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Chalmers Wylie

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 23, 1920 in Norwich, OH
Died: August 14, 1998 in Columbus, OH

Education:

  • Attended Otterbein College and Ohio State University
  • Harvard University, J.D., 1948

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, World War II
  • U.S. Army Reserve

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant OH Attorney General, 1948, 1951-1953
  • Columbus assistant city attorney, 1949-1950
  • Columbus city attorney, 1953-1956
  • Assistant to OH Governor, 1957

Elected Office:

  • OH House, 1961-1967


Election Results for Chalmers Wylie


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1966 45 OH R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 22,169 85.9%
1966 45 OH R U.S. House District 15 General 1 57,993 59.9%
1968 47 OH R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 32,621 100.0%
1968 47 OH R U.S. House District 15 General 1 98,499 73.1%
1970 49 OH R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 44,221 100.0%
1970 49 OH R U.S. House District 15 General 1 81,536 70.6%
1972 51 OH R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 42,206 100.0%
1972 51 OH R U.S. House District 15 General 1 115,779 65.8%
1974 53 OH R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 33,005 100.0%
1974 53 OH R U.S. House District 15 General 1 79,376 61.5%
1976 55 OH R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 4,758 100.0%
1976 55 OH R U.S. House District 15 General 1 109,630 65.5%
1978 57 OH R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 34,322 100.0%
1978 57 OH R U.S. House District 15 General 1 91,023 71.1%
1980 59 OH R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 45,790 100.0%
1980 59 OH R U.S. House District 15 General 1 129,025 72.6%
1982 61 OH R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 34,548 100.0%
1982 61 OH R U.S. House District 15 General 1 104,678 66.3%
1984 63 OH R U.S. House District 15 General 1 148,311 71.6%
1986 65 OH R U.S. House District 15 General 1 97,745 63.7%
1988 67 OH R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 37,820 100.0%
1988 67 OH R U.S. House District 15 General 1 146,854 74.8%
1990 69 OH R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 31,798 78.2%
1990 69 OH R U.S. House District 15 General 1 99,251 59.1%


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



Ideology Data for Chalmers Wylie


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 96 4 89 10 D 50 50 98 7 93
1968 47 House 80 14 78 12 D 57 37 93 8 91
1969 48 House 89 4 73 15 R 60 36 92 7 73
1970 49 House 80 14 86 8 R 72 25 94 19 82
1971 50 House 82 10 83 12 R 75 19 92 12 76
1972 51 House 82 12 82 11 R 70 22 89 7 70
1973 52 House 80 17 81 17 R 75 22 96 25 72
1974 53 House 65 20 68 22 R 64 28 93 26 72
1975 54 House 81 11 79 13 R 64 31 92 21 86
1976 55 House 67 18 70 19 R 69 20 87 12 71
1977 56 House 69 29 69 30 D 56 44 99 35 65
1978 57 House 70 26 72 23 D 47 48 84 25 54
1979 58 House 80 13 73 20 D 34 58 89 22 77
1980 59 House 74 21 76 21 D 46 47 94 28 53
1981 60 House 79 20 68 22 R 64 29 92 22 83
1982 61 House 60 26 63 29 R 56 35 93 17 55
1983 62 House 72 20 73 20 R 79 17 93 5 65
1984 63 House 92 5 65 24 R 53 42 92 21 55
1985 64 House 85 9 61 32 R 68 31 92 11 74
1986 65 House 76 22 58 36 R 63 31 95 15 64
1987 66 House 84 7 65 24 R 66 30 92 4 73
1988 67 House 84 3 61 30 R 54 37 92 30 80
1989 68 House 88 5 68 29 R 83 12 95 0 93
1990 69 House 80 9 69 22 R 69 25 91 13 74
1991 70 House 89 11 81 16 R 83 16 98 10 84
1992 71 House 79 15 74 20 R 74 18 95 11 83
Lifetime conservative rating:   74%


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.