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Edward Thye

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 26, 1896 near Frederick, SD
Died: August 28, 1969 in Northfield, MN

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Air Corps, World War I

Career:

  • Farmer
  • Tractor salesman, 1920-1922
  • Appraiser for Federal Land Bank, 1933-1934
  • MN deputy Agriculture Commissioner, 1939-1942

Elected Office:

  • MN Lt. Governor, 1942-1943


Election Results for Edward Thye


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1944 48 MN R Governor Primary 1 201,832 88.9%
1944 48 MN R Governor General 1 701,185 61.1%
1946 50 MN R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 238,210 57.3%
1946 50 MN R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 517,775 58.9%
1952 56 MN R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 321,659 84.8%
1952 56 MN R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 785,649 56.6%
1958 62 MN R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 202,241 91.0%
1958 62 MN R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 536,629 46.6%


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



Ideology Data for Edward Thye


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 51 Senate 84 10 D 92 30
1948 52 Senate 84 13 D 95 44
1949 53 Senate 59 35 D 94 43
1950 54 Senate 59 39 D 93 50
1951 55 Senate 56 29 D 84 25
1952 56 Senate 67 28 D 94 46
1953 57 Senate 83 17 R 85 97 40
1954 58 Senate 69 28 R 68 26 91 42
1955 59 Senate 81 19 R 87 6 93 20
1956 60 Senate 70 30 R 78 22 97 38
1957 61 Senate 79 18 R 82 14 97 75
1958 62 Senate 47 43 R 55 33 88 67


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.