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Fred Schwengel

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 28, 1906 in Sheffield, IA
Died: April 1, 1993 in Arlington, VA

Education:

  • Northeast Missouri Teachers College, 1930
  • Attended University of Iowa, 1933-1935

Military Service:

  • MO National Guard, 1929-1936

Career:

  • Teacher/coach, 1930-1937
  • Insurance businessman, 1937-1954

Elected Office:

  • IA House, 1945-1955


Election Results for Fred Schwengel


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1954 48 IA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 15,347 52.7%
1954 48 IA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 67,128 57.0%
1956 50 IA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 24,844 100.0%
1956 50 IA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 94,223 58.0%
1958 52 IA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 24,707 100.0%
1958 52 IA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 59,577 53.4%
1960 54 IA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 28,470 100.0%
1960 54 IA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 104,737 60.9%
1962 56 IA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 23,761 100.0%
1962 56 IA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 65,975 61.1%
1964 58 IA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 21,958 100.0%
1964 58 IA R U.S. House District 01 General 2 80,697 48.9%
1966 60 IA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 20,081 100.0%
1966 60 IA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 64,795 51.3%
1968 62 IA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 33,402 100.0%
1968 62 IA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 91,419 53.0%
1970 64 IA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 24,140 56.4%
1970 64 IA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 60,270 49.8%
1972 66 IA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 26,566 100.0%
1972 66 IA R U.S. House District 01 General 2 91,609 45.7%


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



Ideology Data for Fred Schwengel


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
1955 49 House 58 39 R 68 22 91 60
1956 50 House 63 31 R 79 18 93 86
1957 51 House 61 36 R 70 25 95 67
1958 52 House 76 19 R 60 30 94 50
1959 53 House 73 27 87 12 R 81 19 100 33
1960 54 House 79 21 80 18 R 74 23 97 22
1961 55 House 65 35 64 34 D 55 45 98 30 47
1962 56 House 44 50 67 25 D 55 32 86 50 50
1963 57 House 53 40 71 26 D 42 55 94 18 60
1964 58 House 33 33 60 27 D 48 42 86 31 50
1967 61 House 74 15 67 22 D 55 39 91 7 83
1968 62 House 49 43 55 35 D 72 20 93 45 43
1969 63 House 33 62 47 15 R 72 28 99 43 20
1970 64 House 57 34 61 32 R 80 18 89 47 53
1971 65 House 47 43 56 35 R 65 33 91 55 26
1972 66 House 48 35 52 37 R 54 30 85 50 13
Lifetime conservative rating:   45%


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.