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Robert Crosser

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 7, 1874 in Holytown, Scotland
Died: June 3, 1957 in Bethesda, MD

Education:

  • Kenyon College, 1897
  • Cincinnati Law School, 1901

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Law instructor at Baldwin-Wallace College, 1904-1905

Elected Office:

  • OH House, 1911-1912


Election Results for Robert Crosser


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 62 OH D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 19,217 79.5%
1936 62 OH D U.S. House District 21 General 1 70,596 74.8%
1938 64 OH D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 27,498 100.0%
1938 64 OH D U.S. House District 21 General 1 53,180 68.7%
1940 66 OH D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 24,446 100.0%
1940 66 OH D U.S. House District 21 General 1 79,602 77.1%
1942 68 OH D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 10,985 55.4%
1942 68 OH D U.S. House District 21 General 1 35,109 63.8%
1944 70 OH D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 14,634 83.1%
1944 70 OH D U.S. House District 21 General 1 77,525 77.7%
1946 72 OH D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 10,474 44.8%
1946 72 OH D U.S. House District 21 General 1 49,111 64.0%
1948 74 OH D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 13,003 49.1%
1948 74 OH D U.S. House District 21 General 1 72,417 75.9%
1950 76 OH D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 9,663 39.0%
1950 76 OH D U.S. House District 21 General 1 66,341 75.4%
1952 78 OH D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 17,461 54.0%
1952 78 OH D U.S. House District 21 General 1 100,340 68.6%
1954 80 OH D U.S. House District 21 Primary 2 7,908 23.9%


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



Ideology Data for Robert Crosser


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 63 House 64 17 D 79
1938 64 House 67 19 D 90
1939 65 House 67 30 D 89
1940 66 House 60 23 D 80
1941 67 House 57 22 D 83
1942 68 House 75 5 D 63
1943 69 House 92 8 D 96
1944 70 House 80 17 D 95
1945 71 House 60 10 D 74
1946 72 House 74 13 D 88
1947 73 House 79 13 D 92 100
1948 74 House 89 6 D 90 92
1949 75 House 74 8 D 80 91
1950 76 House 86 4 D 84 93
1951 77 House 82 6 D 89 100
1952 78 House 91 2 D 88 100
1953 79 House 79 13 R 58 93 91
1954 80 House 80 13 R 50 39 88 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.