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Gus Savage

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 30, 1925 in Detroit, MI
Died: October 31, 2015 in Chicago, IL

Education:

  • Roosevelt University, B.A., 1951
  • Attended Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1952-1953

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1943-1946

Career:

  • Journalist, 1954-1979
  • Editor/publisher of Citizen Community Newspapers, 1965-1979


Election Results for Gus Savage


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1968 42 IL D U.S. House District 03 Primary 2 11,146 22.3%
1970 44 IL D U.S. House District 03 Primary 2 16,905 28.2%
1980 54 IL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 28,359 44.6%
1980 54 IL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 129,771 88.1%
1982 56 IL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 24,777 38.8%
1982 56 IL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 140,827 87.0%
1984 58 IL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 55,137 45.0%
1984 58 IL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 155,349 83.0%
1986 60 IL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 37,751 51.5%
1986 60 IL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 99,268 83.8%
1988 62 IL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 56,405 52.4%
1988 62 IL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 138,256 82.7%
1990 64 IL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 41,837 51.5%
1990 64 IL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 80,245 78.2%
1992 66 IL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 2 36,865 37.5%


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



Ideology Data for Gus Savage


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
1981 55 House 5 49 57 5 R 14 49 50 100 9
1982 56 House 8 77 63 7 R 17 62 62 83 12
1983 57 House 4 84 88 4 R 7 87 88 95 0
1984 58 House 0 85 76 5 R 15 70 77 100 5
1985 59 House 2 87 85 3 R 13 84 88 100 6
1986 60 House 2 90 79 4 R 14 80 84 100 0
1987 61 House 5 88 87 3 R 10 88 92 100 0
1988 62 House 5 92 82 4 R 18 72 88 100 0
1989 63 House 2 93 88 2 R 23 70 91 100 0
1990 64 House 17 80 79 10 R 19 80 89 89 9
1991 65 House 5 73 76 7 R 25 68 84 100 0
1992 66 House 4 63 65 3 R 10 70 69 95 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   3%


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.