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Frank Barrett

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 10, 1892 in Omaha, NE
Died: May 30, 1962 in Cheyenne, WY

Education:

  • Creighton University, 1913, Law School, 1916

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1917-1919 (balloon corps)

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Rancher
  • Niobrara County attorney, 1923-1932
  • Counsel to U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1959-1960

Elected Office:

  • WY Senate, 1933-1935


Election Results for Frank Barrett


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 43 WY R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 19,997 61.4%
1936 43 WY R U.S. House At-Large District General 2 41,362 42.1%
1942 49 WY R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 10,891 35.1%
1942 49 WY R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 37,965 50.7%
1944 51 WY R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 17,843 100.0%
1944 51 WY R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 53,533 55.7%
1946 53 WY R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 23,847 100.0%
1946 53 WY R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 44,512 56.0%
1948 55 WY R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 23,074 100.0%
1948 55 WY R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 50,218 51.5%
1950 57 WY R Governor Primary 1 25,581 67.8%
1950 57 WY R Governor General 1 54,441 56.1%
1952 59 WY R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 35,444 100.0%
1952 59 WY R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 67,176 51.6%
1958 65 WY R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 35,444 100.0%
1958 65 WY R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 56,122 49.2%
1960 67 WY R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 2 13,380 29.3%


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



Ideology Data for Frank Barrett


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
1943 50 House 85 13 D 96
1944 51 House 80 17 D 95
1945 52 House 90 4 D 97
1946 53 House 87 10 D 98
1947 54 House 87 8 D 92 0
1948 55 House 78 17 D 94 25
1949 56 House 92 3 D 93 0
1950 57 House 49 15 D 51 0
1953 60 Senate 81 15 R 83 92 20
1954 61 Senate 93 6 R 83 16 99 15
1955 62 Senate 73 12 R 67 21 86 0
1956 63 Senate 77 19 R 66 29 93 14
1957 64 Senate 84 13 R 74 21 96 33
1958 65 Senate 76 13 R 64 24 92 17


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.