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Andrew Schoeppel

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 23, 1894 near Chaflin, KS
Died: January 21, 1962 in Bethesda, MD

Education:

  • Attended University of Kansas, 1916-1918
  • University of Nebraska Law School, 1922

Military Service:

  • U.S. Naval Air Service, World War I

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Ness County attorney
  • Chairman of KS corporation commission, 1939-1942

Elected Office:

  • Mayor of Ness City, KS


Election Results for Andrew Schoeppel


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1942 47 KS R Governor Primary 1 65,379 37.0%
1942 47 KS R Governor General 1 287,895 56.7%
1944 49 KS R Governor General 1 463,110 65.7%
1948 53 KS R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 159,359 76.9%
1948 53 KS R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 393,412 54.9%
1954 59 KS R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 180,839 81.0%
1954 59 KS R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 348,144 56.3%
1960 65 KS R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 201,753 80.0%
1960 65 KS R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 485,499 54.6%


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



Ideology Data for Andrew Schoeppel


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 54 Senate 91 4 D 94 0
1950 55 Senate 73 17 D 83 20
1951 56 Senate 82 13 D 96 17
1952 57 Senate 87 10 D 86 7
1953 58 Senate 85 8 R 68 80 13
1954 59 Senate 92 7 R 81 14 94 8
1955 60 Senate 58 12 R 56 10 60 0
1956 61 Senate 74 14 R 69 20 88 7
1957 62 Senate 66 8 R 58 18 78 17
1958 63 Senate 77 7 R 58 26 83 8
1959 64 Senate 92 5 76 12 R 61 25 85 0
1960 65 Senate 72 11 57 24 R 42 26 72 0
1961 66 Senate 82 2 77 9 D 21 62 83 0 93
Lifetime conservative rating:   93%


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.