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Charles Wolverton

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 24, 1880 in Camden, NJ
Died: May 16, 1969 in Camden, NJ

Education:

  • University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1900

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant Camden County prosecutor, 1906-1913
  • Assistant NJ Attorney General, 1913-1914
  • Federal food administrator for Camden County, 1917-1919
  • Camden County prosecutor, 1918-1923

Elected Office:

  • NJ Assembly, 1915-1918 (Speaker, 1918)


Election Results for Charles Wolverton


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 55 NJ R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 41,751 86.6%
1936 55 NJ R U.S. House District 01 General 1 84,980 51.8%
1938 57 NJ R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 48,345 100.0%
1938 57 NJ R U.S. House District 01 General 1 96,518 62.0%
1940 59 NJ R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 57,836 100.0%
1940 59 NJ R U.S. House District 01 General 1 97,547 55.5%
1942 61 NJ R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 29,813 100.0%
1942 61 NJ R U.S. House District 01 General 1 74,867 61.4%
1944 63 NJ R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 22,982 100.0%
1944 63 NJ R U.S. House District 01 General 1 87,950 50.4%
1946 65 NJ R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 42,842 100.0%
1946 65 NJ R U.S. House District 01 General 1 82,919 63.5%
1948 67 NJ R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 34,473 100.0%
1948 67 NJ R U.S. House District 01 General 1 89,211 53.0%
1950 69 NJ R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 21,126 100.0%
1950 69 NJ R U.S. House District 01 General 1 85,100 56.7%
1952 71 NJ R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 43,971 100.0%
1952 71 NJ R U.S. House District 01 General 1 118,367 55.0%
1954 73 NJ R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 33,774 100.0%
1954 73 NJ R U.S. House District 01 General 1 92,070 54.3%
1956 75 NJ R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 25,623 100.0%
1956 75 NJ R U.S. House District 01 General 1 133,153 58.3%


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



Ideology Data for Charles Wolverton


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
1937 56 House 59 37 D 94
1938 57 House 69 24 D 89
1939 58 House 58 29 D 85
1940 59 House 63 24 D 82
1941 60 House 70 28 D 91
1942 61 House 55 20 D 86
1943 62 House 60 29 D 91
1944 63 House 53 40 D 89
1945 64 House 48 26 D 74
1946 65 House 54 43 D 96
1947 66 House 82 18 D 95 27
1948 67 House 92 8 D 99 15
1949 68 House 55 33 D 88 25
1950 69 House 56 37 D 87 71
1951 70 House 55 42 D 87 62
1952 71 House 52 41 D 92 77
1953 72 House 76 24 R 91 96 50
1954 73 House 70 30 R 82 16 99 33
1955 74 House 61 35 R 56 41 95 50
1956 75 House 47 41 R 71 21 90 100
1957 76 House 34 47 R 72 15 85 78
1958 77 House 38 43 R 66 18 81 60


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.