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William Colmer

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 11, 1880 in Moss Point, MS
Died: September 9, 1980 in Pascagoula, MS

Education:

  • Attended Millsaps College

Military Service:

  • Quartermaster Corps, 1918-1919

Career:

  • School teacher, 1914-1917
  • Jackson County attorney, 1921-1927
  • District attorney, 1928-1933


Election Results for William Colmer


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 56 MS D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 25,510 67.3%
1936 56 MS D U.S. House District 06 General 1 25,385 100.0%
1938 58 MS D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 18,084 73.1%
1938 58 MS D U.S. House District 06 General 1 4,873 100.0%
1940 60 MS D U.S. House District 06 General 1 26,879 100.0%
1942 62 MS D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 14,669 60.5%
1942 62 MS D U.S. House District 06 General 1 7,462 100.0%
1944 64 MS D U.S. House District 06 General 1 31,742 95.7%
1946 66 MS D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 24,667 55.3%
1946 66 MS D U.S. House District 06 General 1 6,448 100.0%
1947 67 MS D U.S. Senate Class 1 Special 2 45,725 23.6%
1948 68 MS D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 21,064 60.4%
1948 68 MS D U.S. House District 06 General 1 29,751 100.0%
1950 70 MS D U.S. House District 06 General 1 15,964 87.9%
1952 72 MS D U.S. House District 06 General 1 51,227 100.0%
1954 74 MS D U.S. House District 06 General 1 21,806 100.0%
1956 76 MS D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 22,266 93.9%
1956 76 MS D U.S. House District 06 General 1 47,083 100.0%
1958 78 MS D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 32,805 63.1%
1958 78 MS D U.S. House District 06 General 1 13,243 100.0%
1960 80 MS D U.S. House District 06 General 1 59,372 100.0%
1962 82 MS D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 31,388 86.0%
1962 82 MS D U.S. House District 05 General 1 39,735 100.0%
1964 84 MS D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 30,398 61.3%
1964 84 MS D U.S. House District 05 General 1 83,120 100.0%
1966 86 MS D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 40,762 59.9%
1966 86 MS D U.S. House District 05 General 1 58,080 70.0%
1968 88 MS D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 37,043 85.8%
1968 88 MS D U.S. House District 05 General 1 108,297 100.0%
1970 90 MS D U.S. House District 05 General 1 58,546 90.4%


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



Ideology Data for William Colmer


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 57 House 59 31 D 91
1938 58 House 79 14 D 90
1939 59 House 80 17 D 98
1940 60 House 66 22 D 84
1941 61 House 76 11 D 80
1942 62 House 40 45 D 94
1943 63 House 65 27 D 87
1944 64 House 60 30 D 86
1945 65 House 52 16 D 71
1946 66 House 21 25 D 48
1947 67 House 74 1 D 85 73
1948 68 House 67 28 D 84 55
1949 69 House 35 61 D 96 8
1950 70 House 34 47 D 82 7
1951 71 House 40 58 D 90 15
1952 72 House 34 61 D 94 15
1953 73 House 55 37 R 47 89 10
1954 74 House 43 40 R 42 53 84 33
1955 75 House 48 39 R 37 56 87 33
1956 76 House 69 28 R 47 53 97 29
1957 77 House 46 46 R 28 62 91 0
1958 78 House 30 19 R 18 30 52 10
1959 79 House 100 0 52 40 R 39 56 93 13
1960 80 House 89 11 31 63 R 40 53 94 0
1961 81 House 78 0 19 55 D 25 54 72 0 100
1962 82 House 94 6 19 61 D 30 53 82 0 93
1963 83 House 80 7 22 57 D 21 48 74 8 88
1964 84 House 92 0 32 50 D 31 50 76 8 92
1965 85 House 64 2 9 58 D 19 46 65 0 100
1966 86 House 68 0 9 43 D 27 28 56 0 93
1967 87 House 85 2 17 72 D 33 55 89 0 100
1968 88 House 84 2 17 70 D 38 50 85 8 87
1969 89 House 76 0 15 60 R 43 36 75 0 92
1970 90 House 91 2 24 63 R 52 26 82 0 94
1971 91 House 88 3 18 67 R 63 21 84 0 100
1972 92 House 79 4 12 71 R 68 27 83 0 90
Lifetime conservative rating:   94%


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.