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Clement Zablocki

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 18, 1912 in Milwaukee, WI
Died: December 3, 1983 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Marquette Univeristy, Ph.B., 1936

Military Service:

  • U.S. Air Force Reserve

Career:

  • High school teacher, 1938-1939
  • Organist/choir director, 1932-1948
  • U.S. Delegate to United Nations, 1959

Elected Office:

  • WI Senate, 1942-1948
  • Candidate for Milwaukee comptroller, 1948


Election Results for Clement Zablocki


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1948 35 WI D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 26,317 100.0%
1948 35 WI D U.S. House District 04 General 1 89,391 55.9%
1950 37 WI D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 27,717 72.2%
1950 37 WI D U.S. House District 04 General 1 83,564 60.9%
1952 39 WI D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 43,710 77.8%
1952 39 WI D U.S. House District 04 General 1 131,098 64.3%
1954 41 WI D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 40,543 100.0%
1954 41 WI D U.S. House District 04 General 1 100,120 71.1%
1956 43 WI D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 53,851 100.0%
1956 43 WI D U.S. House District 04 General 1 128,213 65.6%
1957 44 WI D U.S. Senate Class 1 Special Primary 2 56,817 12.3%
1958 45 WI D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 36,857 85.4%
1958 45 WI D U.S. House District 04 General 1 112,226 74.1%
1960 47 WI D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 47,718 88.0%
1960 47 WI D U.S. House District 04 General 1 155,789 71.7%
1962 49 WI D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 41,408 87.9%
1962 49 WI D U.S. House District 04 General 1 117,029 72.5%
1964 51 WI D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 48,887 89.3%
1964 51 WI D U.S. House District 04 General 1 125,683 74.2%
1966 53 WI D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 37,588 90.1%
1966 53 WI D U.S. House District 04 General 1 77,690 74.3%
1968 55 WI D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 32,121 86.0%
1968 55 WI D U.S. House District 04 General 1 118,203 72.6%
1970 57 WI D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 32,201 85.3%
1970 57 WI D U.S. House District 04 General 1 102,464 80.3%
1972 59 WI D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 32,087 75.8%
1972 59 WI D U.S. House District 04 General 1 149,078 75.6%
1974 61 WI D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 39,472 100.0%
1974 61 WI D U.S. House District 04 General 1 84,768 72.5%
1976 63 WI D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 29,540 83.5%
1976 63 WI D U.S. House District 04 General 1 172,166 100.0%
1978 65 WI D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 37,385 100.0%
1978 65 WI D U.S. House District 04 General 1 101,575 66.1%
1980 67 WI D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 29,411 89.4%
1980 67 WI D U.S. House District 04 General 1 146,437 70.0%
1982 69 WI D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 56,047 60.8%
1982 69 WI D U.S. House District 04 General 1 129,557 94.6%


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



Ideology Data for Clement Zablocki


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
1949 36 House 92 6 D 92 100
1950 37 House 85 7 D 87 93
1951 38 House 94 4 D 91 100
1952 39 House 100 0 D 100 92
1953 40 House 79 18 R 65 87 100
1954 41 House 80 20 R 66 34 96 89
1955 42 House 97 3 R 73 27 99 100
1956 43 House 88 13 R 62 29 95 100
1957 44 House 63 24 R 68 25 85 89
1958 45 House 81 19 R 78 22 99 83
1959 46 House 27 73 85 15 R 54 46 100 78
1960 47 House 11 89 84 16 R 56 44 100 100
1961 48 House 17 74 93 2 D 89 9 97 80 7
1962 49 House 12 88 95 4 D 95 3 98 88 13
1963 50 House 27 73 93 2 D 84 6 91 83 25
1964 51 House 8 92 98 0 D 98 2 99 92 6
1965 52 House 8 86 88 6 D 89 6 93 63 25
1966 53 House 19 59 73 5 D 63 7 77 71 7
1967 54 House 20 76 88 10 D 87 8 93 67 7
1968 55 House 12 73 77 9 D 79 8 89 83 17
1969 56 House 36 64 82 16 R 53 47 99 53 40
1970 57 House 36 59 74 24 R 63 32 94 39 28
1971 58 House 57 42 65 32 R 75 25 96 39 50
1972 59 House 41 57 78 21 R 73 27 99 44 40
1973 60 House 41 59 80 20 R 44 56 99 56 28
1974 61 House 38 61 80 16 R 64 34 96 50 24
1975 62 House 41 56 76 20 R 45 54 97 58 31
1976 63 House 37 62 83 16 R 35 65 99 50 23
1977 64 House 35 64 79 18 D 70 30 97 40 24
1978 65 House 33 67 78 22 D 73 27 99 40 21
1979 66 House 37 60 83 14 D 76 21 97 56 16
1980 67 House 26 74 92 8 D 90 10 99 61 11
1981 68 House 57 37 71 27 R 46 42 93 56 0
1982 69 House 38 55 87 8 R 45 49 93 70 18
1983 70 House 35 64 84 12 R 41 55 96 70 9
Lifetime conservative rating:   21%


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.