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Wilburn Cartwright

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 12, 1892 near Georgetown, TN
Died: March 14, 1979 in Oklahoma City, OK

Education:

  • University of Oklahoma Law School, 1920

Military Service:

  • Students' Army Training Corps, 1917-1918
  • U.S. Army, 1943-1945

Career:

  • Schoolteacher, 1914-1926
  • Lawyer
  • School superintendent, 1922-1926

Elected Office:

  • OK House, 1914-1918
  • OK Senate, 1918-1922
  • OK Secretary of State, 1946-1950
  • OK Auditor, 1950-1954


Election Results for Wilburn Cartwright


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 44 OK D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 36,012 46.8%
1936 44 OK D U.S. House District 03 Primary Runoff 1 42,521 52.1%
1936 44 OK D U.S. House District 03 General 1 58,261 79.9%
1938 46 OK D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 47,551 52.4%
1938 46 OK D U.S. House District 03 General 1 42,616 85.4%
1940 48 OK D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 52,613 60.0%
1940 48 OK D U.S. House District 03 General 1 68,344 79.0%
1942 50 OK D U.S. House District 03 Primary 2 29,186 43.1%
1944 52 OK D U.S. House District 03 Primary 2 18,167 39.8%
1948 56 OK D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 6 19,153 5.3%
1962 70 OK D Lt. Governor Primary 2 100,385 22.3%
1962 70 OK D Lt. Governor Primary Runoff 2 154,741 37.0%
1970 78 OK D Governor Primary 4 50,396 12.5%
1974 82 OK D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 3 35,107 5.9%


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



Ideology Data for Wilburn Cartwright


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 45 House 76 14 D 91
1938 46 House 55 10 D 57
1939 47 House 71 10 D 78
1940 48 House 78 4 D 78
1941 49 House 61 7 D 64
1942 50 House 85 10 D 92


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.