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Francis Case

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 9, 1896 in Everly, IA
Died: June 22, 1962 in Bethesda, MD

Education:

  • Dakota Wesleyan University, 1918
  • Northwestern University, 1920

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1918
  • U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps Reserve

Career:

  • Newspaper editor/publisher, 1920-1946


Election Results for Francis Case


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 39 SD R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 10,104 39.5%
1936 39 SD R U.S. House District 02 General 1 34,812 51.7%
1938 41 SD R U.S. House District 02 General 1 41,335 61.4%
1940 43 SD R U.S. House District 02 General 1 47,051 66.1%
1942 45 SD R U.S. House District 02 General 1 30,389 71.9%
1944 47 SD R U.S. House District 02 General 1 33,119 69.0%
1946 49 SD R U.S. House District 02 General 1 28,011 73.7%
1948 51 SD R U.S. House District 02 General 1 36,713 65.9%
1950 53 SD R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 59,314 58.1%
1950 53 SD R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 160,670 63.9%
1956 59 SD R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 147,621 50.8%
1962 65 SD R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 57,583 83.5%


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



Ideology Data for Francis Case


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 40 House 64 20 D 85
1938 41 House 71 26 D 95
1939 42 House 70 17 D 87
1940 43 House 62 27 D 85
1941 44 House 72 15 D 85
1942 45 House 55 15 D 83
1943 46 House 69 23 D 88
1944 47 House 73 10 D 86
1945 48 House 72 14 D 82
1946 49 House 75 8 D 69
1947 50 House 84 13 D 95 25
1948 51 House 78 11 D 87 8
1949 52 House 80 8 D 81 0
1950 53 House 60 21 D 73 18
1951 54 Senate 61 21 D 86 9
1952 55 Senate 78 12 D 91 43
1953 56 Senate 67 23 R 76 91 27
1954 57 Senate 72 18 R 75 23 94 15
1955 58 Senate 65 27 R 62 19 80 11
1956 59 Senate 54 41 R 48 42 92 33
1957 60 Senate 53 42 R 70 18 87 25
1958 61 Senate 62 25 R 66 19 86 36
1959 62 Senate 55 7 54 12 R 56 16 73 20
1960 63 Senate 76 20 62 33 R 67 26 94 33
1961 64 Senate 86 12 89 8 D 30 67 96 20 71
1962 65 Senate 32 5 D 8 29 31 17 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   78%


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.