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Robert Secrest

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 22, 1904 near Senecaville, OH
Died: May 15, 1994 in Cambridge, OH

Education:

  • Muskingum College, 1926
  • Washington DC College of Law, 1938
  • Columbia University, 1943
  • British School of Civil Affairs, 1943

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1942-1946

Career:

  • High school principal/superintendent, 1926-1932
  • Federal Trade Commission, 1954-1961

Elected Office:

  • OH House, 1931-1932
  • OH Senate, 1969-1973


Election Results for Robert Secrest


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 32 OH D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 15,751 100.0%
1936 32 OH D U.S. House District 15 General 1 53,263 55.7%
1938 34 OH D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 20,462 100.0%
1938 34 OH D U.S. House District 15 General 1 42,573 52.3%
1940 36 OH D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 16,823 100.0%
1940 36 OH D U.S. House District 15 General 1 57,359 58.8%
1942 38 OH D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 6,512 100.0%
1946 42 OH D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 8,700 100.0%
1946 42 OH D U.S. House District 15 General 2 32,159 46.8%
1948 44 OH D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 11,180 100.0%
1948 44 OH D U.S. House District 15 General 1 45,575 56.4%
1950 46 OH D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 9,141 100.0%
1950 46 OH D U.S. House District 15 General 1 47,448 61.6%
1952 48 OH D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 12,248 100.0%
1952 48 OH D U.S. House District 15 General 1 62,913 64.3%
1954 50 OH D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 9,803 100.0%
1962 58 OH D U.S. House District 15 General 1 41,856 52.4%
1964 60 OH D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 15,997 100.0%
1964 60 OH D U.S. House District 15 General 1 62,438 66.3%
1966 62 OH D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 23,200 100.0%
1966 62 OH D U.S. House District 17 General 2 59,031 44.7%


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



Ideology Data for Robert Secrest


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
1937 33 House 54 25 D 78
1938 34 House 64 29 D 87
1939 35 House 57 22 D 71
1940 36 House 47 37 D 84
1941 37 House 57 20 D 75
1942 38 House 35 30 D 68
1949 45 House 58 33 D 85 45
1950 46 House 44 56 D 97 60
1951 47 House 58 34 D 88 62
1952 48 House 45 43 D 82 58
1953 49 House 58 42 R 37 80 45
1954 50 House 37 20 R 42 13 57 86
1963 59 House 67 27 65 29 D 69 27 96 75 38
1964 60 House 67 25 58 32 D 69 27 91 54 47
1965 61 House 47 53 63 36 D 71 28 99 42 71
1966 62 House 62 38 48 53 D 57 43 99 35 67
Lifetime conservative rating:   57%


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.