Election results and ideology ratings for Harry Sheppard -- RightDataUSA.com

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 10, 1885 in Mobile, AL
Died: April 28, 1969 in Washington, DC

Election Results for Harry Sheppard

Year	Age	State	Party	Office	District	Stage	Pos	Votes	%
1936	51	CA	D	U.S. House	District 19	Primary	1	20,173	45.7%
1936	51	CA	D	U.S. House	District 19	General	1	70,339	53.8%

1938	53	CA	D	U.S. House	District 19	Primary	1	38,754	98.5%
1938	53	CA	R (write-in)	U.S. House	District 19	Primary	2	177	0.4%
1938	53	CA	D	U.S. House	District 19	General	1	75,819	53.3%

1940	55	CA	D	U.S. House	District 19	Primary	1	28,561	56.9%
1940	55	CA	R (write-in)	U.S. House	District 19	Primary	2	185	0.5%
1940	55	CA	D	U.S. House	District 19	General	1	84,931	52.9%

1942	57	CA	D	U.S. House	District 21	Primary	1	16,994	100.0%
1942	57	CA	R	U.S. House	District 21	Primary	1	8,713	50.9%
1942	57	CA	D,R	U.S. House	District 21	General	1	38,419	96.6%

1944	59	CA	D	U.S. House	District 21	Primary	1	16,254	78.4%
1944	59	CA	R	U.S. House	District 21	Primary	2	8,470	44.3%
1944	59	CA	D	U.S. House	District 21	General	1	48,539	58.5%

1946	61	CA	D	U.S. House	District 21	Primary	1	19,021	74.2%
1946	61	CA	R	U.S. House	District 21	Primary	2	10,260	47.1%
1946	61	CA	D	U.S. House	District 21	General	1	37,229	52.7%

1948	63	CA	D	U.S. House	District 21	Primary	1	20,437	62.6%
1948	63	CA	R	U.S. House	District 21	Primary	2	7,190	25.3%
1948	63	CA	D	U.S. House	District 21	General	1	61,383	55.2%

1950	65	CA	D	U.S. House	District 21	Primary	1	35,754	77.2%
1950	65	CA	R	U.S. House	District 21	Primary	2	17,313	48.6%
1950	65	CA	D	U.S. House	District 21	General	1	62,994	57.4%

1952	67	CA	D	U.S. House	District 27	Primary	1	29,915	69.6%
1952	67	CA	R	U.S. House	District 27	Primary	2	12,216	32.3%
1952	67	CA	D	U.S. House	District 27	General	1	68,773	55.0%

1954	69	CA	D	U.S. House	District 27	Primary	1	37,021	91.4%
1954	69	CA	R	U.S. House	District 27	Primary	2	14,600	45.1%
1954	69	CA	D	U.S. House	District 27	General	1	65,389	64.8%

1956	71	CA	D	U.S. House	District 27	Primary	1	42,809	98.9%
1956	71	CA	R	U.S. House	District 27	Primary	1	21,246	72.2%
1956	71	CA	D,R	U.S. House	District 27	General	1	124,662	99.8%

1958	73	CA	D	U.S. House	District 27	Primary	1	53,768	100.0%
1958	73	CA	R	U.S. House	District 27	Primary	2	18,480	46.0%
1958	73	CA	D	U.S. House	District 27	General	1	105,062	72.3%

1960	75	CA	D	U.S. House	District 27	Primary	1	58,544	100.0%
1960	75	CA	D	U.S. House	District 27	General	1	123,645	66.8%

1962	77	CA	D	U.S. House	District 33	Primary	1	56,836	100.0%
1962	77	CA	D	U.S. House	District 33	General	1	96,192	59.0%

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

Ideology Data for Harry Sheppard

Year	Age	Body	Conservative Coalition		Party Unity		Presidential Support			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
Year	Age	Body					P			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
1937	52	House			71	17	D			85
1938	53	House			88	2	D			92
1939	54	House			81	10	D			88
1940	55	House			73	13	D			80
1941	56	House			76	7	D			76
1942	57	House			65	25	D			81
1943	58	House			52	15	D			68
1944	59	House			73	13	D			72
1945	60	House			68	8	D			71
1946	61	House			54	8	D			60
1947	62	House			61	16	D			77	100
1948	63	House			50	19	D			62	60
1949	64	House			67	5	D			76	100
1950	65	House			47	8	D			64	63
1951	66	House			87	4	D			80	77
1952	67	House			59	11	D			63	75
1953	68	House			82	18	R	47		87	73
1954	69	House			67	13	R	39	32	74	88
1955	70	House			71	10	R	54	27	79	78
1956	71	House			72	6	R	56	35	79	100
1957	72	House			69	12	R	52	32	79	75
1958	73	House			65	3	R	50	18	68	83
1959	74	House	27	55	73	6	R	33	48	80	78
1960	75	House	11	58	55	4	R	23	28	62	88
1961	76	House	13	52	60	7	D	68	6	66	90	25
1962	77	House	0	63	61	0	D	53	3	61	100	0
1963	78	House	20	47	55	3	D	55	3	52	82	21
1964	79	House	0	33	23	0	D	38	2	32	89	0
Lifetime conservative rating:												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.