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Horace Seely-Brown

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 12, 1908 in Kensington, MD
Died: April 9, 1982 in Boca Raton, FL

Education:

  • Hamilton College, 1929
  • Attended Yale University, 1929-1930

Military Service:

  • Carrier Aircraft Service, 1943-1946

Career:

  • School teacher, 1930-1942


Election Results for Horace Seely-Brown


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1946 38 CT R U.S. House District 02 General 1 59,828 55.3%
1948 40 CT R U.S. House District 02 General 2 64,916 48.4%
1950 42 CT R U.S. House District 02 General 1 68,747 50.8%
1952 44 CT R U.S. House District 02 General 1 90,827 55.5%
1954 46 CT R U.S. House District 02 General 1 72,833 50.7%
1956 48 CT R U.S. House District 02 General 1 99,274 59.0%
1958 50 CT R U.S. House District 02 General 2 69,837 46.7%
1960 52 CT R U.S. House District 02 General 1 93,971 50.1%
1962 54 CT R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 2 501,694 48.7%


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



Ideology Data for Horace Seely-Brown


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
1947 39 House 92 8 D 94 25
1948 40 House 94 6 D 100 15
1951 43 House 52 45 D 98 54
1952 44 House 48 48 D 96 77
1953 45 House 74 26 R 91 96 45
1954 46 House 57 37 R 79 16 91 44
1955 47 House 65 26 R 59 37 93 44
1956 48 House 59 41 R 79 15 96 86
1957 49 House 51 42 R 80 17 94 89
1958 50 House 79 51 R 78 22 100 67
1961 53 House 52 48 57 41 D 66 37 98 60 27
1962 54 House 25 56 44 25 D 40 30 56 57 30
Lifetime conservative rating:   28%


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.