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Louis Stokes

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 23, 1925 in Cleveland, OH
Died: August 24, 2015 in Cleveland, OH

Education:

  • Attended Western Reserve University, 1946-1948
  • Cleveland Marshall Law School, J.D., 1953

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1943-1946

Career:

  • Lawyer


Election Results for Louis Stokes


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1968 43 OH D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 29,787 40.7%
1968 43 OH D U.S. House District 21 General 1 85,509 74.7%
1970 45 OH D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 43,978 100.0%
1970 45 OH D U.S. House District 21 General 1 74,340 77.6%
1972 47 OH D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 49,595 82.9%
1972 47 OH D U.S. House District 21 General 1 99,190 81.1%
1974 49 OH D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 32,222 71.2%
1974 49 OH D U.S. House District 21 General 1 58,969 82.0%
1976 51 OH D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 35,061 79.2%
1976 51 OH D U.S. House District 21 General 1 91,903 83.8%
1978 53 OH D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 21,481 100.0%
1978 53 OH D U.S. House District 21 General 1 58,934 86.1%
1980 55 OH D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 38,820 100.0%
1980 55 OH D U.S. House District 21 General 1 83,188 88.2%
1982 57 OH D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 61,055 86.2%
1982 57 OH D U.S. House District 21 General 1 132,544 86.1%
1984 59 OH D U.S. House District 21 General 1 165,247 82.4%
1986 61 OH D U.S. House District 21 General 1 99,878 81.6%
1988 63 OH D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 100,228 100.0%
1988 63 OH D U.S. House District 21 General 1 148,388 85.7%
1990 65 OH D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 72,155 100.0%
1990 65 OH D U.S. House District 21 General 1 103,338 80.0%
1992 67 OH D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 74,240 100.0%
1992 67 OH D U.S. House District 11 General 1 154,718 69.2%
1994 69 OH D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 58,709 79.9%
1994 69 OH D U.S. House District 11 General 1 114,220 77.2%
1996 71 OH D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 51,531 100.0%
1996 71 OH D U.S. House District 11 General 1 153,546 81.2%


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



Ideology Data for Louis Stokes


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
1969 44 House 7 84 80 9 R 38 51 89 100 13
1970 45 House 2 84 71 15 R 40 42 79 100 6
1971 46 House 0 85 72 3 R 21 58 75 100 22
1972 47 House 1 74 66 4 R 32 46 66 100 0
1973 48 House 3 62 64 4 R 19 48 71 100 0
1974 49 House 1 82 82 4 R 34 49 84 94 0
1975 50 House 3 84 88 3 R 30 62 88 100 0
1976 51 House 4 83 85 3 R 24 69 85 95 6
1977 52 House 4 92 87 3 D 77 19 91 95 3
1978 53 House 4 84 81 4 D 76 15 83 90 0
1979 54 House 3 92 90 3 D 78 14 90 100 3
1980 55 House 2 78 78 4 D 55 21 81 100 8
1981 56 House 5 91 93 4 R 29 66 94 90 0
1982 57 House 10 86 91 4 R 27 65 93 90 9
1983 58 House 6 85 86 3 R 11 80 88 89 5
1984 59 House 0 93 88 3 R 22 68 90 100 0
1985 60 House 5 93 93 1 R 15 83 93 100 0
1986 61 House 2 80 87 2 R 11 82 90 100 0
1987 62 House 9 77 91 1 R 13 77 93 96 0
1988 63 House 0 66 81 1 R 16 59 84 100 0
1989 64 House 7 80 90 1 R 28 70 93 100 0
1990 65 House 7 89 88 5 R 14 81 95 100 4
1991 66 House 0 100 90 4 R 24 74 93 100 0
1992 67 House 6 92 92 2 R 10 87 96 95 0
1993 68 House 14 73 91 3 D 82 12 93 100 4
1994 69 House 8 89 91 2 D 71 27 93 100 10
1995 70 House 3 93 91 1 D 86 6 92 100 9
1996 71 House 12 71 75 4 D 65 16 82 100 0
1997 72 House 29 60 86 5 D 76 23 92 100 4
1998 73 House 17 79 91 3 D 82 12 93 100 4
Lifetime conservative rating:   4%


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.