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Charles Vursell

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 8, 1881 in Salem, IL
Died: September 21, 1974 in Salem, IL

Career:

  • Hardware merchant, 1904
  • Marion County sheriff, 1910-1914
  • Owner/publisher of Salem Republican, 1916-1948

Elected Office:

  • IL House, 1914-1916


Election Results for Charles Vursell


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1942 61 IL R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 10,847 48.9%
1942 61 IL R U.S. House District 23 General 1 47,526 52.7%
1944 63 IL R U.S. House District 23 General 1 56,712 54.7%
1946 65 IL R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 19,268 100.0%
1946 65 IL R U.S. House District 23 General 1 51,440 54.9%
1948 67 IL R U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 20,710 100.0%
1948 67 IL R U.S. House District 24 General 1 57,732 50.6%
1950 69 IL R U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 26,323 100.0%
1950 69 IL R U.S. House District 24 General 1 62,692 55.3%
1952 71 IL R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 36,999 100.0%
1952 71 IL R U.S. House District 23 General 1 89,428 57.7%
1954 73 IL R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 37,735 100.0%
1954 73 IL R U.S. House District 23 General 1 69,179 52.9%
1956 75 IL R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 30,889 100.0%
1956 75 IL R U.S. House District 23 General 1 79,862 52.6%
1958 77 IL R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 29,304 100.0%
1958 77 IL R U.S. House District 23 General 2 64,927 49.9%


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



Ideology Data for Charles Vursell


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
1943 62 House 90 4 D 88
1944 63 House 77 7 D 82
1945 64 House 88 6 D 89
1946 65 House 84 8 D 93
1947 66 House 95 3 D 95 0
1948 67 House 86 6 D 95 0
1949 68 House 91 3 D 85 0
1950 69 House 75 8 D 77 0
1951 70 House 85 0 D 88 0
1952 71 House 84 9 D 89 0
1953 72 House 92 0 R 81 85 18
1954 73 House 67 17 R 74 13 83 29
1955 74 House 87 3 R 66 32 92 11
1956 75 House 72 6 R 65 15 77 43
1957 76 House 83 10 R 50 37 88 56
1958 77 House 81 11 R 56 28 88 27


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.