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Thomas Sawyer

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 15, 1945 in Akron, OH
Died: May 20, 2023 in Akron, OH

Education:

  • University of Akron, B.A., 1968, M.A., 1970

Career:

  • School teacher

Elected Office:

  • OH House, 1977-1983
  • Mayor of Akron, 1984-1986
  • OH Senate, 2007-2016


Election Results for Thomas Sawyer


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1986 40 OH D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 24,132 49.4%
1986 40 OH D U.S. House District 14 General 1 83,257 53.7%
1988 42 OH D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 70,158 100.0%
1988 42 OH D U.S. House District 14 General 1 148,951 74.7%
1990 44 OH D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 34,343 73.4%
1990 44 OH D U.S. House District 14 General 1 97,875 59.6%
1992 46 OH D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 54,933 75.4%
1992 46 OH D U.S. House District 14 General 1 165,335 67.8%
1994 48 OH D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 46,800 69.4%
1994 48 OH D U.S. House District 14 General 1 96,274 51.9%
1996 50 OH D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 32,297 79.7%
1996 50 OH D U.S. House District 14 General 1 124,136 54.3%
1998 52 OH D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 41,787 100.0%
1998 52 OH D U.S. House District 14 General 1 106,046 62.7%
2000 54 OH D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 48,418 100.0%
2000 54 OH D U.S. House District 14 General 1 149,184 64.8%
2002 56 OH D U.S. House District 17 Primary 2 19,247 27.5%
2006 60 OH D U.S. House District 13 Primary 3 14,837 21.5%


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



Ideology Data for Thomas Sawyer


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
1987 41 House 30 70 93 4 R 21 79 98 88 0
1988 42 House 18 82 94 5 R 24 75 99 95 4
1989 43 House 22 78 97 2 R 33 67 99 95 0
1990 44 House 30 70 92 8 R 21 79 99 89 0
1991 45 House 14 86 91 6 R 31 69 98 90 0
1992 46 House 15 85 95 3 R 17 83 99 95 4
1993 47 House 30 66 96 3 D 87 12 99 90 8
1994 48 House 28 64 97 2 D 90 8 99 89 5
1995 49 House 37 63 91 9 D 90 10 99 95 0
1996 50 House 37 63 91 7 D 85 11 98 90 0
1997 51 House 33 67 94 5 D 87 12 99 95 8
1998 52 House 33 67 93 6 D 88 12 98 95 0
1999 53 House 95 3 D 85 15 99 100 0
2000 54 House 94 5 D 90 10 99 90 4
2001 55 House 97 3 R 26 74 99 100 0
2002 56 House 94 2 R 32 68 95 95 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   2%


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.