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August Andresen

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 11, 1890 in Newark, IL
Died: January 14, 1958 in Bethesda, MD

Education:

  • St. Olaf College, B.A., 1912
  • St. Paul College of Law, B.L, 1914

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Businessman
  • Farmer


Election Results for August Andresen


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 45 MN R U.S. House District 01 General 1 60,980 50.7%
1938 47 MN R U.S. House District 01 General 1 74,493 64.9%
1940 49 MN R U.S. House District 01 General 1 88,814 64.8%
1942 51 MN R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 33,761 77.0%
1942 51 MN R U.S. House District 01 General 1 58,387 66.2%
1944 53 MN R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 21,815 85.8%
1944 53 MN R U.S. House District 01 General 1 77,798 61.7%
1946 55 MN R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 34,658 80.4%
1946 55 MN R U.S. House District 01 General 1 65,906 68.4%
1948 57 MN R U.S. House District 01 General 1 80,345 61.4%
1950 59 MN R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 33,129 78.8%
1950 59 MN R U.S. House District 01 General 1 75,016 67.1%
1952 61 MN R U.S. House District 01 General 1 103,218 69.4%
1954 63 MN R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 34,768 100.0%
1954 63 MN R U.S. House District 01 General 1 72,686 60.9%
1956 65 MN R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 30,932 100.0%
1956 65 MN R U.S. House District 01 General 1 92,092 61.5%


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



Ideology Data for August Andresen


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
1937 46 House 88 3 D 81
1938 47 House 86 10 D 95
1939 48 House 77 17 D 93
1940 49 House 86 12 D 92
1941 50 House 78 4 D 80
1942 51 House 75 15 D 88
1943 52 House 85 8 D 92
1944 53 House 87 0 D 89
1945 54 House 76 2 D 73
1946 55 House 77 5 D 80
1947 56 House 87 11 D 92 18
1948 57 House 72 6 D 77 10
1949 58 House 85 3 D 88 0
1950 59 House 77 14 D 87 0
1951 60 House 96 3 D 91 8
1952 61 House 98 2 D 100 0
1953 62 House 82 16 R 70 68 10
1954 63 House 80 17 R 74 26 96 11
1955 64 House 74 23 R 49 51 99 10
1956 65 House 75 22 R 76 21 97 43
1957 66 House 80 19 R 30 25 64 0


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.