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Charles Whalen

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 31, 1920 in Dayton, OH
Died: June 27, 2011 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • University of Dayton, 1942
  • Harvard University School of Business, 1946

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, World War II

Career:

  • VP of Dayton Dress Company, 1946-1952
  • Economics professor and department chair at University of Dayton, 1962-1966

Elected Office:

  • OH House, 1955-1960
  • OH Senate, 1961-1966


Election Results for Charles Whalen


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1962 41 OH R Lt. Governor Primary 2 85,119 15.9%
1966 45 OH R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 22,980 100.0%
1966 45 OH R U.S. House District 03 General 1 62,471 53.8%
1968 47 OH R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 23,503 100.0%
1968 47 OH R U.S. House District 03 General 1 114,549 78.2%
1970 49 OH R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 31,699 100.0%
1970 49 OH R U.S. House District 03 General 1 86,973 74.2%
1972 51 OH R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 17,589 100.0%
1972 51 OH R U.S. House District 03 General 1 111,253 76.2%
1974 53 OH R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 14,574 100.0%
1974 53 OH R U.S. House District 03 General 1 82,159 100.0%
1976 55 OH R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 18,899 52.6%
1976 55 OH R U.S. House District 03 General 1 100,871 69.4%


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



Ideology Data for Charles Whalen


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
1967 46 House 26 70 43 51 D 71 25 94 57 14
1968 47 House 27 73 33 65 D 74 23 97 67 27
1969 48 House 13 84 29 67 R 62 36 97 73 20
1970 49 House 20 68 35 56 R 68 26 90 89 11
1971 50 House 19 78 32 63 R 53 46 94 88 5
1972 51 House 18 79 28 71 R 51 43 95 94 0
1973 52 House 17 77 22 72 R 41 55 93 88 9
1974 53 House 13 80 22 72 R 43 45 94 91 0
1975 54 House 24 73 26 73 R 45 53 97 89 11
1976 55 House 24 76 19 81 R 31 69 99 65 9
1977 56 House 12 67 12 63 D 70 15 75 88 10
1978 57 House 10 65 13 69 D 73 8 80 87 8
Lifetime conservative rating:   11%


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.