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Stephen Young

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 4, 1889 in Norwalk, OH
Died: December 1, 1984 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Western Reserve University Law School, 1911

Military Service:

  • OH Infantry, 1916 (Mexican border)
  • U.S. Army, World War I and 1943-1946

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant Cuyahoga County prosecutor, 1917-1920
  • Counsel to OH Attorney General, 1937-1939

Elected Office:

  • OH House, 1913-1917
  • Candidate for OH Attorney General, 1922, 1956
  • Candidate for OH Governor, 1930


Election Results for Stephen Young


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1938 49 OH D U.S. House At-Large District General 4 1,015,035 45.2%
1940 51 OH D U.S. House At-Large District General 2 1,483,934 49.4%
1942 53 OH D U.S. House At-Large District General 2 717,692 43.1%
1946 57 OH D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 2 89,651 31.9%
1948 59 OH D U.S. House District AL Primary 1 270,607 74.2%
1948 59 OH D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 1,455,972 52.0%
1950 61 OH D U.S. House District AL Primary 1 329,880 100.0%
1950 61 OH D U.S. House At-Large District General 2 1,237,409 46.1%
1952 63 OH D U.S. House District 21 Primary 2 14,860 46.0%
1954 65 OH D U.S. House District 21 Primary 5 4,039 12.2%
1958 69 OH R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 472,606 100.0%
1958 69 OH D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 1,652,211 52.5%
1964 75 OH D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 520,641 66.5%
1964 75 OH D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 1,923,608 50.2%


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



Ideology Data for Stephen Young


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
1941 52 House 63 28 D 90
1942 53 House 60 40 D 100
1949 60 House 82 15 D 93 92
1950 61 House 74 18 D 89 87
1959 70 Senate 20 77 81 16 R 39 58 96 92
1960 71 Senate 4 89 72 9 R 43 49 88 100
1961 72 Senate 12 83 84 11 D 83 12 96 100 7
1962 73 Senate 24 76 82 14 D 82 15 95 83 0
1963 74 Senate 32 58 68 25 D 68 23 95 76 13
1964 75 Senate 12 67 58 18 D 56 30 79 94 36
1965 76 Senate 18 66 75 14 D 69 22 90 82 27
1966 77 Senate 17 81 77 19 D 72 23 97 85 17
1967 78 Senate 20 63 69 16 D 61 22 84 83 38
1968 79 Senate 14 77 66 18 D 60 26 84 93 18
1969 80 Senate 13 75 80 6 R 33 58 89 94 23
1970 81 Senate 7 63 66 5 R 29 38 69 88 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   17%


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.