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LeRoy Anderson

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 2, 1906 in Ellendale, ND
Died: September 25, 1991 in Conrad, MT

Education:

  • Montana State University, B.S., 1927
  • Attended Cal Tech, 1935-1938

Military Service:

  • World War II, commander of armored task force in the European Theater of Operations in combat from Normandy to the Elbe River, separated from the service as a lieutenant colonel in 1945
  • Awarded Silver Star Medal and Croix de Guerre Medal with Palm
  • Major general in Army Reserve, commanding the Ninety-sixth Infantry Division Reserve, 1948-1962

Career:

  • Farmer/rancher

Elected Office:

  • MN House, 1947-1948
  • MN Senate, 1949-1956


Election Results for LeRoy Anderson


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1954 48 MT D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 17,783 49.1%
1954 48 MT D U.S. House District 02 General 2 64,495 49.4%
1956 50 MT D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 45,430 100.0%
1956 50 MT D U.S. House District 02 General 1 76,805 50.9%
1958 52 MT D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 47,243 100.0%
1958 52 MT D U.S. House District 02 General 1 79,140 61.0%
1960 54 MT D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 3 26,152 20.3%
1968 62 MT D Governor Primary 3 16,476 16.2%


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



Ideology Data for LeRoy Anderson


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
1957 51 House 59 7 R 28 30 70 100
1958 52 House 65 5 R 58 20 73 91
1959 53 House 0 64 81 6 R 33 54 88 100
1960 54 House 5 26 39 6 R 26 26 45 100


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.