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Walter Baring

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 9, 1911 in Goldfield, NV
Died: July 13, 1975 in Los Angeles, CA

Education:

  • University of Nevada-Reno, B.A. & B.S., 1934

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1942-1945

Career:

  • Furniture/insurance businessman

Elected Office:

  • NV House, 1936, 1942
  • Reno city council, 1947-1948


Election Results for Walter Baring


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1948 36 NV D U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 14,398 71.8%
1948 36 NV D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 29,733 50.6%
1950 38 NV D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 31,843 52.8%
1952 40 NV D U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 25,085 82.7%
1952 40 NV D U.S. House At-Large District General 2 39,912 49.5%
1954 42 NV D U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 27,780 77.3%
1954 42 NV D U.S. House At-Large District General 2 35,318 45.5%
1956 44 NV D U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 13,258 34.0%
1956 44 NV D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 51,100 54.2%
1958 46 NV D U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 29,657 69.9%
1958 46 NV D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 55,053 66.9%
1960 48 NV D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 59,616 57.5%
1962 50 NV D U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 29,399 59.8%
1962 50 NV D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 66,866 71.6%
1964 52 NV D U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 30,402 50.7%
1964 52 NV D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 82,748 63.3%
1966 54 NV D U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 35,109 50.3%
1966 54 NV D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 86,467 67.6%
1968 56 NV D U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 40,938 68.0%
1968 56 NV D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 104,136 72.1%
1970 58 NV D U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 41,925 68.7%
1970 58 NV D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 113,496 82.5%
1972 60 NV D U.S. House At-Large District Primary 2 31,896 45.6%


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



Ideology Data for Walter Baring


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 37 House 76 5 D 79 91
1950 38 House 82 11 D 86 86
1951 39 House 75 12 D 73 92
1952 40 House 68 16 D 82 64
1957 45 House 78 10 R 53 38 92 56
1958 46 House 59 11 R 46 24 66 56
1959 47 House 36 64 71 8 R 31 50 79 78
1960 48 House 0 84 71 6 R 30 56 82 89
1961 49 House 9 70 72 12 D 63 23 85 90 33
1962 50 House 56 37 40 42 D 40 37 72 14 50
1963 51 House 60 7 21 50 D 28 44 72 13 83
1964 52 House 33 0 18 27 D 17 33 47 0 100
1965 53 House 78 0 7 53 D 23 47 67 6 100
1966 54 House 49 3 10 26 D 16 23 40 0 92
1967 55 House 80 6 19 67 D 38 44 80 8 100
1968 56 House 78 4 15 63 D 32 49 76 18 85
1969 57 House 80 4 13 60 R 30 45 72 7 93
1970 58 House 45 7 22 35 R 31 22 51 8 62
1971 59 House 69 7 19 44 R 65 18 66 10 89
1972 60 House 45 9 21 34 R 16 27 49 9 75
Lifetime conservative rating:   81%


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.