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Charles Wiggins

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 3, 1927 in El Monte, CA
Died: March 2, 2000 in Las Vegas, NV

Education:

  • University of Southern California, 1953, Law School, 1956

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1945-1948 and 1950-1952

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Appointed to U.S. Appeals Court, 1984

Elected Office:

  • Mayor of El Monte, 1964-1966


Election Results for Charles Wiggins


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1966 38 CA R U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 26,509 76.1%
1966 38 CA R U.S. House District 25 General 1 70,154 52.5%
1968 40 CA R U.S. House District 25 General 1 145,245 68.7%
1970 42 CA R U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 59,082 100.0%
1970 42 CA R U.S. House District 25 General 1 116,169 63.3%
1972 44 CA R U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 59,351 100.0%
1972 44 CA R U.S. House District 25 General 1 118,631 64.9%
1974 46 CA R U.S. House District 39 Primary 1 41,683 74.3%
1974 46 CA R U.S. House District 39 General 1 89,220 55.3%
1976 48 CA R U.S. House District 39 Primary 1 73,907 100.0%
1976 48 CA R U.S. House District 39 General 1 122,657 58.6%


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



Ideology Data for Charles Wiggins


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 39 House 81 13 82 11 D 43 49 88 0 85
1968 40 House 65 14 61 13 D 44 40 78 9 87
1969 41 House 69 27 60 27 R 64 30 85 0 67
1970 42 House 66 18 61 22 R 74 8 81 19 73
1971 43 House 65 12 69 11 R 77 5 77 16 60
1972 44 House 67 12 63 13 R 73 14 79 10 56
1973 45 House 65 16 65 16 R 64 13 79 13 76
1974 46 House 63 22 63 20 R 72 11 82 23 71
1975 47 House 68 17 66 17 R 75 10 83 11* 76
1976 48 House 74 13 68 17 R 65 12 83 21 66
1977 49 House 64 13 64 12 D 38 42 81 7 82
1978 50 House 62 13 54 21 D 29 32 91 22 84
Lifetime conservative rating:   75%


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.