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Paul Shafer

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 27, 1893 in Elkhart, IN
Died: August 17, 1954 in Washington, DC

Military Service:

  • IN State Militia, 1916-1917

Career:

  • Newspaper editor/publisher
  • Battle Creek municipal judge, 1929-1936


Election Results for Paul Shafer


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 43 MI R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 13,862 43.6%
1936 43 MI R U.S. House District 03 General 1 54,767 51.8%
1938 45 MI R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 33,108 100.0%
1938 45 MI R U.S. House District 03 General 1 58,128 66.0%
1940 47 MI R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 25,629 71.0%
1940 47 MI R U.S. House District 03 General 1 74,614 62.1%
1942 49 MI R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 12,718 48.5%
1942 49 MI R U.S. House District 03 General 1 41,002 65.7%
1944 51 MI R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 12,372 83.2%
1944 51 MI R U.S. House District 03 General 1 73,134 62.5%
1946 53 MI R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 17,959 100.0%
1946 53 MI R U.S. House District 03 General 1 59,823 68.9%
1948 55 MI R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 18,108 72.7%
1948 55 MI R U.S. House District 03 General 1 64,637 59.4%
1950 57 MI R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 24,059 100.0%
1950 57 MI R U.S. House District 03 General 1 58,489 61.4%
1952 59 MI R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 34,679 69.9%
1952 59 MI R U.S. House District 03 General 1 95,061 62.0%
1954 61 MI R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 20,756 100.0%


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



Ideology Data for Paul Shafer


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 44 House 68 15 D 76
1938 45 House 90 0 D 89
1939 46 House 83 7 D 87
1940 47 House 48 4 D 43
1941 48 House 78 13 D 83
1942 49 House 75 15 D 82
1943 50 House 79 13 D 75
1944 51 House 73 10 D 72
1945 52 House 88 4 D 78
1946 53 House 80 8 D 66
1947 54 House 87 5 D 82 0
1948 55 House 81 11 D 85 17
1949 56 House 85 8 D 79 0
1950 57 House 85 5 D 84 0
1951 58 House 96 1 D 92 0
1952 59 House 95 5 D 99 0
1953 60 House 63 18 R 50 66 0
1954 61 House 60 17 R 53 29 81 13


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.