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Charlie Whitley

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 3, 1927 in Siler City, NC
Died: October 27, 2002 in Durham, NC

Education:

  • Wake Forest University, B.A., 1949, LL.B., 1950
  • George Washington University, M.A., 1974

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1944-1946
  • U.S. Army Reserve, 1947-1952

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Mount Olive town attorney, 1961-1967
  • Assistant to Rep. David Henderson, 1961-1976


Election Results for Charlie Whitley


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1976 49 NC D U.S. House District 03 Primary 2 25,342 41.7%
1976 49 NC D U.S. House District 03 Primary Runoff 1 29,974 53.5%
1976 49 NC D U.S. House District 03 General 1 77,193 68.7%
1978 51 NC D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 54,032 84.0%
1978 51 NC D U.S. House District 03 General 1 54,452 71.1%
1980 53 NC D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 53,337 79.6%
1980 53 NC D U.S. House District 03 General 1 84,862 68.3%
1982 55 NC D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 56,456 87.8%
1982 55 NC D U.S. House District 03 General 1 68,936 63.6%
1984 57 NC D U.S. House District 03 General 1 100,185 64.1%


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



Ideology Data for Charlie Whitley


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
1977 50 House 83 17 47 52 D 59 38 98 25 58
1978 51 House 80 9 33 49 D 38 52 82 26 63
1979 52 House 81 19 64 34 D 33 64 97 21 49
1980 53 House 77 14 59 34 D 58 36 95 29 56
1981 54 House 84 9 52 42 R 62 37 93 32 50
1982 55 House 90 5 50 47 R 51 44 96 20 71
1983 56 House 88 11 65 31 R 46 54 96 45 45
1984 57 House 88 8 63 33 R 53 41 94 25 43
1985 58 House 80 20 77 20 R 43 55 97 25 42
1986 59 House 64 30 78 17 R 31 68 95 58 32
Lifetime conservative rating:   51%


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.