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Alvin Weichel

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 11, 1891 in Sandusky, OH
Died: November 27, 1956 in Sandusky, OH

Education:

  • University of Michigan Law School, 1924

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1917-1919
  • U.S. Army Reserve, 1918-1928

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Erie County prosecutor, 1931-1937


Election Results for Alvin Weichel


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1942 50 OH R U.S. House District 13 General 1 37,923 61.6%
1944 52 OH R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 13,274 100.0%
1944 52 OH R U.S. House District 13 General 1 67,298 100.0%
1946 54 OH R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 10,603 78.6%
1946 54 OH R U.S. House District 13 General 1 49,725 72.1%
1948 56 OH R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 19,820 100.0%
1948 56 OH R U.S. House District 13 General 1 55,408 59.2%
1950 58 OH R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 15,306 100.0%
1950 58 OH R U.S. House District 13 General 1 58,484 70.9%
1952 60 OH R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 22,467 100.0%
1952 60 OH R U.S. House District 13 General 1 63,344 58.8%


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



Ideology Data for Alvin Weichel


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 51 House 90 6 D 82
1944 52 House 87 3 D 74
1945 53 House 80 6 D 85
1946 54 House 95 2 D 92
1947 55 House 95 5 D 93 0
1948 56 House 83 14 D 96 15
1949 57 House 74 9 D 75 0
1950 58 House 88 11 D 91 0
1951 59 House 78 12 D 87 25
1952 60 House 61 18 D 68 8
1953 61 House 92 3 R 88 93 20
1954 62 House 40 0 R 0 0 0 0


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.