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Irving Whalley

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 14, 1902 in Barnesboro, PA
Died: March 8, 1980 in Pompano Beach, FL

Elected Office:

  • PA House, 1951-1955
  • PA Senate, 1955-1960

Other notes:

  • Convicted on July 31, 1973, of mail fraud and obstruction of justice
  • Received probation and was fined


Election Results for Irving Whalley


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1960 57 PA R U.S. House District 18 General 1 88,397 62.3%
1962 59 PA R U.S. House District 12 General 1 98,190 60.5%
1964 61 PA R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 40,159 77.6%
1964 61 PA R U.S. House District 12 General 1 97,114 58.6%
1966 63 PA R U.S. House District 12 General 1 107,374 66.9%
1968 65 PA R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 48,719 80.0%
1968 65 PA R U.S. House District 12 General 1 119,522 67.5%
1970 67 PA R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 35,754 76.1%
1970 67 PA R U.S. House District 12 General 1 93,385 64.0%


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



Ideology Data for Irving Whalley


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
1961 58 House 70 17 74 21 D 48 45 93 25 58
1962 59 House 25 25 51 26 D 35 28 58 40 67
1963 60 House 47 40 65 26 D 44 46 85 33 64
1964 61 House 33 25 61 18 D 42 46 81 18 71
1965 62 House 78 22 74 22 D 52 44 95 5 88
1966 63 House 78 0 85 3 D 38 48 84 0 87
1967 64 House 89 4 84 4 D 43 43 88 7 100
1968 65 House 82 4 83 6 D 45 45 87 0 95
1969 66 House 49 7 44 5 R 36 21 56 0 56
1970 67 House 75 5 65 18 R 66 23 76 13 83
1971 68 House 79 6 73 12 R 81 5 76 13 90
1972 69 House 80 11 78 15 R 78 16 84 7 70
Lifetime conservative rating:   81%


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.