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Edward Roush

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 12, 1920 in Barnsdall, OK
Died: March 26, 2004 in Huntington, IN

Education:

  • Huntington College, 1942
  • Indiana University Law School, 1949

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1942-1946, 1950-1952

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Huntington County prosecutor, 1954-1959
  • Environmental Protection Agency, 1977-1979
  • Chairman of the board of Huntington College, 1981-1987

Elected Office:

  • IN House, 1949-1950


Election Results for Edward Roush


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1956 35 IN D U.S. House District 05 Primary 2 7,485 22.4%
1958 37 IN D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 25,845 54.0%
1958 37 IN D U.S. House District 05 General 1 97,184 53.7%
1960 39 IN D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 34,809 82.8%
1960 39 IN D U.S. House District 05 General 1 107,357 50.0%
1962 41 IN D U.S. House District 05 General 1 92,264 51.6%
1964 43 IN D U.S. House District 05 General 1 114,252 55.2%
1966 45 IN D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 33,392 77.3%
1966 45 IN D U.S. House District 05 General 1 76,176 51.1%
1968 47 IN D U.S. House District 04 General 2 93,515 48.6%
1970 49 IN D U.S. House District 04 General 1 86,582 51.9%
1972 51 IN D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 54,725 100.0%
1972 51 IN D U.S. House District 04 General 1 100,327 51.5%
1974 53 IN D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 28,469 90.2%
1974 53 IN D U.S. House District 04 General 1 83,604 51.9%
1976 55 IN D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 32,638 86.6%
1976 55 IN D U.S. House District 04 General 2 88,361 44.6%


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



Ideology Data for Edward Roush


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
1959 38 House 27 73 87 10 R 41 57 98 78
1960 39 House 11 89 88 10 R 41 56 97 89
1961 40 House 31 63 81 14 D 73 20 96 80 33
1962 41 House 56 44 77 21 D 87 13 98 75 33
1963 42 House 33 47 81 9 D 83 8 90 83 25
1964 43 House 67 33 73 21 D 79 19 96 69 19
1965 44 House 37 63 74 23 D 80 18 97 53 53
1966 45 House 24 51 69 15 D 72 11 84 60 38
1967 46 House 54 44 67 22 D 72 13 88 60 38
1968 47 House 24 57 61 18 D 64 16 77 64 26
1971 50 House 18 77 82 12 R 32 63 93 76 32
1972 51 House 37 55 69 27 R 49 49 94 53 30
1973 52 House 33 66 78 21 R 36 58 97 80 12
1974 53 House 38 60 73 25 R 47 51 98 74* 10
1975 54 House 36 64 73 25 R 33 67 98 84 22
1976 55 House 51 48 67 32 R 33 65 98 60 14
Lifetime conservative rating:   25%


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.