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Carl Andersen

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 27, 1897 in Newcastle, WA
Died: July 26, 1978 in Falls Church, VA

Education:

  • Attended University of Washington and U.S. Naval Academy

Career:

  • Cattle rancher/farmer, 1919-1925
  • Civil engineer, 1925-1930

Elected Office:

  • MN House, 1935


Election Results for Carl Andersen


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 39 MN R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 10,131 54.9%
1936 39 MN R U.S. House District 07 General 2 37,190 32.8%
1938 41 MN R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 11,855 59.7%
1938 41 MN R U.S. House District 07 General 1 49,394 42.6%
1940 43 MN R U.S. House District 07 General 1 65,958 50.7%
1942 45 MN R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 23,720 75.7%
1942 45 MN R U.S. House District 07 General 1 46,570 54.8%
1944 47 MN R U.S. House District 07 General 1 75,315 65.9%
1946 49 MN R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 31,849 79.2%
1946 49 MN R U.S. House District 07 General 1 57,869 65.4%
1948 51 MN R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 22,195 69.9%
1948 51 MN R U.S. House District 07 General 1 63,879 52.5%
1950 53 MN R U.S. House District 07 General 1 65,644 61.7%
1952 55 MN R U.S. House District 07 General 1 87,460 62.6%
1954 57 MN R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 25,719 89.2%
1954 57 MN R U.S. House District 07 General 1 60,120 52.6%
1956 59 MN R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 19,329 75.6%
1956 59 MN R U.S. House District 07 General 1 76,271 55.9%
1958 61 MN R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 23,589 100.0%
1958 61 MN R U.S. House District 07 General 1 61,265 53.3%
1960 63 MN R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 20,697 100.0%
1960 63 MN R U.S. House District 07 General 1 73,487 52.5%
1962 65 MN R U.S. House District 06 Primary 2 15,824 36.3%


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



Ideology Data for Carl Andersen


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
1939 42 House 84 16 D 99
1940 43 House 81 19 D 99
1941 44 House 87 7 D 80
1942 45 House 45 20 D 79
1943 46 House 77 21 D 93
1944 47 House 83 7 D 94
1945 48 House 92 2 D 87
1946 49 House 84 7 D 82
1947 50 House 68 26 D 94 42
1948 51 House 78 19 D 92 31
1949 52 House 79 17 D 95 17
1950 53 House 81 19 D 97 20
1951 54 House 84 16 D 100 38
1952 55 House 95 5 D 100 8
1953 56 House 74 21 R 56 97 27
1954 57 House 77 20 R 66 34 95 11
1955 58 House 68 32 R 41 59 100 20
1956 59 House 63 25 R 65 26 88 20
1957 60 House 39 17 R 43 57 99 0
1958 61 House 68 19 R 36 48 86 0
1959 62 House 100 0 69 19 R 56 33 88 11
1960 63 House 74 26 69 29 R 47 47 96 11
1961 64 House 74 26 69 29 D 38 54 93 10 77
1962 65 House 75 12 70 11 D 27 53 77 0 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   87%


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.