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Philip Ruppe

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 29, 1926 in Laurium, MI

Education:

  • Attended University of Michigan, 1944-1946
  • Yale University, 1948

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, Korean War

Career:

  • Bank director


Election Results for Philip Ruppe


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1966 39 MI R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 19,815 100.0%
1966 39 MI R U.S. House District 11 General 1 70,820 51.8%
1968 41 MI R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 30,532 100.0%
1968 41 MI R U.S. House District 11 General 1 94,513 58.8%
1970 43 MI R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 27,906 100.0%
1970 43 MI R U.S. House District 11 General 1 85,323 61.6%
1972 45 MI R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 41,294 100.0%
1972 45 MI R U.S. House District 11 General 1 135,786 69.4%
1974 47 MI R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 27,034 100.0%
1974 47 MI R U.S. House District 11 General 1 83,293 50.9%
1976 49 MI R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 36,588 82.3%
1976 49 MI R U.S. House District 11 General 1 118,871 54.7%
1982 55 MI R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 253,082 46.0%
1982 55 MI R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 1,223,288 40.9%
1992 65 MI R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 28,279 46.1%
1992 65 MI R U.S. House District 01 General 2 117,056 43.6%


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



Ideology Data for Philip Ruppe


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
1967 40 House 59 35 51 36 D 53 31 84 29 50
1968 41 House 43 37 44 39 D 58 20 79 40 45
1969 42 House 33 53 30 54 R 56 22 82 43 38
1970 43 House 39 36 39 38 R 70 13 69 65 33
1971 44 House 48 27 51 26 R 47 23 78 40 47
1972 45 House 48 39 51 28 R 54 30 79 44 33
1973 46 House 56 34 54 34 R 58 30 84 28 54
1974 47 House 45 37 51 31 R 64 25 79 30 21
1975 48 House 54 27 55 26 R 69 20 82 47 47
1976 49 House 62 22 59 26 R 59 29 82 6 83
1977 50 House 62 29 55 30 D 37 38 81 21 57
1978 51 House 57 23 57 20 D 40 31 70 24 68
Lifetime conservative rating:   51%


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.