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Charles Vanik

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 7, 1913 in Cleveland, OH
Died: August 30, 2007 in Jupiter, FL

Education:

  • Western Reserve University, 1933, Law School, 1936

Military Service:

  • U.S. Naval Reserve, 1942-1945

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Cleveland municipal judge, 1947-1954

Elected Office:

  • Cleveland city council, 1938-1939
  • OH Senate, 1940-1942
  • Cleveland Board of Education, 1941-1942


Election Results for Charles Vanik


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1946 33 OH D U.S. House District 21 Primary 3 4,694 20.1%
1954 41 OH D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 8,418 25.4%
1954 41 OH D U.S. House District 21 General 1 76,201 76.0%
1956 43 OH D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 25,930 100.0%
1956 43 OH D U.S. House District 21 General 1 96,106 71.6%
1958 45 OH D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 39,542 100.0%
1958 45 OH D U.S. House District 21 General 1 93,987 80.4%
1960 47 OH D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 38,253 92.6%
1960 47 OH D U.S. House District 21 General 1 103,460 73.0%
1962 49 OH D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 38,480 92.9%
1962 49 OH D U.S. House District 21 General 1 79,514 79.9%
1964 51 OH D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 41,542 66.2%
1964 51 OH D U.S. House District 21 General 1 113,157 90.1%
1966 53 OH D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 34,948 90.7%
1966 53 OH D U.S. House District 21 General 1 81,210 81.7%
1968 55 OH D U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 41,368 74.1%
1968 55 OH D U.S. House District 22 General 1 102,656 54.7%
1970 57 OH D U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 47,280 91.4%
1970 57 OH D U.S. House District 22 General 1 114,790 71.5%
1972 59 OH D U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 54,630 100.0%
1972 59 OH D U.S. House District 22 General 1 126,462 63.9%
1974 61 OH D U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 50,279 88.0%
1974 61 OH D U.S. House District 22 General 1 112,671 78.7%
1976 63 OH D U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 55,813 93.2%
1976 63 OH D U.S. House District 22 General 1 128,535 72.7%
1978 65 OH D U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 24,294 100.0%
1978 65 OH D U.S. House District 22 General 1 87,551 66.0%
1982 69 OH D Lt. Governor Primary 2 0 0.0%


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



Ideology Data for Charles Vanik


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
1955 42 House 94 0 R 61 29 93 100
1956 43 House 84 16 R 62 35 99 100
1957 44 House 76 22 R 63 32 96 78
1958 45 House 51 19 R 66 14 80 100
1959 46 House 9 91 81 19 R 50 48 99 100
1960 47 House 5 95 69 31 R 56 44 96 100
1961 48 House 9 91 90 9 D 91 9 98 100 0
1962 49 House 25 75 81 19 D 83 15 97 100 20
1963 50 House 0 100 86 9 D 86 8 92 92 0
1964 51 House 17 83 87 8 D 92 6 93 100 6
1965 52 House 4 96 93 3 D 88 4 93 89 12
1966 53 House 5 95 93 6 D 89 8 98 82 7
1967 54 House 13 85 91 8 D 89 8 97 80 7
1968 55 House 14 63 63 16 D 76 13 82 73 18
1969 56 House 9 91 80 18 R 55 43 97 87 20
1970 57 House 5 89 78 18 R 60 38 97 94 11
1971 58 House 5 93 86 11 R 35 63 97 94 5
1972 59 House 9 88 84 13 R 51 49 96 100 0
1973 60 House 8 92 89 11 R 31 69 100 88 8
1974 61 House 12 88 84 16 R 47 53 99 87 14
1975 62 House 9 85 83 9 R 34 61 94 95 13
1976 63 House 14 78 86 7 R 24 73 91 82 3
1977 64 House 12 78 79 10 D 65 16 89 84 9
1978 65 House 10 87 80 16 D 79 18 95 74 4
1979 66 House 13 84 86 8 D 78 19 94 79 13
1980 67 House 13 68 70 8 D 61 22 80 80 6
Lifetime conservative rating:   9%


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.