA D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 21,667 82.2%
1958 60 PA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 51,281 58.3%
1960 62 PA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 60,211 53.8%
1962 64 PA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 38,868 76.4%
1962 64 PA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 112,959 51.2%
1964 66 PA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 144,697 62.1%
1966 68 PA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 91,538 56.1%


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



Ideology Data for George Rhodes


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
1949 51 House 82 6 D 91 91
1950 52 House 84 8 D 88 86
1951 53 House 90 6 D 96 100
1952 54 House 82 5 D 81 92
1953 55 House 84 16 R 58 99 100
1954 56 House 93 7 R 63 34 97 100
1955 57 House 77 19 R 54 46 97 100
1956 58 House 88 13 R 68 29 99 100
1957 59 House 85 15 R 75 25 100 100
1958 60 House 73 27 R 84 16 99 92
1959 61 House 0 100 90 10 R 54 46 100 100
1960 62 House 0 89 80 18 R 63 33 97 100
1961 63 House 13 83 88 10 D 89 9 97 90 0
1962 64 House 19 75 89 7 D 90 8 96 75 7
1963 65 House 0 93 91 3 D 92 6 92 91 6
1964 66 House 17 83 94 6 D 90 8 98 92 6
1965 67 House 6 94 94 3 D 95 4 99 84 24
1966 68 House 8 84 94 0 D 89 4 95 82 4
1967 69 House 11 81 90 2 D 83 7 88 80 8
1968 70 House 8 69 72 4 D 72 9 79 73 5
Lifetime conservative rating:   7%


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.